Computer Science Teacher

Summer conference season is coming up. ISTE starts this weekend (without me) and CSTA (with me) is in July. Over the years I have been to sc...

Regular readers of this blog know that I have been doing the New York Times Spelling bee ( Computer Science Teacher: Spelling Bee Solver Pro...

I used to start a talk on internationalization of code with the question “How many letters are in the alphabet?”  Once I had several people ...

A meme was posted (by Doug Peterson I believe) asking why if the computer knows there is a semi colon missing that the computer doesn’t add ...

Back to the basics! Get students close to the hardware! Really? Just how much hardware knowledge to students need today? This post was promp...

“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future!” --Niels Bohr My track record at looking forward in CS education is a mi...

I’m posting this early this year. My thinking is clear so why wait? For many, 2023 was the year that Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT and ot...

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 ...