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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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Pre-Collegiate Faculty Connection Redesign
Back a year or so ago Microsoft opened the Pre-collegiate faculty connection web portal to share resources for computer science, computer programming, web development and other related teaching areas. It’s been a pretty successful site with tens of thousands Read More...

Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 1:57 PM 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

Interesting Links September 21 2009
I’m convinced that the best online conversations about computer science education are taking place around Mark Guzdial’s blog these days. he recent blog post What changes CS Education? is a great example of that. besides the comments there (still coming Read More...

Posted Monday, September 21, 2009 11:48 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

New Windows Live Movie Maker Available
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Posted Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:43 PM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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Summer Webcast Series for Interns and Recent Graduates
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Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:03 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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More Free Windows 7 Training
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Posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:03 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Interesting Links Twittered and Otherwise May 11th 2009
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Posted Monday, May 11, 2009 5:41 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

A Little Link Love
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Posted Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:11 PM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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Microsoft is looking for people who have taught introductory programming
I found a blog post by the Microsoft Learning team titled Have you taught introductory developer courses-—We want you! I’ve included some of the post below. Visit the post itself for contact information if you are interested. Have you taught introductory Read More...

Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 5:19 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

February 2009 Free eBooks from Microsoft Learning
Over at the Microsoft Learning community blog I found a post with this month's Microsoft Press 25th Anniversary "Free e-Book of the Month" offer . It's available for a limited time only so grab them now! Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition: Read More...

Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 3:26 AM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

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Teaching Office Resources, University Lectures, Things Found on Twitter
Twitter continues to grow as part of my professional learning network. This week I learned about a number of new resources for training, teaching and learning. For example, from MSOfficeResKit   I learned about a large set of customizable training Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:44 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Useful Web Links for Computer Science Teachers
I keep doing sets of links to hand out at various conferences. It seems like every time I do the list comes out a little differently. Some new things. Some things have new addresses. And the order of things changes for the audience. This list is from Read More...

Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 5:20 AM by Alfred Thompson | 4 Comments

Windows 7: To the Beta and Beyond
Something for the IT people at your school or district. Date: Thursday, February 12th Time: 11:00am Pacific Time https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of subject matter experts for a live discussion of what's in store Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:07 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

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Social Computing/Networking and Reaching Out To Students
If you are viewing this post using a web browser and slide down the screen a little you will find a number of things. Among the “ego badges” about Twitter followers and blog follower notices and above the links to other blogs you will find a new gadget. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:32 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

One More Reason I’m Proud of Working For Microsoft
Interesting article about “ a survey of major corporations [of which companies are] doing the best job of investing in its community. The survey was part of a study published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 24, 2008 5:53 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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