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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Kodu Demo – Programming for little kids

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Posted Monday, July 13, 2009 4:46 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Filed under: Computer Science Education, Game Programming, education, Programming, fun, first programming experience, Kodu, NECC

Sponges and Participants

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Posted Friday, July 03, 2009 12:28 PM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Filed under: education, NECC

Would You Wear A Ribbon That Labeled You a Trouble Maker?

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Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 5:41 AM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments