Computer Science Teacher

Me to a student the other day“Several other people made the same mistake. That is why I was able to spot it so quickly.” Invariably that sta...

Gamification of learning is quite the big deal these days. While there is not unanimous agreement and unambiguous evidence that it works in ...

One of the classing problems in teaching a first course in computer programming is what order to teach various concepts. So many things are ...

I’m on vacation! February break in New Hampshire this week. I’m trying to take a break from the computer and the Internet as well – except f...

An interesting looking summer program. One has to get there on their own from what I can tell but no cost other than that. Open to 11th/12th...

Patrice Gans has a great post on the CSTA blog about Creating a Professional Learning Network that I wanted to share. Normally I would just...

New program from Code.org to recognize students and teachers who are making a difference in computer science. Do you know a teacher or s...

This looks interesting. Best Buy runs a summer program for students ages 10 to 18 in conjunction with various non-profits. Students get han...

Like a lot of people I have been following the Olympics lately. For all the talk about sport and individual and team achievement there is al...

We’re having quite the winter here in New England this year. People in warm climates keep telling me about how warm it is there as if that w...

Well we now know who the keynote speakers will be for this summer’s Annual CSTA Conference. I have heard Michael Kölling before and  he is a...

This morning Rob Miles posted a link ( C# Code Snippets on Demand ) to a new site from Microsoft Research called Bing Code Search: C# code s...

I try hard to explain every well the first time. I really do. I think most teachers do. It never fails though that someone doesn’t get it th...

Are all I.T. Guys <sic> white males? INFOGRAPHIC - What Do IT People Really Do All Day? I'd hang this in my classroom if there w...

A lot of people seem the be ready for spring. I’m enjoying the snow in my yard and around the area. Inspired in part by the Winter Olympics ...

The other day I was demonstrating some things to my programming students. We’re at the very beginning of a new semester and students are lea...

Microsoft ran their first ever Super Bowl commercial over the weekend. While it is obviously a advertisement for Microsoft and Microsoft pr...

Starting the second week of a new semester today. Last week was interesting. It was a major adjustment because with a new group of students ...

Where does computer science fit? At the university level I’ve seen it in Business departments/Schools of Business. I’ve seen it in various s...

Great new program from CSTA and code.org . We sometimes forget that administrators can have a huge role in promoting and developing compute...