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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 November 16 2009
Early in the week last week the @ tcea Twitter account tweeted (Twittered?) "They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." Anonymous That has sort of been my thought for the week. How do we make our students Read More...

Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 5:59 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Who’s Afraid of Smart Machines?
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Posted Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:34 AM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

Ethical Killing Machines?
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately one of the things you hear about are machines on the battle field – or above it. For the most part these machines are controlled remotely by people who make the actual decision to “fire” or not . But Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:58 AM by Alfred Thompson | 6 Comments

Reality Check: Laws of Identity
Kim Cameron is one of the top experts on identity and personal information management in the world. He may be best known for his Laws of Identity . Over at the Identity Blog he has listed these laws in easy to understand English . They are also listed Read More...

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 5:33 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Reality Check: Teaching Students About Intellectual Property Rights
More and more computer science programs are including units on ethical and legal issues. Perhaps one of the most controversial issues involving computer technology these days is that of intellectual property (IP). One of the problems is that young people Read More...

Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 9:23 AM by Alfred Thompson | 4 Comments

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