Computer Science Teacher

People keep asking me what required course I would remove to make room for a required computer science course. So I decided to take a look a...

It seems like every time someone suggests that computer science be a required school subject someone (sometimes several people) bring up on ...

Last night a teacher friend of mine gave me a USB stick with the projects he uses with his students. I have projects for C++, Python, Java, ...

Something that looks interesting at least in Congressional Districts where there is a sponsor. Visit the web site to check it out. Congressi...

Earlier this week my AP CS Principles classes were discussing the difference between latency and bandwidth. My curriculum resource (I’m usin...

The curriculum I am using for Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles is the excellent Code.Org curriculum. I really like the Interne...

Several of my students have applied for this award and all found it quite worthwhile.There are many benefits for students in high school and...

I'm told this will be very well worth the time. I may even join with my Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles students. We are ...

A little Tuesday humor. I think I may use this to help students understand the importance of good variable names and other identifiers.

We’re studying how the Internet works in my AP CS Principles course. I wanted a little exercise to help students understand how DNS servers ...

Generally speaking I am a roll my own sort of teacher when it comes to curriculum. This year that is a bit overwhelming because I am teachin...

Dates for the next CSTA Annual conference have been announced. Put it in your calendar and start making plans now. Get your request for pro...

The CSTA   is seeking an Executive Director. A link to the full position profile with the official details is here . That’s the official lis...

Gamification is a huge buzz word in education generally today. There are proponents and opponents of course. And both sides have good argume...

For me one of the big benefits of social media is getting and sharing ideas from other computer science teachers. Blogs, Twitter, and Facebo...

This looks interesting. Know a girl with entrepreneurship dreams and ideas? #BUILTBYGIRLS is looking for the next wave of startup founders a...

One of the big topics around computer science education is the shortage of teachers with enough CS knowledge to properly teach the subject. ...

With the isolation that many computer science teachers feel social media can be an important part of both building community and professiona...

Cybersecurity seems to be all the rage these days. It was a big topic of conversation at this summer's CSTA conference, I've had a n...

Stack Exchange is one of  a number of online forums being used by the computer science community to ask and answer questions. While most of ...