Computer Science Teacher

The Cutler-Bell Prize is awarded to outstanding high school students who do computer science work well beyond the bounds of an ordinary high...

Recently a padded envelop showed up in the mail. No return address. No identifying information. Inside was a BBC Micro:Bit. Now I have playe...

April vacation! Yes we do things different in New England. After this week we still have 7 to 8 weeks of school left. So this is a good time...

My Surface Pro 3 has been my constant companion and major computer workhouse ever since I got it over a year ago. It’s pretty much ideal for...

Last week was both long and short. Short in that I only spent three days at school. Long in that I spent the weekend and Monday working at t...

There has been a Binary clock on my desk at school for some years now. I like using it to help students learn Binary numbers. A few years ag...

One of the hardest things about teaching students about programming is getting them to properly test their code. Testing is something I expl...

Most people don’t associate either rain or computer science with Las Vegas Nevada but the last few days have seen plenty of both. In fact th...

This past weekend (and today) have been spent working with some amazing and knowledgeable people on the K12 Computer Science Curriculum Fram...

I wish I had more time this summer. This sounds amazing. WHAT: Cybersecurity Summer Workshop for High School Teachers WHEN: Thursday, Jul...

Inspiration for projects come from everywhere. Today there was a lot of talk about “March Madness” or the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament. ...

Have you heard about the $47,400 piece of software that randomly points an arrow left or right? TSA says its Randomizer app only cost $47,40...

Some weeks the blog post ideas flow like water. And then there is last week. I don't know how Doug Peterson and Mark Guzdial manage to...

Wow! I have a lot to share this week. Please read through it all and I am sure you’ll find something of interest. There is BBS Micro:Bit new...

Artificial Intelligence has been in the news. Last week Google got a lot of great press with some AI software that learned how to play the a...

Computer security has been in the news a lot lately with all the talk of the FBI and Apple going at it in court. Students are interested as ...

About two weeks ago I realized that I was approaching 1,000 posts on this blog. Most of these have come in the last three and a half years s...

It’s Spring! And as I work on this Sunday afternoon I am wondering if we will have enough snow to cancel school tomorrow. I’m thinking we wi...

Writing the K12 Computer Science Framework is an ongoing effort by a writing team of several dozen computer science educators with review a...

It’s maple syrup time in New Hampshire where I live. My wife and I with some help from the neighbor kid decided it was time we got in on the...