Computer Science Teacher

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

Monday, December 31, 2012

Interesting Links 31 December 2012

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Well a new year starts tomorrow. Hope it is a great one for all of you. This is the last interesting links list for the year. It’s a pretty ...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Looking Back, Looking Forward

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This seems to be the time that people look back on the previous year and forward to the new year. It’s almost January which was named after ...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Future Belongs To The Creators

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A lot of people are thinking about the future this time of year. I’ve got a few ideas myself. This is the year I’ve done a lot with apps on ...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas 2012

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Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year to all my readers and friends. Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon Boa...
Monday, December 24, 2012

Interesting Links 24 December 2012

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It’s the day before Christmas and at my house we have been cooking for days getting things prepared that can be prepared  early. I haven’t s...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

STEM related infographic from RackSpace

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Interesting STEM related infographic from RackSpace the hosting/cloud company. It could use a little more computer science content in my opi...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

How To Become A CS Education Thought Leader

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I don’t think many people set out to be thought leaders. I sure didn’t but yet I have been called that from time to time. I think that is mo...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Looking Back On CSEdWeek 2012

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Last week was Computer Science Education week aka CSEdWeek . This was by far the biggest most active CSEdWeek yet. There are over 3,400 p...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Interesting Links 17 December 2012

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Five school days until Christmas. Well at my house at least. Are you taking some time off for the holiday season or will you be filling a lo...
Friday, December 14, 2012

Calling all US High School CS Teachers: Please give us your thoughts!

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You may be seeing this announcement on other blogs or websites. If so I apologize for the repetition. But I do believe this is an important ...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Hackety Hack for Learning Ruby Programming

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This being CSEdWeek (Computer Science Education Week) the social media has been flooded with links to articles, information, great programs...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Call for Proposals Annual CSTA Conference 2013

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This call for proposals for the 2012 Annual CSTA Conference went out to members of the Computer Science Teachers Association this week. One...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Programming With Blocks

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Syntax is a royal pain in the neck for beginning programmers. For a lot of kids learning computing or programming syntax is the single large...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Interesting Links 10 December 2012

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It’s Computer Science Education Week ( CSEdWeek )! Are you celebrating? As part of the celebration I’ll be joining other tech and computing...
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Friday, December 07, 2012

Windows Guy Buys An iPad

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In a move that had one of my friends deciding that maybe the Mayan forecast of the end of the world was true and another suggesting a tiny b...
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Thursday, December 06, 2012

Declare the Variables First

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Back in the early days of programming one pretty much had to declare ones variables before writing any useful code. COBOL had (probably stil...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Sharing is Learning

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Last week was a great week for sharing among teachers. Microsoft ran their Partners in Learning Global Forum in Prague Czech Republic. They...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Advice to Microsoft Education Marketing–Computer Science

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For nine years my job at Microsoft was to promote the use of Microsoft technology in computer science education. I started with universities...
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Monday, December 03, 2012

Interesting Links 3 December 2012

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Last week was about getting some professional development time. I spent two days at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference where I att...
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