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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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Interesting Links September 26 2009
Windows 7 released to the general public last week so I have to start with a couple of Windows 7 links. OK maybe I don’t *have* to but there are a couple I wanted to share. From the Teacher Tech blog there is a list of 7 things teachers will like about Read More...

Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 5:15 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Web 2.0 and Other Educational Resources from Microsoft
OK, this may not be the definitive index to Microsoft resources for teachers but it’s close. Something for everyone from elementary school English teachers to high school science teachers (check out the world wide telescope) to high school computer science Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:53 PM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Favorite Posts from August 2008
I was fortunate enough to be invited to guest blog twice in August. Those may have been among my best posts for the month. First I did a first day of school post for the CSTA blog - Setting the Tone for the School Year . My wife is seeing students for Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:05 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

New Web Design Curriculum Released
Are you looking for ways to engage your students in 21 st century learning? Would you like to generate enthusiasm and excitement about using technology in your classroom on a daily basis? Are your students interested in developing skills they can employ Read More...

Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 10:01 AM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

Getting Ready for NECC
It’s just over a week until I head out (down to?) San Antonio for this year’s National Education Computing Conference (NECC). I’ll start on Saturday the 28th with the annual CS & IT Symposium . This year’s event looks to be the best yet. I hope to Read More...

Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:56 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

An Expression Web Video Tutorial
Randy Guthrie has posted a very nice 34 minute long video tutorial on how to create a personal web site using Expression Web. Expression Web is free for schools though the MSDN AA program . For college/university students it is also free through the Dreamspark Read More...

Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 7:50 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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