Computer Science Teacher

Too often people think of ethics, accessibility, and security as condiments; something to add at the end rather than ingredients essential f...

The ACM has released the latest update for the ACM Code of Ethics . It’s an interesting and important document. I wonder how many computing ...

Narrator : Alfred Thompson, you’ve just attended an amazing CSTA Conference. Now what? Alfred : I’m going to Disney World! And so I did. I j...

One of the big announcements at the recent Computer Science Teachers Association conference was that Microsoft is donating two million doll...

Contrary to popular opinion I did not do it for the free t-shirt. Certaport was offering teachers at the CSTA Conference the opportunity to ...

I feel like I have really fallen behind on reporting on the CSTA Conference in Omaha. Part of the problem is being a bit overwhelmed. Usuall...

One of the big announcements at CSTA today was a new premium level of membership in CSTA. There is and will continue to be a free membership...

Before I get into some pictures of the exhibit hall let me tell you that there are a lot of people here. This was lunch on Sunday. Arkansas ...

Yesterday opened the CSTA Conference with afternoon workshops. And there was a nice reception put on by Google. For me it was a travel day a...

My bags are packed. Normally I pack the night before a trip but my suitcase has been packed for days for my trip to the annual CSTA Conferen...

Today is the last day of ISTE and I’m not there. I am following a lot of conversation from there on Twitter though. One thing that is coming...

Summer is a time of reflection and learning for me. I really want to be a better teacher and summer give me a chance to read more and to thi...

Of the several courses I teach, my favorite course is call Honors Programming. Its a one semester course that is the first real programing c...

One of my students won for her district last year. She found it a very valuable experience. I highly support this challenge. Share it with ...

Mark Guzdial has an interesting post called Reflections of a CS Professor and an End-User Programmer in which he compares end-user programm...

It is teacher wrap up day at Bishop Guertin. The warning bell for homeroom just rang but of course the students were done on Friday so there...

My first published book, Microsoft Visual Basic FUNdamentals, came out 18 years ago. It was for Visual Basic version 6 and what I did was to...

The t-shirt image here showed up on my Facebook feed the other day.  My first thought was “Yes, computer teachers are the coolest.” Of cours...

During a conversation with my dean, he said it takes about three years to really get teaching an Advanced Placement course down pat. I don...

End of the semester project time for me. All of my programming students have been finishing up[ their self-selected projects and I have been...