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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. He has written several textbooks and project books for teaching Visual Basic in high school and middle school. Alfred is the K-12 Computer Science Academic Relations Manager for Microsoft and is trying to be the Microsoft Education Blogger.

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A Week For Computer Science Education
Have you seen the announcement about Computer Science Education week yet? Congress has passed a resolution designating the week of December 7 as Computer Science Education Week. This week was selected because it covers the time of Grace Hopper’s birth Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:11 AM by Alfred Thompson | 4 Comments

Interesting Links Twittered July 20 2009
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Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 4:54 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Interesting Links June 22 2009
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Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 4:35 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

How To Do A Conference ID Badge Correctly
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Posted Saturday, April 25, 2009 11:49 PM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

ACM Urges Obama to Include CS as Core Part of STEM Education
The ACM, the professional society for the computer professionals, issued a paper and a press release urging President-Elect Obama to include computer science as a core part of STEM education in the US. I was going to quote some of the key recommendations Read More...

Posted Friday, January 02, 2009 5:30 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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