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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
There has been a lot in the news about schools being closed and how schools are dealing with it. There seems to be everything for regular online synchronous teaching...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 28, 2020 at 06:30 AM
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For the last several years I have had international students in some of my classes. Most from China but also South Korea, Viet Nam, and Cambodia. This year I have...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 27, 2020 at 10:02 AM
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My good friend and peer teacher, Tom Indelicato and I share a morning homeroom. It’s online now of course but we join early and stay late to touch base with each...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 26, 2020 at 11:32 AM
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We sure are learning a lot about online classes these days. Teachers at my school are using Google Meet and Zoom in about equal numbers. This means that students...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 25, 2020 at 09:18 AM
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Well this is the new normal I guess. We had snow last night and several students missed homeroom this morning. I am assuming it is because of power outages in the...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 24, 2020 at 01:09 PM
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Boring post title I know. But I am not really concerned about attracting eyes in these crazy time. Over the weekend I found out that my international students (two...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 23, 2020 at 01:06 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
As one of my co-workers put it it's been a long year this week. I might ease up on that easier say a long month this week. It sure has been a learning experience...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 20, 2020 at 01:23 PM
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I have no idea how long or how consistently I will be writing these posts. I guess when I have something to say. In some ways I think of this as a sort of record...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 19, 2020 at 04:48 PM
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I miss my students. It’s hard talking and not seeing or hearing any reactions. Are they getting my jokes? Even polite laughter and pretending I am funny would be...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 18, 2020 at 12:54 PM
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My advisory (homeroom) was interesting. For one thing I realized that thee isn’t the chatter between students in the room. I’m pretty sure they are texting and...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 17, 2020 at 01:27 PM
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Well, we’ve started. Today we only had half the classes in the rotation meet. Tomorrow we will have the second half. It’s all about getting adjusted to the new...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 16, 2020 at 01:09 PM
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Well it happened. Like so many schools and school districts, Bishop Guertin has decided to close the building because of COVID-19. I say closing the building because...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 13, 2020 at 04:53 PM
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There is a lot of talk about teaching debugging going on there days. Amy Ko of the University of Washington did a podcast a short time ago on the subject. Amy Ko...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 11, 2020 at 08:45 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Getting more computer science education to more people is something I think about a lot. Mark Guzdial, I want to be him if I ever grow up, has me thinking in new...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 9, 2020 at 08:17 PM
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Covid-19 is motivating schools all over the world to close. Many other schools are looking at options in case they have to close their facilities. My own school...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 7, 2020 at 08:11 PM
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I found this Tweet by Katerina Borodina @ctrlshifti that claimed that the 5 stages of grief apply perfectly to debugging code
Denial "The compiler is wrong"
Anger...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 18, 2020 at 08:20 AM
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Another teacher reported on Facebook that they were going teach AP CS Principles and that this was the first time they are teaching computer science and their students...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 11, 2020 at 12:17 PM
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It’s too early to tell exactly what went wrong with the Iowa caucus this year but I suspect it will wind up being a case study in several ways. Political Science...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 4, 2020 at 12:24 PM
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I first heard about the CS Ed Podcast back when I wrote on debugging. Amy Ko of the university of Washington talked about teaching debugging in a recent interview...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 3, 2020 at 09:37 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
True confession – give me an app that plays with interesting and personal data and I’ll play for a while. The amount of data available to us today is astounding...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 24, 2020 at 08:33 AM