Computer Science Teacher

Today was about the conversations. I was able to connect with a number of the people I respect and admire who I communicate with online most...

ISTE is huge. I mean really huge. There are something like 20,000 people here in Philadelphia. There are a lot people here I want to see and...

I’m at ISTE in I’ve already connected with a few old friends and hope to connect with many more. If you are also at ISTE I hope you’ll track...

It’s a constant question that comes up when we talk about adding (more) computer science to K-12 curriculum. Katie O'Shaughnessey talke...

I was reading Mark Guzdial’s blog this morning ( A goal for higher ed: “There is magic in our program. Our program changes lives .”) and as...

I took it easy last week. Let’s call it retirement practice.  Hope you’re enjoying your self and if you are also on summer break I hope you ...

Gordon Bell and David Cutler are two of the big names in computing. Both dis amazing things at Digital Equipment  and went on to do more goo...

I hate posts that pretend to answer the question Which Programming Language Should I Learn First? So regardless of the title of this post I...

First Monday of summer break for me and I sure do have a lot to do. Just none of it school related. I’ve got some good links to share. Some ...

Today is the final day for teachers at my school. Students finished yesterday. Through some luck of timing and hard work all my grades are a...

Final exam week at my school. Friday will be the last day for teachers. Assuming I get my grading done by then it will be summer time.   I l...

Several people today linked to Tickle . Now I have heard about Tickle before. I even have it listed in my blog post about Programming With B...

Many of my Explorations in Computer Science students are creating a version of the Lights Out game as their final project. (Instructions at ...

Recently I saw this meme posted on Facebook. Because I teach computer science and am always looking for interesting projects my immediate ...

This week I was working through some examples of looping with students in my Explorations in Computer Science course.  We created a simple p...

Two more weeks of school for me. Our seniors graduate this weekend and then we have final exams for everyone else. The year has flown by. So...

I haven’t been blogging much this week. In part that is being busy with the year ending at school. In part it is because the connection betw...

Memorial Day in the US today. We remember those who died in battle fighting for our country. A somber day in some ways. In other, it makes t...

Several conversations lately have me thinking about combining computer science with other subjects in school. My thinking regularly comes ba...

One big announcement last week was College Board and Code.org announc[ing] an alliance to improve diversity in computer science . The plan i...