Computer Science Teacher

Time to look back on the past year I think. I wrote a post in January about what I was watching ( Computer Science Education Things I’m Watc...

A bunch of years ago I read an op-ed piece in one of the news magazines. I forget the one but the piece itself has stuck with me for years. ...

I’ve toyed with drag and drop or block based programming for a bunch of years now. I even keep a list of block programming platforms . But t...

Sheena is a wonderful innovative teacher who I have know for several years. We also served on the CSTA Board together. She works across grad...

There are many problems getting more computer science into schools. There is a shortage of teachers. There is a problem with room in the sch...

There is an old computer science joke that goes more or less like this: There are two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, n...

Some days I think my greatest edge over my students is that I am better at debugging than they are. Well there is that I actually read docum...

If you are teaching Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles for the first time as I am you probably still have lots of questions abou...

The Joint Task Force on Cybersecurity Education is working on curriculum recommendations for post secondary schools but I think their work w...

There is some real momentum in growing computer science for all people in the US. Even the Trump administration seems to be behind it (more ...

With increasing interest in computer science before high school these days you may have noticed that I have a number of K-8 teachers in this...

When I last talked to Mike Zamansky for this blog he was teaching computer science at Stuyvesant high school (one of New York City’s entran...

Computer Science education is important all over the world. Recently Steven Floyd who teaches at Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in ...

Vicki Davis has a wonderful podcast with interesting educators. Over the summer she interviewed me about teaching Computer Science. Topics i...

Professional Development days are often a great opportunity to meet other teachers and share idea. Even though I pass his school twice a day...

I interviewed Emmanuel Schanzer in my last series. But like so many things, Bootstrap , the program he directs has grown and expanded. A num...

Adam and I interact mostly on Facebook where he has created a number of very active Facebook groups including one called Computer Science Ed...

We had an open house for prospective students and their parents at school on Sunday. We’re a private school so getting parents to see a reas...

Jackie Corricelli conducts Advanced Placement Computer Science summer institutes for teachers. That is how I first met here. And I learned a...