Computer Science Teacher

The first thing I ran into with regards to programming tutorials last week was this tweet and accompanying image. 99% of #programming ...

The highlight of last week was a two-hour workshop on TouchDevelop which I presented to teachers who are part of the New York City Departme...

I posted this following image on my Facebook page. Comments came immediately. First one was something like “only one step?” Another said...

I’ve done variations in Whack A Mole over the years. I did a Whack Something Game for Windows Phone 7 some years ago for example. But someh...

One of the things I look for in a project is that it is extensible. That means that a reasonable and simple version can be done but that stu...

At a recent workshop Alexander Repenning said that sometimes teaching programming is “one semi colon away from disaster.” How true that is....

What a week I had last week. The CSTA Annual Conference, the National CS Principles Summit and then the CSTA Board meeting. I need a rest. I...

Yes, we just finished the Computer Science Teachers Association conference . And it was a great one. You can get copies of many of the prese...

CSTA like so many great conferences is as much about learning from face to face informal conversations as it is about formal sessions. I’ve ...

Usually I’m good about writing up the events of a conference at the end of the day and putting up a blog post. Not this time. I blame it on ...

Another week another trip. Last one of the summer though. I am at the CSTA Annual Conference today and tomorrow. If you are as well look me ...

Looks like you have to be registered for the CSTA 2014 conference for this one. I am and I’d like a Surface Pro 2 which is the big prize. Co...

Are you interested in the new CS Principals course that will be the new (additional) Advanced Placement Computer Science course? CSTA is hel...

Philip Guo had an interesting post on the Blog @ CACM titled Python is now the most popular introductory teaching language at top U.S. unive...

Did you notice that there wasn’t an interesting links post last week? I’ve been on a real vacation with five days of Walt Disney World after...

A little Friday fun from Microsoft. How many programming languages can you find in this puzzle? The first one I found is COBOL FWIW.

Computer science tends to be a very forward looking field. We are constantly looking at the newest things including the future of computers,...

This morning I had a conversation with the other computer science teacher at my school. I told him I wasn't sure what to use for an exer...

I originally wrote this (for the CSTA blog)  near the start of the last school year. I have to say though that as this year ends and I am fi...

There is still one more day for ISTE but today was the last day for me. My brain is full and I am tired so I am ok with missing another day....