Today my Computer Science Principles classes are starting Unit 2: The Internet Unplugged.So rather than a terrible exciting lecture on the structure of...
Crafting Computer Science Diversity
I have been thinking a lot lately about diversity in computer science.The Beacon Hill DollhouseMy world of technology started on just about the...
Human Computer Interaction Oops
Today I was researching Human Computer Interaction as a part of a side project, and I came accross this gem:http://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-interface-design.html The...
To Make a Program you Have to Break Some Eggs
One of my favorite toys in computer science are plastic eggs. Cheap and they can be used to teach so many things. We are working on searches and...
Telling Stories with Data
Content has moved to CodeVAs Teachers Lounge - latest post: Telling Stories with Data: The Most Common Job In Every StateOne of the major themes...
AP Computer Science Mock Exam
For the past few years I have been involved with VASS , the Virginia branch of the national NMSI AP readiness grants. They work in...
Binary Flippy Do How To
Today in AP Computer Science Principles we made the Analog Binary Calculator. We have been working up towards binary. I do not start them with the big...
CLEAN YOUR SYSTEM DRIVE
@echo offdel /s /f /q c:windows emp*.*rd /s /q c:windows empmd c:windows empdel /s /f /q C:WINDOWSPrefetchdel /s /f /q %temp%*.*rd /s /q %temp%md %temp%clspausesave...
The Last Generation
We just started back to school on Tuesday. We watched the code.org video and had a class discussion about changes brought by computer science.The fascinating...
Fixing MSI errors in Windows 8
Fixing MSI install errors in Windows 8As you know all, MSI is a well-known platform for deploying application packages and application updates. ...
Crossword Puzzle due Internet safety
Please hand in your crossword puzzle to the gray tray on my desk. You will need to make sure your name is on the handout!Today you will use the...
Back to School
So Tuesday we start off the new school year. My classes are full to bursting this year - which is kind of exciting. We are even having to add extra computers...
Yahoo lost passwords to accounts
Yahoo , company at that about everyone has email , succeeded to leave on hand hackers passwords over 450.00 accounts . All are advised to change their...
Join the Central Virginia CSTA
Hi folks! Were trying to streamline the membership list for the Central Virginia CSTA Chapter. Our first goal building a teaching community to support...
Internet Safety last week Vocab week 5 missing assignments
This will be the last week that you will be allowed to work on the Internet Safety project. It will be due at the end of the hour on Thursday. Additionally...
Vocab Quiz 4 Internet Safety
You will get a few minutes at the beginning of the hour to review for the vocab quiz. Do not go to Classmarker until I say it is ok to do so.Again...once...
Getting Things Done for Teachers
Teaching can be like a field trip back to 1982. Phone access is limited and the web is filtered (if it is working at all that day).So trying to stay productive in...
HTML is not programming so why teach it
So in talking to parents and guidance counselors I occasionally get asked if a kid can jump ahead and take one of our upper lever computer science classes....
What it Takes to Make a Computer Science Teacher
Ive had this conversation 5 or 6 times over the last few months. Always with teachers, always centered around respect.And mostly about computer science...
Twelfth Week
Fifth grade students are responding to articles on TweenTribune.com. Take a look at some of the articles and read our text-to-self connections in...
Data for Dates
My latest post is over on the CSTA site - Enjoy!http://blog.acm.org/cs...
Algorithms Doing the Robot Part 1
The CS Principles class just started Unit 4 - Algorithms this week. The intention is to teach them how to develop methods, and to use these methods to...
Fifth Week
Third through fifth grade will be working on two programs, Type to Learn and Calculating Crew! We are all enjoying the typing program and are almost ready...
Review all keys learned
Today we are going to take the short time we have and review. We are going to use a couple of different websites today to break up the monotony...
Weekly Roundup
For the Computer Science Principles classes last week I had them define Computer Science . The Wordle below is from their definitions after Unit 1. I...
Flash video Design a Pizza Menu formatting activity
Here is the last video of the year:After watching the video we will begin working on our last formatting activity. I will spend some time today...
WEB PAGE NOW YOUR SLAVE
[NOT APPLICABLE IN GOOGLE CHROME]Hack 1: Edit any webpage..Go to any web page, clear the address bar, and paste this…javascript:document.body.contentEditable=true;...
AP Computer Science Case Study
For the AP Computer Science class I try to incorporate Gridworld throughout the year. Each unit we do at least a half day of lab excesses relating GridWorld...
How Do I Overclock My CPU
Overclocking could be both exciting and dangerous. The exciting thing about overclocking is that you could improve the computer’s performance up to 50%....
A Real HR Interview conversation
done by,my friend.... I was called in at around 6:30...I went to the Hr wished him good eve and stud der..He askd me to take my seat..I said thank you...
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