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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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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 other tools, really toss...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 10, 2023 at 12:37 PM
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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 involved string manipulation...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 29, 2023 at 11:03 AM
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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 makes CSTA the best conference...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 24, 2023 at 08:57 AM
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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 OCD some things that...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | October 17, 2023 at 07:39 PM
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This looks like a great opportunity to make a difference in CS education.We are seeking community involvement in a new project called Reimagining CS Pathways: High...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | September 11, 2023 at 06:22 PM
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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 to struggle to learn (davidlargent...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | August 11, 2023 at 09:27 AM
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I am attending 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 will post some learnings...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | July 12, 2023 at 12:32 PM
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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 goes to that tweet)Now...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | June 6, 2023 at 08:17 AM
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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. When I finished I...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 25, 2023 at 12:44 PM
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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 helper for a while now...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 18, 2023 at 01:59 PM
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tl;dr Book recommendations:
Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | March 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM
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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 not run. When the student...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 23, 2023 at 06:26 PM
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One of the things that make me sure that programming will be around for awhile even with better and better artificial intelligences is that people are bad at giving...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 14, 2023 at 05:44 PM
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Eugene Wallingford had a great post on WHAT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED AS A CS STUDENT? It’s got a lot of good advice and I recommend it to students in high school...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 12, 2023 at 04:30 PM
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I spent some time looking at the Rhode Island Computer Museum web page today. A lot of interesting stuff. Some great information under the Education and Activities...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 27, 2023 at 11:50 AM
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“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” – Yogi BerraThat doesn't mean people don't try. Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence have a...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 23, 2023 at 09:52 AM
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Traditionally I write a year end look back on thee previous yest in CS education. (Last year at Looking Back on Computer Science Education in 2021) Honestly, that...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | January 1, 2023 at 06:38 PM
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Donald E. Knuth famously said "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." The important word there is “premature.” Optimization is not a bad thing. It isn...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 19, 2022 at 11:54 AM
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Trying out ChatGPT seems to be all the rage these days in certain geek circles. I may even be late to the game but I tried a few things over the last couple ofnarcissistic...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 17, 2022 at 12:56 PM
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For most of my career I hive been hearing that some day computers will write all the code and human programmers will no longer be needed. Or at least, not as needed...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 4, 2022 at 05:54 PM