Caroline S.

GitHub - clfurman/Advent-of-Code-2025: Java solutions for the advent of code. Java solutions for the advent of code. . Contribute to clfurman/Advent-of-Code-2025 development by creating an account on GitHub.

Advent of Code - Did you get a Day 1 Star?
- file reading in the AP CSA style (for better or worse).
- records to capture the rotation as a String and a number!
- void main() and IO class
- Please don't judge how I dealt with the negative numbers :)

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The Advent of Code only has 12 challenges this year, and there's no leaderboard. I'm happy with that - it starts to become a bit of a drain on your time about half-way through the month! #TeamCompSci
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Yay! Next, open source the Sierra games.

I was a Firefox user up until 2019, 2020. Then I switched over to Brave. Today I use Edge for work and Brave for personal use. Both are based off Chromium and are good. I like Brave for its privacy.

This is a good argument for not leaving Twitter. If we all stay behind, we can counteract these trolls, bots, and vile behavior. I never was a fan of Twitter and it's gotten really, really bad now.

I find that wearing glasses makes me look smarter by, say, 20%? 😊 Still working on the staying warm part, though.

I believe AI is already being misused by institutions, exacerbating all types of divides, not just digital. The economic divide immediately comes to mind.
Thanks for the blog post!

Functions in programming and functions in Maths this week! If you teach both, why not combine the two, e.g. if f(x) = x² and g(x) = x + 1, then you could code both as functions to reinforce the programming concepts and demonstrate the difference between f(g(2)) and g(f(2)). #TeamCompSci

AMTA is excited to welcome Caroline Savio-Ramos as Executive Officer and Ine Williams as Associate Executive Officer! We’re confident AMTA is in great hands with these two outstanding leaders. Learn more: bit.ly/AMTALeaders

Oh, for force of friction's sake.... 😆

Poster presentation submissions are being accepted for #AAPTWM26. The submission deadline is November 14th. ow.ly/kXao50X0aF5 #AAPTConference #AAPTMeeting #ITeachPhysics #PhysicsEducation #PhysicsTeachers

This year's edition of Rings of Fire!

Students are given initial height and velocity of the launched marble. Each group has to calculate the height of their ring at their assigned horizontal distance.

#EduSky #iTeachPhysics

This is awesome!!!!

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#iTeachPhysics
#Science 🧪

Our clocks go back next weekend (Nov 2nd) and we also get two 1 o'clocks.

The two-parameter substring method often confuses Java learners. #TeamCompSci #CSEd #APCSA

I love the posters and the way the tables are set up. What a lovely classroom! 😊

Haha, some people jokingly say "pedestrian zing" instead of crossing.

Here, the northern states and California go back later - in September and end the school year in mid to late June. Growing up, we always started Sept and went until the end of June. But where I live now we start early and end early. I prefer the latter.

Here they force the digital appliances to say "AM" and "PM".

whoa! I go back end of next week. Summer went by fast.

I am sorry for your loss ☹️

This is just one more tech tool. We'll see new jobs emerge just like when the PC came out in the 80s. Many people now have roles that didn’t exist back then because of advances in tech. Some of us gained new skillsets. No different than what will happen now. In the end we'll be OK! (2/2)

I like your optimism! I agree... I see a lot of panic and posts made from a place of fear with many teachers worried about being replaced or something like that. Tech advancements are nothing new. Some will adapt. Others will not and stick to old ways. Skilled people will always be needed. (1/2)

I used a programming PBL approach based on how I wish I had learned programming and it seemed to work well. But now with AI, I need to adapt. I feel many students now seem more focused on grades and points earned than the process of learning and turn to AI. (2/2)

I liked your idea in the fb group to have groups of students represent procedures that when they come together, they solve a larger problem. I can't think of any good activities that would do that, though. (1/2)

This is a thoughtful response to the @nytimes.com article advocating calling on US education systems to make computer science and artificial intelligence mandatory components of K12 schooling (original article here: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/t...) #TeamCompSci

I wish we used the metric system more widely, here. That and 24-hour time (military time).

I wish we used the metric system more widely, here. That and 24-hour time (military time).

Same-ish...! (Although my 1st language was Logo followed by BASIC and then structured BASIC before Pascal.) #TeamCompSci