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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
One of the projects I have used for years is a letter counter program. The idea is to count the occurrences of each individual letter. It’s a nice project thatAbout...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 22, 2019 at 12:20 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Got the proctor guide for the PSAT that I have to proctor next week. There is a chart to help proctors determine stop times that are 25, 35, 50, and 60 minutes...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 11, 2019 at 10:52 AM
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Every so often I run into a computer science teacher’s work online and ask myself “how have I never heard of this person before?” This week I listened to a podcast...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 10, 2019 at 09:44 AM
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Applications for the ACM/CSTA 2020 Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing are now open. The deadline is 12 January 2020.The AwardThe ACM/CSTA Cutler-Bell Prize...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 2, 2019 at 07:11 AM
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Know a student or teacher or administrator who has achieved something this year to increase access and quality of CS education. I can think of a number of people...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 1, 2019 at 07:15 AM
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This seems to be the year a lot of people are really getting concerned about cheating on computer science programming projects. There has been some discussion of...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 30, 2019 at 10:43 AM
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Over the years I have used a number of projects to give students practice using if statements – especially those that involved nesting or checking lots of values...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 25, 2019 at 12:08 PM
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"Tools and Weapons" by Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne is a look at some important computing issues through a Microsoft lens. It is a pretty revealing look as the...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 17, 2019 at 08:21 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Neil Plotnick shared some Password Checking Tools on Facebook recently. I’ve used some of these in the past and find them useful and instructive.
https://howsecureismypassword...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 6, 2019 at 08:59 AM
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This is a great program for high school girls interested in technology. I have had several students get awards at the state level and they all say it has been a...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 5, 2019 at 07:31 AM
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This looks like a valuable free professional development course for teachers interested in incorporating Scratch into their curriculum."The Scratch Course" is a...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 4, 2019 at 10:20 AM
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I’m always looking for new projects. I found an interesting example in the book “The Creativity Code” (Creativity Code review here). It was a poem generator that...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 26, 2019 at 11:40 AM
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The CSTA 2020 Call for Proposals is out and as usual it has me thinking. Two questions come to mind. One is, what can/should I propose to present? The other question...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 22, 2019 at 09:50 AM
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Over the summer Vicki Davis interviewed me for her Ten Minute Podcast. Vicki and I have been friends for a number of years and it is always a pleasure to talk with...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 21, 2019 at 05:36 PM
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Tomorrow (Monday) I will meet the new freshmen in my study hall. And I’ll finish getting my room ready for the new school year. First day of real classes is Tuesday...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 18, 2019 at 11:14 AM
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One of the interesting t-shirts I saw at CSTA 2019 last week said “Question Technology.” That might seem to be a strange slogan at a computer science education...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 15, 2019 at 08:12 AM
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CSTA 2019 gave me a lot to think about. Today I was thinking about what was impressive and I thought about the Tuesday lunch panel. Microsoft brought a panel of...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 12, 2019 at 04:36 PM
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After the announcement of a millions dollar grant by Google to CSTA and the new “Code with Google” program I was asked “what does a company get out of this sort...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 11, 2019 at 06:09 AM
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I’m pretty sure I have been to every CSTA conference going back to when it was the CS & IT conference and there was no CSTA organization. This year’s was by far...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 10, 2019 at 08:59 PM
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So I missed the opening keynote which I am sure was amazing but I spent the time catching up with a good friend who I see too rarely. Time well spend. Leigh Ann...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 10, 2019 at 06:45 PM