Computer Science Teacher

This is Alfred Thompson's blog about computer science education and related topics.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Interesting Links 28 February 2011

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Lots of interesting posts by computer science teachers last week. And some news from various sources to share. But let’s start with the tea...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

FizzBuzz–A Programming Question

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Projects or exercises that lend themselves to many different “correct” solutions are just about the best sorts of learning experiences I can...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Triangle Shooter–An XNA Windows Phone Game By Kenny Spade

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Kenny Spade is a Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist out in California who has been writing a series of blog posts that help one learn ...
Monday, February 07, 2011

Making the Case for Becoming a Computer Science Teacher

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Mark Guzdial asks the question What’s the argument for becoming a computer science teacher? on his blog. It’s a good question. While as a f...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Ed Donahue Joins the Microsoft Academic Team

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Ed Donahue (her real name is Erin but she goes by Ed – go figure) has joined the Microsoft academic team as an academic developer evangelis...
Saturday, January 01, 2011

My Most Read Posts of 2010

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For the most part I want to focus on the future and not the past. But I did want to take one look back at traffic to my computer science tea...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Microsoft bliink…a web design competition for high school students

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I’ve talked about Bliink in the past. (See bliink ) Over the last couple of years Microsoft has run this web development competition in scho...
Sunday, December 05, 2010

Interesting Links Post December 6th 2010

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Well it is Computer Science Education week . Are you doing anything at your school for it this week? I attended three different CSTA chapter...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Computer Science Teacher Blog posts for November 2010

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My main blog is elsewhere so I thought I might try something new this month. What follows is an index to the blog posts I wrote during Novem...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Pledge to Participate in and be a Supporter of Computer Science Education Week!

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Computer Science Education week is December 5-11, 2010 this year. ACM and the chair of CSed Week steering committer are asking people to si...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Wisdom in Lists–Really?

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Like a lot of people I have an affection for lists that condense a lot of wisdom into a brief set of statements or items. Some time ago I wr...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Welcoming Andrew Parsons to the US Academic Team

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The latest person to join the US Academic Developer Evangelist team is Andrew Parsons . Andrew is moving from the other side of the world (A...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Introducing the Microsoft US Academic Bloggers

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I'm part of a group of people at Microsoft who work with academics all across the country. A number of them have active blogs and I thou...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Edwin Guarin Now Blogging

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My great friend Edwin Guarin   (aka the Edvandelist ) is now blogging at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/edvangelist/ . Drop by and wish him well. ...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

Interesting Links 27 September 2010

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Last week I wrote a post about the Imagine Cup. ( Imagine Cup–Solving the Worlds Problems Through Software ) A couple of things I should hav...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Most Popular Posts From August

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It turns out the be complicated to figure out what the most popular blog posts are for a particular month. There are two sets of data I look...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

Interesting Posts 30 August 2010

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One of the things I tell people when they ask me about why I came to work for Microsoft is that the company has grown up in many ways ove...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Interesting Links Post 23 August 2010

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Happy Monday! Are you back to school yet? A lot of teachers are. If you are back I hope it is going well. If not yet, are you working out to...
Sunday, August 08, 2010

Interesting Links 9 August 2010

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What a week. My son was married a week ago. I picked him and his bride up from their honeymoon last night. In between I took a trip to Texas...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

CyKho is back

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CyKho is back! Cy Khormaee has reopened his blog at  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cykho/ You can also follow Cy on twitter  @ CyKho though we ...
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