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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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Bing, Explicit Content and Safe Searching For Schools
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Posted Sunday, June 21, 2009 6:13 PM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Internet Safety for the Whole Family
I gave a presentation to parents at a local middle school last night about Internet safety. One of the things I left them with was a collection of useful links and online references for parents, teachers, and students. This seemed like a pretty useful Read More...

Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 4:13 AM by Alfred Thompson | 3 Comments

Students Need Internet-Safety Education
According to this article ( Sending racy photos is common among teens ) in eSchool News, some 22% of teenage girls and 11% of girls 13-16 send nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves to others. Some 18% of boys are sending similar pictures of themselves Read More...

Posted Friday, December 26, 2008 5:34 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Teachers, Trust, Teaching and Filters
So long time readers know that I am not a fan of filtering of the Internet in schools. My wife is a librarian who enthusiastically marks Banned Books Week every year for the chance to discuss censorship with her students so its a family thing I guess. Read More...

Posted Monday, October 06, 2008 6:18 AM by Alfred Thompson | 3 Comments

Boston Public Schools Cyber Safety Program
The Boston Public schools have a very nice cyber safety program with a home on the Internet. This site has resources for teachers, students and families. These resources include posters and presentations that can be downloaded and used. While they are Read More...

Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 5:32 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Advertising Free Wiki Space at WetPaint
One of the problems with many "free" Internet services is that they are supported by advertising. Generally that is a pretty minor issue and for most applications where "free" as in no out of pocket costs is a requirement its a non-issue. In schools though Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:19 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Top Posts From October
Well October was an interesting month. In some cases I was pretty good at predicting which posts would get the most interest and in others I was pretty far off. I did think that the free download book on creating websites that sell would be popular but Read More...

Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 5:10 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Cyberbullying - Let's All Fight It
I came across a moving video on cyberbullying last week. It is remarkably well done and tells the story that cyberbullying is bullying and that it really hurts people. The video can be found here . There you will also find a teacher's guide to help use Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:42 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Phun with Phishing
OK maybe phun (or even fun) isn't quite the word but some people at Carnegie Mellon University Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory have come up with an educational game to teach young people about phishing attacks called Anti-Phishing Phil . It's a Read More...

Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 6:02 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Department of Learning Prevention
Earlier I reported on a teacher who was seeing some interesting and positive results by letting students use tools (computer software tools) that are often blocked or banned in schools. Today we learn the other side of this coin. Ben Chun reports in his Read More...

Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 8:05 PM by Alfred Thompson | 4 Comments

FREE School Security Resource Kit
While supplies last elementary and secondary schools can order a free security resource kit from Microsoft. The kit includes " a CD packed with informational resources, including fat sheets, flyers, and video resources - a multimedia collection of material Read More...

Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 11:30 AM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

Kids Are Smarter Than You Think They Are
I gave a couple of talks on Internet safety last week. I spoke to a group of middle school students and a group of third and fourth graders at a summer technology camp. As always I learned a lot from teaching kids. I asked the younger kids for examples Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:39 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

ClubTech - Technology Programs from the Boys and Girls Clubs
Last week I met with someone from the national headquarters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to learn about their ClubTech programs. These programs are designed to teach young people technical skills and to integrate technology into the core program Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 05, 2007 4:46 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Parent's Guide to Windows Vista
Most new PCs these days are coming with Windows Vista on them. If you are a parent, especially if your children are younger, this can be quite a boon to you as there are many new security features in Vista that can be helpful to parents. Blake Handler Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:58 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Hacker High School - Security Awareness for Students
A link to the Hacker High School web site went to the AP CS list the other day. It is an interesting site with lessons and exercises about computer and network security. It appears to be designed to be used in either a classroom or a computer club or Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 1:47 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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