This year, I’m teaching AP Computer Science Principles for the first time, using Harvard’s CS50 curriculum. One of the CS50 assignments is called Fifteen, and in this assignment students program the computer to play a digital version of the game with fifteen little numbered plastic tiles on a four by four grid, with one space … Read more
The Boston Herald ran an article this week that began: State education leaders are planning to make computer science a core course for high school students, which they’d need to complete to graduate and a requirement for college admission, as part of an effort to meet industry demands. On the one hand, its about time! … Read more
In a past life?
Went skiing today in the snowstorm. Some serious nature out there.
A photo post
I finally finished (after 18 months) the CS50 EdX course. I started it when I decided to use much of its contents in teaching my AP Computer Science Principles course at Lincoln Sudbury. It was hard to find time to finish all the projects – the “Speller” one was the hardest for me, but I have … Read more
In 1999 I taught my first programming course. I used a programming environment called Microworlds Logo, and my curriculum was on a floppy disk full of Word documents written by the teacher who taught the class the previous year. This year, I’m teaching a new course. The AP Computer Science Principles course has links to … Read more
Yesterday I picked up my Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE (black stainless 42mm) at my local Apple Store. The setup was smooth, including getting the watch connected to Verizon. I played with it a little yesterday, sending some texts with my phone off. This morning, however, I put it through its paces – a … Read more
Lincoln Sudbury recently created a Google Calendar for LS Events. You can add this calendar to your iPhone and Mac calendars as well, but the process is a little complicated. First follow the directions in the email you got. [box type=”shadow”] the Academic Council has created a Google events calendar which can be found … Read more
Newcomb Hollow on a beautiful evening.