Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thompson
Alfred Thompson's blog about teaching computer science at the K-12 level. Alfred was a high school computer science teacher for 8 years. He has also taught grades K-8 as a computer specialist.
Don’t Panic
The other day I was looking through the analytics for this blog to see what sort of searches people...
Date: 09/01/2012
Computer Controversies For Fun and Discussion
I love a good discussion. Pros and cons and honest and hopefully friendly discussion of issue with...
Date: 08/31/2012
Cloud Fundamentals Video Series
The Trustworthy Computing group has been recording a series on Cloud computing fundamentals. The...
Date: 08/30/2012
Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
I ran into these Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics created by the Computer Ethics Institute while...
Date: 08/29/2012
Useful Download Links for Windows 8 and Windows Phone Development
Part of my job is to help people find valuable resources. I especially like it when they are free....
Date: 08/28/2012
Interesting Links 27 August 2012
Back to school hit home today as my wife went back to school for the first day of teachers. Kids...
Date: 08/27/2012
Online Coding Exercises For Programming Education
Well it is that time of year again – back to school. On the SIGCSE mailing list are a couple...
Date: 08/22/2012
Interesting Links 20 August 2012
Back from vacation and trying to catch up with things. I had over 450 unread email messages in spite...
Date: 08/20/2012
How To Read Code
We don’t teach students how to read code. Actually we don’t event teach them that they should read...
Date: 08/16/2012
Try Kinect at your K-12 School
Capturing students' interest and making concepts come alive is an educator's greatest...
Date: 08/15/2012
Recursion First
I’ve long had mixed feelings about recursion. (I’ve written about recursion several...
Date: 08/14/2012
Interesting Links 13 August 2012
Well it’s the middle of my vacation. Mostly I’m avoiding the Internet and email. Mostly. I’m not all...
Date: 08/13/2012
Public Sector TechBytes Series
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Date: 08/10/2012
2012 Microsoft US Forum Wrap Up
I missed out on most of the US Forum this year but as I said on Monday () I was able to attend the...
Date: 08/09/2012
You're invited to a Windows 8 DevCamp in city near you
Seating is limited. Select a date below to register online or call...
Date: 08/08/2012
Interesting Links 30 July 2012
Over on the left here is a picture of a group of young women who visited Microsoft in Cambridge MA...
Date: 07/30/2012
Curriculum is Hard
I’ve been involved in a number of curriculum projects over the years. The big one has been the...
Date: 07/26/2012
Interesting Links 23 July 2012
I had a great week and a great weekend. Busy weekend with family which is the best way to spend the...
Date: 07/23/2012
2012 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit Day One
Oh what a day! I’m at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond...
Date: 07/17/2012
Interesting Links 16 July 2012
The Microsoft Research Faculty Summit starts today (about noon eastern US time) Much of it will be...
Date: 07/16/2012
Post CS & IT 2012 Thoughts
The first part of this week was spent in Irvine CA for the 2012 CS & IT Conference. It’s amazing...
Date: 07/13/2012
Tip Calculator Hands On Lab for Windows Phone
This is the basic instructions for the demo I did as part of the Mobile App Development throwdown at...
Date: 07/10/2012
Computational Fairy Tales the Book
Just about a year ago I wrote a post about a Computational Fairy Tale blog (Computational Tales)...
Date: 07/06/2012
Teaching Teachers
Next week is the CSTA Computer Science & Information Technology Conference in Irvine CA. I’m...
Date: 07/05/2012
Microsoft Research Faculty Summit Live Stream 2012
I received this news from the ACM recently. The Microsoft Research Faculty Summit will be available...
Date: 07/03/2012
Where is the computer science at ISTE?
My prime focus at Microsoft is K-12 computer science education. While I am very interested in...
Date: 07/02/2012
Computer Science in the Common Core–Speak Up
Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I really believe that we need more computer science...
Date: 06/21/2012
Studio K – Program to make Kodu Curriculum and Tools more accessible in Classrooms
The other day the Kodu team announced Studio K. What is Studio K you ask? In my opinion it’s...
Date: 06/19/2012
Why I Love Windows Live Mesh
It could be argued that I have too many computers. There is my cool demo machine – Samsung 9. There...
Date: 06/15/2012
Microsoft Store Summer Camps are Now Open for Registration!
Microsoft Store Summer Camps are Now Open for Registration! Our 2012 Summer Camps are first come,...
Date: 06/14/2012