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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 June 22 2009
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Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 4:35 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Interesting Links June 15 2009
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Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 12:48 PM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Useful Links June 8 2009
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Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 5:33 AM by Alfred Thompson | 0 Comments

Ada Lovelace Day – Women in Technology
This is my Ada Lovelace Day post as promised in January . Today well over a thousand bloggers are posting posts about women in technology who they admire. The goal is the present role models to young women and girls as well as to highlight and honor the Read More...

Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 7:46 PM by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments

A future without programming
One of the questions that frequently comes up when I give career talks is “ will the future provide tools that regular people can use that will mean that we will not need programming?” We see the occasional articles such as this one titled “ A future Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:47 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

Saving Computer History
The old saying is that “ those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. ” Does that apply to computer science and information technology? Oh yes it does. Well I think it does. Look at today’s use of “thin clients” connected to servers. Read More...

Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 5:43 AM by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments

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