Taking a good course through SANS right now, I realized mine was OK at best. It took me some time to put together using old Open Source stuff, and I only taught it one year (which means it was pretty ugly). BUT, it’s nice seeing that I at least taught 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…
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…
Here are the most-interesting items that have come across my desk, laptops and phones this week. ​ A Free Service JustBeamIt is a file-transfer service that allows you to send files of any size via a peer-to-peer streaming model. Simply drag and drop your file and specify the recipient’s email Read more…
These are the final projects for my Advanced Programming Class (2nd year students), using pygame to create a project of their choice. They all use Python 3.x and some require external libraries (it will be listed on their github under a requirements file). We have been asking for outside input/feedback, Read more…