Monthly Archives: May 2010

What should be in a high school intro CS class?

I have always thought that intro CS should be taught alongside the other three big high school sciences, namely Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. It does seem like there are more school that are looking into re-vamping their typing / how … Continue reading

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TEALS set to go

TEALS (Technology Education And Literacy in Schools), TechEd has been taken a long long time ago by a worldwide MS conference. After a couple of informationals at Microsoft attended by around 60 people, we ultimately received 10 applications for four … Continue reading

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One more month of school

My one semester long CS class is getting closer to the finish line. The kids have their tic-tac-toeprograms finished. We have started to watch WarGames in class as a reward for their hard work in the past few weeks. Of … Continue reading

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EduConnect All Star

So it turns out this TEALS thing is starting to take off. I’m rather giddy about it actually. Anyway, got selected as Microsoft EduConnect’s All Star. I will also be in a video at MGX (internal MS sales and marketing … Continue reading

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Ivory Tower vs Microsoft, the revisit and rethink

A while back, by a while back, I mean in 2006. I had a choice to make, to continue in education academia get a PhD or go work for Microsoft on an online collaboration service. 4 Years into it, I … Continue reading

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