I’ve deleted some redundant code and changed a dead link. The rest still stands, and I still abide by it. Mty motto: don’t smile before half-term.
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Hazardous area, by Terry Freedman
Safer Internet Day 2026
Three resources that you or the parents of your pupils may find useful.
Read MoreNeed a break? This book of short stories could be just the ticket!
The 39 stories in this collection span a hundred years, during which Polish society underwent seismic political change several times over.
Read MoreReview: Digital Culture Shock: Who Creates Technology and Why This Matters
An interesting look at how differently societies across the globe view and use technlogogy.
Read MoreReview: The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future
The written word has endured for millennia, and herein you'll discover why.
Read MoreReview: Craftland: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades
A book that offers a glimpse into the way traditional crafts were practised before the Industrial Revolution.
Read More10 reasons to use comics and cartoons in the classroom (Updated)
There are at least ten good reasons to use cartoons or comics in your lessons. This article explains what they are, with links to research and useful resources.
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This is an image I created using pulpomizer.com. Thanks to Julian Wood for drawing my attention to this application in one of his talks.
A cornucopia of comic-making applications (updated)
If you like to use comics and cartoons in your teaching, and encourage students to do so too, you'll like this collection of comic-making utilities.
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Terry thinking, by Terry
Revisited: Time to grow up?
From 2010: Here’s a thought. I like to think of myself as a glass half full type of person. So why all the doom and gloom about the apparent lack of Governmental support, in the UK, for technology in the classroom?
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Terry, blogging
Updated: Why Subscribe to Blogs? 8 Things to Consider Copy
I published this on 7 December 2009. I don’t think anything has changed since then as far as my opinions are concerned. I have removed a now-defunct link.
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Why Subscribe to Blogs? My survey results + up-to-date data
In 2009 I invited readers to take part in a small survey asking the question "Why do you subscribe to blogs?". Here they are the results, updated with information from an AI app.
Read MoreQuick look: Digital Culture Shock: Who Creates Technology and Why This Matters
Chapters look at how technology is used around the world, online communities, and building a culturally just infrastucture, amongst other topics.
Read MoreQuick look: Artificially Gifted: Notes from a Post-Genius World
The author, Mechelle Gilford, explores how AI may render our usual way of interpreting the concept of “gifted” obsolete.
Read MoreQuick look: Dr. Bot: Why Doctors Can Fail Us―and How AI Could Save Lives
Dr Bot discusses something I hadn’t really considered…
Read MoreReview: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics: Anniversary Edition
Rovelli draws readers into his world by describing the development of theories that scientists have posited to try and explain our world and the universe beyond.
Read MoreI don't agree with Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). Here's Why -- Updated
A question: is Cognitive Load Theory another example of the emperor’s new clothes?9 Good reasons to attend: the ones to put to senior leaders
All of the reasons to attend that I’ve suggested in 21 reasons to attend conferences are valid, but they are personal, in a sense. So here are 9 suggested arguments that may appeal to your senior leadership team.
Read MoreThoughts on the curriculum and assessment review
Apparently the Department for Education is working on a new writing framework. Let’s hope it will be voluntary, because if the usual substandard writing we often see emanating from the DfE is anything to go by, it will be the last thing anybody needs.
Read MoreReview: Dear Data
The authors spent a year sending each other postcards on a different theme each week, with pictorial representations of the data they had collected.
Read MoreReview: Blueprints: How mathematics shapes creativity
What place might Blueprints merit on a teacher’s bookshelves?
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