Computer Science Teacher

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

Friday, August 31, 2012

Computer Controversies For Fun and Discussion

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I love a good discussion. Pros and cons and honest and hopefully friendly discussion of issue with different opinions make for good learning...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Useful Download Links for Windows 8 and Windows Phone Development

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Part of my job is to help people find valuable resources. I especially like it when they are free. Free is good. These links are for student...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing 2012

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One of the ways that one can help young women with an interest in computing and related fields is to provide recognition for the world the...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Interesting Links 27 February 2012

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The highlight of this past week for me was taking part in the CSTA CS & IT conference program committee meeting. The agenda should be a...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum–Reminder

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I know I keep blogging about this event but it really is a great event and I really hope many of you apply for this wonderful opportunity to...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

No Room in the Inn–I Mean Schedule

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I spent yesterday at Stevens Institute of Technology, an outstanding university across the river from New York City. The occasion was a high...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Top Most Read Posts of 2011

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It may be a little early but not much. At this point it would be a big surprise if some other post made it into this list. These fifteen pos...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Interesting links 11 December 2011

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Last week I posted a list of some of the great computer science related blogs I read on a regular basis ( Computer Science Education Blog Ro...
Thursday, December 08, 2011

Why I’m Still Excited about Computer Science

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It’s computer science education week and that has me thinking about what I’d like to tell students about computer science. So I decided to ...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Interesting Links 13 November 2011

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I spent a lot of time watching the Twitter feed and reading blog posts about the Microsoft Global Forum last week. And some watching the Gra...
Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Interesting Links 7 November 2011

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Andrew Parsons has written an amazingly complete blog post about Create and publish your own Tower Defense game for Windows Phone 7. It you...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Writing My ISTE Keynote

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I had mail today saying that ISTE was looking for nominations to present a keynote in San Diego this summer. They asked “could it be you?” W...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Interesting Links Post 31 October 2011

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Busy week last week. You may have read about my two days in Atlantic City ( Kinect-ing at the NJSBA Annual Workshop ). Real  work. Enjoyable...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Interesting Links 17 October 2011

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I spent two days are a Windows Phone event last week. One of several I posted date for at Your Chance to Learn Windows Phone Development for...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

When Fish Fly

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How excited am I about the Partners in Learning Global Forum ? I’m seriously thinking of taking vacation days and paying my own way to Washi...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Interesting Links 20 September 2011

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I really had to post the information about the new Game development course yesterday ( Game Development with XNA Curriculum–Semester Course ...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Microsoft East Region Bloggers

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These days I am part of a larger team than I used to. There are some 22 of use including our manager. Everyone has a blog. This is the compl...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

What is an app?

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In the Mobile Game Design and Mobile App Design categories of the NFTE World Series of Innovation students are asked to design an app or a ...
Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Interesting Links September 6 2011

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Labor Day in the US means a three-day weekend and I took advantage of it.  I’d like to make note of a couple of my recent posts that seem t...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Interesting Links 29 August 2011

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Hurricane Irene was the big news on the east coast of the US and parts of the Caribbean last week. Oh and there was a surprising east coast ...
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