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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Engaging Students in Computer Science – Teacher Workshop in New Jersey

I’ll be heading to New Jersey in a couple of weeks. Now if you are not from New jersey you may not think that is a good thing. A lot of people have a very limited perception about New Jersey from some TV shows and movies I don’t have to name. But those Read More...

Posted Friday, September 18, 2009 12:34 PM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

Filed under: CSTA, Professional Development, XNA, education, Conferences

Can we talk? Learning, Conversations and Networking

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Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:20 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Filed under: teaching, Computer Science Education, Professional Development, APCS, education, Conferences, blogs

Interesting Links July 27th 2009

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Posted Monday, July 27, 2009 3:19 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Filed under: Robotics, Computer Science Education, CSTA, Careers, Game Programming, education, fun, Conferences, Education Technology, Popfly, Ethics, blogs, Windows7

Gotta Have IT

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Posted Monday, June 29, 2009 2:16 PM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

Filed under: teaching, Diversity, education, NCWIT, Conferences

More To Do Than Can Ever Be Done

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Posted Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:49 PM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Filed under: Computer Science Education, CSTA, Professional Development, Conferences

Come Find Me at NECC

Early tomorrow I get to the airport to fly to Washington DC for NECC. Saturday is the CS&IT Symposium run by the Computer Science Teachers Association ( CSTA ) with sponsorship from Microsoft Research, Intel and some company that sells ads on Internet Read More...

Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:24 AM by Alfred Thompson | 3 Comments

Filed under: Computer Science Education, Visual Studio, Databases, Conferences, Kodu

FDG 2009 Day Four – Computers That Read Your Mind

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Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:33 PM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Filed under: Game Programming, education, Conferences, FDG

FDG 2009 Day Three

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Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:08 PM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

Filed under: Computer Science Education, Game Programming, education, fun, Conferences, graphics, Kodu

FDC 2009 Day Two

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Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:08 AM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

Filed under: Computer Science Education, Game Programming, education, Conferences

Links Twittered April 27th 2009

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Posted Monday, April 27, 2009 4:47 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Filed under: Computer Science Education, Game Programming, education, Conferences, Tablets, Education Technology

FDG 2009 Day One

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Posted Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:07 PM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Filed under: Game Programming, education, Conferences

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

Filed under: Professional Development, Game Programming, Conferences, graphics, ACM

2009 Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT) Symposium

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Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 5:45 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Filed under: Computer Science Education, CSTA, Professional Development, education, Conferences, certification

Recent Links Twittered April 03 2009

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Posted Friday, April 03, 2009 5:22 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Filed under: Computer Science Education, CSTA, education, Conferences, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Surface, Twitter

Are You Ready to go to NECC? Register for the Microsoft Teacher Scholarship!

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Posted Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:18 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Filed under: education, Conferences, Education Technology