Useful Web Links for Computer Science Teachers
Alfred Thompson
every time I do the list comes out a little differently. Some new things.
Some things have new addresses. And the order of things changes for the
audience. This list is from a pair of handouts I have put together for a high
school curriculum panel at Stevens Institute of Technology and for TCEA.
Since I’m been working on this I haven’t has as much time to write for the
blog. So here’s hoping this serves as double duty.
K-12 Faculty Community Site
http://www.microsoft.com/education/FacultyConnection/precollegiate
A source for curriculum resources, teacher forums, and program announcements
Programming Languages for Beginners
Alice – http://www.alice.org – A 3-dimensional, drag and drop programming
language from Carnegie Mellon University
Kodu - http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/
A graphical programming tool for younger students. Kodu will be available
via Xbox Live Marketplace this spring. A version for schools is in the works.
I included that link because I am talking about it to let people know it is
coming.
Scratch – http://scratch.mit.edu – a light weight 2-dimensional, drag and
drop programming language from MIT
Small Basic - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/cc950524.aspx
CSUnplugged http://www.csunplugged.com
Computer Science Unplugged is a series of learning activities that reveals a
little-known secret: computer science isn't really about computers at all!
MSDN Academic Alliance http:// www.msdnaa.net
A Microsoft program for schools to get Microsoft Development software for
labs, teachers, and students.
DreamSpark for High schools
https://www.dreamspark.com/HighSchool/Default.aspx
DreamSpark High School provides professional-level development and design
tools to students enrolled in an accredited, secondary educational
institution at no charge.
XNA Game Studio Express http://msdn.microsoft.com/xna
Software for developing games for Windows, the Zune and the XBOX 360. Also
links to the XNA community with sample code, tutorials and support forums.
Visual Studio Express Editions http://msdn.microsoft.com/Express
Free development tools (IDEs) for Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual C# and
Visual Web Developer
Beginner Developer Learning Center
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/bb308754.aspx
A web site for people of all ages who want to learn programming and web
development. Tutorials, videos, projects and web casts
Microsoft Robotics Studio http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics
Visual Programming Language for robots, runtime libraries for higher level
programming, a 3-dimensional robot simulator with sample simulations,
tutorials, and videos
Coding 4 Fun http://blogs.msdn.com/Coding4Fun
A web site for hobbyists and computer tinkerers - sample projects and
information for doing fun and interesting thing with programming; often
combined with interesting or unusual hardware
Alfred Thompson’s Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/AlfredTh Which is of course
right here.
Sharing of resources, links, and information of interest to K-12 Computer
Science Teachers