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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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Who’s Afraid of Smart Machines?
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Posted Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:34 AM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

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

Ethical Killing Machines?
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately one of the things you hear about are machines on the battle field – or above it. For the most part these machines are controlled remotely by people who make the actual decision to “fire” or not . But Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:58 AM by Alfred Thompson | 6 Comments

Bernie Madoff and the Need For Ethics in Computer Science
Have you seen a show or movie about a huge heist lately? The “Mission Impossible” type of movie or perhaps the TV show “Leverage?” One of the things you will notice is that there is always one computer hacker on the team these days. To steal something Read More...

Posted Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:39 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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Cheating, Ethics, Computer Science
It all started when I saw a link to this article about students creating videos to show others how to cheat . These young people don’t see anything wrong with cheating or helping others to cheat. Oh they understand that their teachers don’t like it but Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:29 AM by Alfred Thompson | 4 Comments

Reality Check: Laws of Identity
Kim Cameron is one of the top experts on identity and personal information management in the world. He may be best known for his Laws of Identity . Over at the Identity Blog he has listed these laws in easy to understand English . They are also listed Read More...

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 5:33 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Reality Check: Teaching Students About Intellectual Property Rights
More and more computer science programs are including units on ethical and legal issues. Perhaps one of the most controversial issues involving computer technology these days is that of intellectual property (IP). One of the problems is that young people Read More...

Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 9:23 AM by Alfred Thompson | 4 Comments

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