computer science
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Lo-Fi player
I’m sure that this web application was created as a toy and I use that word in the best possible way. Toy as in productive and engagingly interactive. In fact, it’s described as “magical”. “Lo-Fi Player” is a magical room where you can interact with music. It’s powered by machine learning models from Google Magenta… Continue reading
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Nifty
One of my favourite sessions that is held at the CSTA Conference is “Nifty Assignments”. Nifty Assignments is a project to gather and distribute great assignment ideas and their materials by K-12 CS teachers for K-12 CS teachers. Each year a few assignments are showcased by the authors at the Nifty Assignments session held at the annual CSTA conference. It is intended… Continue reading
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Try it yourself
If you’re like me, you probably hear and read a lot about this. “Chromebooks aren’t real computers”. I always like to challenge back with a why? The answers are typical – it doesn’t run Photoshop. Or, I’m not always connected to the Internet. So, I’ll add a reply to that – “When was the last… Continue reading
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CSTA’s 2015 Annual Conference is Drawing Near
With the Computer Science Teachers Association’s annual conference coming up in July there are a few things we thought you should know now that we’ve sprung into spring and we’re less than two months away: – Several workshops are at, or nearing capacity – There will be NO onsite registration for workshops, so if you… Continue reading
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My Own Flappy Bird
Like most people, I think, I was curious about Flappy Bird when I read about the success that the developer had with it but more importantly, the $50,000 a day that he was reportedly making from it. I downloaded the app and played with it for a bit and got a bit frustrated trying to… Continue reading
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