Computer Science Teacher

It’s about 2:45 AM as I start this post. Why am I writing at this hour? Well, it’s because some things are keeping my mind from shutting dow...

The 2024 CSTA conference was the best one ever for me. It was wonderful to catchup with old friends and to talk to many people I had never m...

Last day of the conference and I woke up to news of a global network outage that was causing delays in thousands of flights. Including my tr...

Before I start on my day three report, I want to suggest people look at Mike Zamansky’s Day Two report on his blog. We attended mostly diff...

The exhibit hall was impressive this year. I believe three are something like 80 exhibitors. Below is a snapshot of s few of them that caugh...

Day two starts with sessions for ALL attendees. I started proctoring a session called Classroom To Career – CS Curriculum With a Purpose. T...

Day one for me was the chapter leadership summit. I got talked into the New Hampshire chapter treasurer role. The first thing I did was to c...

CTSA turns twenty and as I write this I am about ready to fly out to Las Vegas for the annual CSTA conference. I’m in the mood to look back ...

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...