Something I will definitely miss from my time teaching will be the annual coding competitions we went to. They were kind of the ‘playoffs’ for my students, the end of the year show offs, and it was fun to be there with them. The two primary ones we always went Read more…
Going to take a SQL class next week (after not touching it for over a decade), and I decided to get started early. Finding decent starter tutorials that don’t begin with the assumption you are either completely clueless or somehow a veteran choosing to just now start a tutorial was Read more…
I have been loving my new job in the private sector, but have lately been curious about my students. I want to be sure they are learning programming, not just kind of… there. It’s what I have heard about other “computer science” classes at other schools, what my own students Read more…
I have tried all of these out, and some have been very helpful. Always a good idea to test your knowledge (and update it as necessary) List of Programming Challenge Websites https://www.topcoder.com/challenges https://www.hackerrank.com https://codefights.com https://www.codingame.com https://www.halite.io https://www.codewars.com https://projecteuler.net https://leetcode.com https://www.codechef.com https://www.hackerearth.com https://practity.com https://coderbyte.com https://www.codeabbey.com https://www.spoj.com https://codingbat.com https://dmoj.ca https://open.kattis.com https://exercism.io https://screeps.com Read more…
After leaving teaching for a little over a decade I thought I would share some of my curriculum/docs. People thought that would be a great idea, but I have to be the least organized person in history. So I am going to do this a little at a time. This Read more…
If you are learning programming(newbie), these may be your treasures on the internet! As many ask for free resources in this vast world of internet, so I thought of sharing these treasures with you I came across on Twitter and Reddit. I might keep updating, or just post a whole Read more…
I am getting ready to leave my current position as a Technology Coordinator and Programming teacher at Chaparral Star Academy. I have created what one of the administrators has called the “Tech Bible” to help them after I leave. It has a lot of simple basics for the administrator’s to Read more…
Teaching Cyber Security class next year, I think I have quite a few things to talk about after Capital One/Equifax/Apple and Google listening/Google tracking/etc. Yeah, I don’t think I will have a problem of concepts to discuss.
This was just some advice I gave to a new CS teacher, answering some simple questions they had about how my class is taught. First are his questions, then my answers 🙂 Do you do paired-programming? What does that look like in your classroom? (I barely know what this is, Read more…
I have actually used this video for years now, and even though it’s 10 years old the information is still very applicable. I know a lot of people aren’t quite sure how the internet works, even though they use it basically non-stop everyday. This simple video (with what I think Read more…