Learning to write computer code is a skill that our guest believes is not just for geeks and will be increasingly important to students and teachers in the future.

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Alfred Thompson currently teaches high school computer science at Bishop Guertin HS in New Hampshire. He has also been a software developer and worked at academic relations at Microsoft. He is the author of several computer science textbooks, project books, and a blog about computer science education. He was recently elected to the board of the computer Science Teachers Association.