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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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Microsoft’s Student TV
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Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:43 PM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

We Need Wireless Power
New Hampshire was hit by a major ice storm last Thursday night. The power at my house went out initially around 7:30PM but my UPS system kept the Internet modem and Wi-Fi access point up for a while. The power came back briefly around 10PM but went out Read More...

Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 12:39 PM by Alfred Thompson | 6 Comments

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Links For Girls, Links for Career Stuff, and Going Green
So I got a number of links to links today. OK some are direct to the items but some are to pages with just too many links to copy. Wouldn’t be right. The first big set of links I found at the NCWIT blog post titled 100 Recommended Resources on Gender Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 5:36 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

NATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE
Something for middle school science classes perhaps: The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have partnered on this unprecedented initiative to educate, empower and engage students, teachers and Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:21 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Imagine Cup – Student Environment & Technology Competition
The 2008 Imagine Cup finals is currently being held in Paris France. This international competition involves tens of thousands of university students around the world. This year’s theme is "Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment." Read More...

Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 12:09 PM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Computers and the Environment
One of the things I frequently bring up in career talks these days is the connection between computing and the environment. One area is computers being used to research the environment. I love to read about the stuff they are doing at UMass Amherst to Read More...

Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 6:05 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

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