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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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Learning Snacks
I received the following announcement about Learning Snacks last week. Since I am out today (minor surgery) and looking for posts for this week this was a natural. :-) Plus of course I love the idea of short presentations that have potential for introducing Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:18 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Learning Network Manager
I found this via a link from Dominic's blog . It looks like jsut the thing to help make life easier for people who manage school computer labs. It's called the Learning Network Manager and it is an open source project. The description from the web site Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 1:31 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 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

Deploying Windows Vista (and Office 2007 and Windows XP and Office 2003)
I attended a big launch event for Windows Vista and Office 2007 in Boston today. Over 2,500 people, mostly from business, showed up to get a good look at these new products. We did have a group of students and teachers from Minuteman Tech and I think Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:05 PM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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