Computer Science Teacher

The other day I was microwaving some food to heat it up. Ten seconds seemed like forever. I was actually able to do several other things whi...

One of my favorite computer science teachers, Judy Hromcik from Texas, posted a link to a video called “ The last banana: A thought experime...

It's February break for my school. I’m trying to take it easy this week. And catching up with grading of course. I suspect a lot of teac...

A post at Do ug Peterson’s blog ( A Different Time ) sent me to a site that has a collection of old BASIC programs . And by old I mean the ...

Registration is now open for the CST A annual conference . CSTA 2015 is a professional development opportunity for computer science and in...

One of the great things about teacher blogging is the sharing of ideas. Often these ideas can be easily adapted and adopted in new ways. Ear...

President’s Day today which means my school is closed. I can use the rest after cleaning up from the latest snow storm. I’ve lost count of t...

As I mentioned the other day (see Learning From the Code Hunt Dashboard ) I have been creating my own Code Hunt puzzles for use with my stud...

Are you a tweeting teacher who teaches K-8 computer science? If so I am hoping you can join the CSTA K-8 task group for the next #CSK8 Twit...

This week I am in Redmond WA at a two day workshop around Code Hunt being run by Microsoft Research and the developers behind Code Hunt. Aft...

I’m back in Redmond WA today. First time in over three years I have been here. I expect it to feel different as a visitor after being hear m...

The following was posted to the AP CS Facebook page yesterday with the question "What would the answer be?" Things went along jus...

Looks like these opportunities are in New York, Detroit and San Francisco. Girls Who Code is a national non-profit organization working ...

Happy Groundhog Day ! We’re having a snow day with schools closed because of a snow storm. I’m betting on six more weeks of winter. It may t...

There is a new mo vie about Grace Hopper out in the Internet. The movie is about 16 minutes look and I think it is pretty good. I’m looking...

A new semester starts for me today. Since I only teach semester courses that means a whole new group of students to meet and teach. I have s...

One of my most popular posts has been a collection of links to block programming ( drag and drop programming ) tools and languages. The othe...

School is out today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day. Semester exams start tomorrow. I think I’m ready. I hope my students are ready.  ...

Thanks to a contest run by the Office Mix people I won a Surface Pro 3 for my school. And I get to use it which is great. I’ve had a Surfac...

Code Hunt is something I have been experimenting with a bit this year. For those who are not familiar with it, Code Hunt “is an educational...