Information technology for students
On this page are numerous links to resources, learning guides, online videos and news about Computer Science and Information Technology for students of all ages.
Links to Computer Science / IT news & info in June 2011
- Are children becoming 'digitally illiterate'?: news.bbc.co.uk
- Computer Studies Made Cool, on Film and Now on Campus: www.nytimes.com
- Programming is for Girls: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- What is Digital Literacy? and is it enough?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
Links to Computer Science / IT news & info in March 2011
- Interesting Projects for Computer Science Classes – A Collection: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
Links in January 2011
- Computer Science Education - To IDE or not to IDE: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Seven Reasons to Teach Windows 7 Programming: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
Links in December 2010
- Characteristics of a Good Programming Project: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Do We Need A New Teaching Programming Language: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Microsoft Bliink - a web design competition for high school students: blogs.msdn.com/b/gautam/
- Resources from CSED Week: www.csedweek.org/resources
- Top 50 Computer Science Bloggers: www.mastersincomputerscience.com
Links in November 2010
- Does Learning Computer Science help anything else?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Lines Can Be Fun: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- My curriculum is going gaming: gflint.wordpress.com
- Teaching real-world programming: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
Links in October 2010
- Developing Applications with Visual Basic: msdn.microsoft.com/library/k6a6etxs.aspx
- Exploratory Computer Science Course: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Finding a Place For Computer Science Education: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Imagine Cup 2011 IT Challenge: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Markup Languages: blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/
- Visual Basic and C# Getting Started Tutorials: blogs.msdn.com/b/kathleen/
Links for September 2010
- How Many Letters Are There in The Alphabet?: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Imagine Cup – Solving the Worlds Problems Through Software: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Pex for Fun - Programming Puzzles: www.pexforfun.com
- Programmer Competency Matrix: www.indiangeek.net
- Visualizations and Sorting: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- XNA Framework 4.0 for Windows Phones: channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/WP7TrainingKit/WP7XNA/
Links for August 2010
- 4 Tools for Teaching Kids to Code: www.readwriteweb.com
- Accessibility and Computer Science: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Microsoft Tech Student on Facebook: www.facebook.com/MicrosoftTechStudent
Links for July 2010
- Algebra vs. programming syntax – x=x+1 makes no sense: gflint.wordpress.com
- Little Orphan Computer Science: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Visual Programming Languages: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
Links for June 2010
- Naming in programs - A rose is a rose: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
- Projects That Mean Something: blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/
New links in May 2010
- Programming and Excel: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
Links for April 2010
- Barriers and Strategies for K-12 Computer Science Teachers: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Where does Computer Science Belong?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
Links for March 2010
- ASCII Art For Fun and Projects: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- ASCII Text Generator: www.patorjk.com/software/taag/
- What does it mean to be a computer geek?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
Links for February 2010
- SQL Server 2008 Express How Do I videos: blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi/
- What Programming Language to Teach First?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
Links since January 1 2010
- Can Movie Computer Screens Help Us Design Better?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- It’s an awesome time to be a Developer: community.irritatedvowel.com/blogs/pete_browns_blog/
- Lego Mindstorms NXT2.0 - TrophyBot: blogs.msdn.com/acoat/
- Lessons Learned – Teaching Kids to Program: blogs.msdn.com/socaldevgal/
- New Learning Resources on the Visual Basic Developer Center: blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi
Recent links since Nov 28 2009:
- Brute Force or is there an easy way?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Computational thinking: homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/
- Computing Education Blog: computinged.wordpress.com
- Dangerously Irrelevant - Ruminations on technology, future of schools: www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org
- Importance of History in Computer Science: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Learning Computer Science From Scratch: www.nsf.gov
- UNSW Computing Lectures Online: www.youtube.com
- UX Passion - User Experience, Tutorials, Articles: www.uxpassion.com
- Where to Find Computer Science Lectures Online: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Z80 emulator in Silverlight: www.expertgig.com/slsample/sl_z80emu/
General information
- 101 ideas for ICT in the classroom: blogs.msdn.com/teachers/
- A First Computer Science Course: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Ada Lovelace Day: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Algorithms for Non Computer Science Students: blogs.msdn.com/martharotter/
- Big Ideas In Computer Science: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Binary Numbers in 60 Seconds: www.youtube.com
- Blog Reviews - Organizations (Computer Science): blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages: james-iry.blogspot.com
- Building a school website in SharePoint: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- But I Don’t Want to be a Programmer: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Computer Literacy 3.0: computerliteracy3.blogspot.com
- Computer programming for students - Learning To Write By Reading: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium 2008: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN): www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/cs4fn/
- Computer Science for High School (CS4HS): www.cs.cmu.edu/cs4hs/
- Computer Science For K-8? Yes! (With Curriculum Resources!): blog.acm.org
- Computer Science Teachers Association: csta.acm.org
- Computer Science Teachers and Web 2.0: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Computer Science - Speaker Presentations from the 2008 CSTA Symposium: www.csta.acm.org
- Computer Science Unplugged: www.unplugged.canterbury.ac.nz
- Computer Science Unplugged: csunplugged.com
- Computer Teacher Resources: www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/Teachers/resources/
- Computing at School: www.computingatschool.org.uk
- Digital Literacy Curriculum: www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/
- Digital Literacy Curriculum Content: www.microsoft.com
- Documentation – It Really Does Have Value: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Examples and Exercises in Computer Science: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Exploring Binary: www.exploringbinary.com
- Find two images to describe programming definitions: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Floating Point Arithmetic, Part One: blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/
- Free classroom posters for Office 2007 to brighten up the IT suite: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Games As Database Projects: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Gotta Have IT Resource: www.ncwit.org/ghit
- Hardware Matters in Computer Science: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- High School Requirements for Computer Skills: itmoves.wordpress.com
- Ideas for Teaching Computer Technology to Kids: teachcomputers.wordpress.com
- Illustrated Computer Literacy 101: www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lessonintro.htm
- Is It Ever Too Early To Teach Security?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Jeannette Wing on Computational Thinking: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- K-12 Computer Science Research Project: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Kodu - first impressions and the art of simplicity: www.istartedsomething.com
- Kodu Game Lab on XNA Creators Club: catalog.xna.com
- Kodu Homepage: research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/
- Model Computer Science Curriculum Support Documents: csta.acm.org/Curriculum/
- New Resources for the the School IT Faculty Resource Center: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Players Become Gamers with Kodu: blogs.msdn.com/usisvde/
- Real Life Is An Open Book Test: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Rob Miles Journal (IT Education): www.robmiles.com/journal/
- RobotEvents.com: robotevents.com
- Sharepoint in Education: sharepointineducation.com
- Useful Web Links for Computer Science Teachers: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- What Does It Take to Make Change in CS Education?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- What Programming Language Should I Choose?: www.ximplosionx.com
- What is it like to be one of the first schools using Windows 7: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Zune HD as a programming/teaching platform?: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
Databases
- Back to Basics - Database Fundamentals: blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/
- Back To Basics - Database Fundamentals Part III: blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/
- Darwinian Databases on video: blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/
- Database Design Part 1 - Creation: silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/
- Database Design Part 2 - From DB to DataGrid – So Many Choices: silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/
- Database Fundamentals IV - Datatypes Are Your Friend: blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/
- Free SQL Server 2008 Express How-To-Guide Series: blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/
- Show Me The Data - Databases for Student Projects: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- SQL Server 2008 Express: www.microsoft.com/express/sql/
- SQL Server 2008 Express - the free database engine from Microsoft: blogs.msdn.com/john_daskalakis/
- SQL Server Express 2008 family is getting bigger: blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/
- SQL Server Express Video Training for Beginners: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Troubleshooting corrupt file error when using SQL Server 2008 Express Setup: blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/
Developing for the web - Microsoft Expression Web
- Basic Website Creation with Expression Web (Video Tutorial Full version): by-expression.com
- Debugging Javascript on a Live site - Fun and Games: weblogs.asp.net/pglavich/
- Expression Web 2 Documentation on MSDN: msdn.microsoft.com
- Expression Web 2 Online Help: expression.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
- Expression Web Dynamic Web Templates: by-expression.com/content/
- Expression Web Forum: forums.expression.microsoft.com
- Expression Web Quick Start: msdn.microsoft.com
- Expression Web Resources - Tips and Tutorials: www.ew-resource.co.uk
- Expression Web Project For Students: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Free Silverlight Controls and Tools for Brighter Websites: www.webresourcesdepot.com
- How to get Expression Media from Dreamspark and MSDNAA: blogs.msdn.com/gautam/
- LearnExpression - Free Video Tutorials for Microsoft Expression Web: learnexpression.com
- Microsoft Expression Community: expression.microsoft.com
- Microsoft Expression Tutorials: www.expression-tutorials.com
- Microsoft Expression Web Homepage: www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/web_designer/
- New Web Design Curriculum Released: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Using Expression Web to Build Standards Based Web Sites (Video): blogs.msdn.com/klevereblog/
- Using Expression Web to Layout a Webpage from a Composition Image: blogs.msdn.com/gsmith/
- Web Design and Microsoft Expression Web by Anna Ullrich: blogs.msdn.com/anna/
- Web Design from the Gut: www.visitmix.com
Developing for the web - Visual Web Developer Express
- How to create an installable layout for a VS 2008 Express: blogs.msdn.com/astebner/
- Real world web game development for high school students: geekswithblogs.net/bscarbeau/
- Simple RSS Feed for Visual Web Developer Express: msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/xmlforfun/simplerss/
- Tips and Tricks for Visual Web Developers: blogs.msdn.com/webdevelopertips/
- Visual Web Developer 2008 Express: www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/
- Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Samples: www.microsoft.com/express/samples/
- Visual Web Developer Team Blog: blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/
- Writing a Screen Saver in Visual Basic that displays Web Pages: blogs.msdn.com/charles_sterling/
- Windows Live Tools Samples for Visual Studio Express: www.microsoft.com/express/samples/wlt/
- You can now write Silverlight apps in Visual Web Developer Express: www.bluerosegames.com/SilverlightBrassTacks/