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From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
It’s been said that the three hardest things in programming are naming things and off by one errors. For some reason, this semester, my students are having the...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | April 18, 2019 at 04:20 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
For me, teaching is all about the concepts. Programming languages change. My first programming language was FORTRAN. This was the big language with I was in university...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | April 8, 2019 at 09:47 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Students are really good at creating strange hard to solve bugs in their code. I am convinced that the code of a raw beginner can easily be harder to debug than...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 22, 2019 at 06:14 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I haven’t done one of these for a while. I still Tweet or retweet a lot at @AlfredTwo but I needed a break. I’m not sure I will do this every week but I think I...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 19, 2019 at 08:54 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Last week my school was told we had earned the College Board’s Female Diversity award for both Advanced Placement Computer Science A and Advanced Placement Computer...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 14, 2019 at 10:20 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
There are a number of sets of standards with most based on the CSTA standards (https://www.csteachers.org/general/custom.asp?page=standards) and the K-12 CS Framework...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 12, 2019 at 10:42 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Remember in the first Ghostbusters movie where the ghostbusters are told not to cross the stream of their ghost busting guns? And then at the end they do crossa...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 11, 2019 at 02:30 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
My students are working on the palindrome project. You probably know it – enter a string and report if it is a palindrome or not. In my case, I have them create...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 8, 2019 at 09:55 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
In March of 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband who would be the second US president “I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 4, 2019 at 11:52 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
We all get asked this question – What are you reading? Often this is the context of an interview and the person asking is really asking “how are you keeping current...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 27, 2019 at 01:54 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Wow! Computer Science Teachers Association members should all have gotten an email about this year’s election for the CSTA Board. It is a remarkable slate of candidates...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 26, 2019 at 01:00 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I admit that I am a sucker for “the best [what ever] in each state” lists. I want to see how many I have visited and what is “the best” in my state. Most of these...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 22, 2019 at 09:05 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I'm not a Minecraft person. I've had the demos. I know that some kids really get into it but … Well, some teachers love it as much as the students. For them it’s...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 15, 2019 at 06:58 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I recieved this from Pat Yongpradit of Code.org and thought I should share it.The US Department of Education has announced the EIR grant competition for FY 2019...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 14, 2019 at 11:33 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Last week, I was reading some old code. I wrote it in 1975. It was in FORTRAN IV and it was on punch cards. Really bad code. One character, meaningless variable...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 11, 2019 at 02:11 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I think Garth Flint (blog at Garth's CS Education Blog) first introduced me to the idea of the good idea fairy. The good idea fairy strikes you with a great idea...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 7, 2019 at 08:37 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
We have a supply and demand problem in computer science education. Demand has never been higher and it is growing. The need is real. Take a look at We need as....Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 4, 2019 at 07:51 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Variables in computer science are complicated. No, really they are. I didn’t consciously realize how complicated until I read “What is a variable?” on the blog...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 1, 2019 at 09:37 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
I’ve been thinking a lot about computer science standards and frameworks the last couple of days. It’s all Mark Guzdial’s fault because he posted Frameworks and...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 24, 2019 at 01:47 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Mark Guzdial posted a link to an article about him (The social justice case for computing: transforming tools for some into a language for all – you should read...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 10, 2019 at 02:13 PM