Computer Science Teacher

My wife loves word puzzles. She is amazing at them. Me? Not so much. On the other hand I love programs and programming projects that involve...

The CSTA Call for Proposals is coming to an end October 30, 2023 11:59 PM PT. Presentations are what makes the CSTA Conference is what make...

One thing that happens when you know who to write computer code is that you know how hard or easy some things are. If you’re even the least ...

This looks like a great opportunity to make a difference in CS education. We are seeking community involvement in a new project called Reima...

Dave Largent, a CS professor at Ball State University, had an important reminder on his blog - Dave's not here, or is he?: Teachers need...

I am at tending the 2023 CSTA Conference online. I’m not writing blog posts about it the way I normally do. Lots of reasons for that but I w...

Pat Yongpradit from Code.Org tweeted an image of what they are seeing in conversations about AI and Education. (The link on the image below ...

Facebook memories reminded me of a frequent conversation I had with students. They would ask me what would happen if they tried something an...

Last night, when I could not sleep, I got up and wrote some code. I added some features and data checking to my Wordle solver helper program...

Does anyone else lay in bed in the morning thinking about coding projects or is it just me? I’ve been playing around with a Wordle solver he...

tl;dr Book recommendations: Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering Code Girls: The Untol...

I was reading a tweet from a person saying they lost points a program written with pen and paper because the teacher thought the code would ...

One of the things that make me sure that programming will be around for awhile even with better and better artificial intelligences is that ...

Eugene Wallingford had a great post on WHAT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED AS A CS STUDENT? It’s got a lot of good advice and I recommend it ...

I spent some time looking at the Rhode Island Computer Museum web page today. A lot of interesting stuff. Some great information under the ...

“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” – Yogi Berra That doesn't mean people don't try. Recent advances ...

Traditionally I write a year end look back on thee previous yest in CS education. (Last year at Looking Back on Computer Science Education ...

Donald E. Knuth famously said "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." The important word there is “premature.” Optimizat...

Trying out ChatGPT seems to be all the rage these days in certain geek circles. I may even be late to the game but I tried a few things over...

For most of my career I hive been hearing that some day computers will write all the code and human programmers will no longer be needed. Or...