A good way to understand something better is to go broader. To help students see that everything inside the computer is stored as a number, rather than just looking at text, images and sound, why not include other things such as programs, dates and times?
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That's the reason that I made an octal page, and my hexadecimal page has more than two digits - further examples to test the students' generalised knowledge of number bases.
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Quote 1: “Teachers hold professional degrees, yet we are considered less than, paid less than, and often blamed for things outside our control.” Quote 2: “We are constantly asked to do more with less.”
Quote from CS Teacher: “Listen to the teachers. They know what they need.”
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Any white man with her qualifications would likely have won. She would have been infinitely better than Trump but some people still can't see past gender and color.
It was obviously part of the reason. Probably the biggest reason.
This should be required reading for anyone who doesn't work in an actual school but feels the need to insert themselves into the AI in Education conversation.
It's also a great read for those working in schools!
That might get me to upgrade
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I listened to a few minutes of Biden's talk at Jesse Jackson's memorial service. I've never been much of a Biden fan to be honest. But compared to Trump, he is an amazing speaker.
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Updated coding memes for my cs classroom.
This time with an Olympic theme! 🏅
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Computer Science Teacher: Computer Programming or Software Development blog.acthompson.net/2026/03/comp... Drawing a distinction between computer programming and software development and what it means for K12 computer science education. #CSed #TeamCompSci
Computer Science Teacher: Computer Programming or Software Development blog.acthompson.net/2026/03/comp... Drawing a distinction between computer programming and software development and what it means for K12 computer science education. #CSed #TeamCompSci
Computer Science Teacher: Selling AI Before It’s Time blog.acthompson.net/2026/03/sell... Anthropic, the department of Defense (or War), and the question of AI being ready
Computer Science Teacher: Selling AI Before It’s Time blog.acthompson.net/2026/03/sell... Anthropic, the department of Defense (or War), and the question of AI being ready
Trump deliberately targeted/assassinated a head of state.
He announced it. He's proud of it.
There have been attempts before,
but they were covert and unacknowledged.
Can anyone cite a counter example in all of human history?
Now the taboo has been broken, no head of state is safe.
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Without the dots, it looks like polygraph test results from a pathological liar.
The real TDS is whatever mental illness causes people to support Trump.
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Possible unpopular opinion Computer science, in the old analogy, is the dog and AI is the tail. The tail should not wag the dog.
Code.org President Steps Down Citing 'Upending' of CS By AI #Technology #Business #Other #ArtificialIntelligence #CSEducation #LeadershipChange
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At this point in the semester my CircuitPython students move from the Circuit Playground Bluefruit to the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W. This lesson explains how to make the move at a similar point for anyone following along our course playlist: youtu.be/RPI10l3vCWk?...
I have been thinking a lot lately about AI Tutors and the Human Connection blog.acthompson.net/2026/02/ai-t... #EduSky #CSed #AI
Gasp!
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Are any of you doing anything around the Olympics? Back some years ago, the Olympics got me thinking about sorting. Specifically, how to determine which country is winning in the medal count. I wrote something up back then. blog.acthompson.net/2014/02/sort... #TeamCompSci #CSed
