A daunting prospect, so what’s your motivation? Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash
Gretchen Rubin talks about four kinds of self-motivation. Might this provide a way of thinking about how to encourage colleagues to use education technology in their lessons?
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My (somewhat jaded) view of most high-profile Government ed tech initiatives
A possibly cynical take on government-funded initiatives for education technology in schools.
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Checklists are often really good — but sometimes they are worse than useless. In my experience, one of those times is when it comes to ensuring that colleagues teach information technology in their own subject lessons.
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research reading, by Terry Freedman
Read this article for a review of this book — and a nice surprise!
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There’s nothing like a good book — except maybe several good books! Photo by Elijah Hail on Unsplash Licence: CC0
Learning is necessary, useful and pleasurable! Here are 14 suggestions for continuing to learn, ranging from some pretty easy almost costless ways to a major commitment. Hopefully there’s something for everyone in this article.
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The Homework Excuse Management System, by Terry Freedman
You can use a spreadsheet to solve even relatively trivial problems — but why should you do so?
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Yes, OK, I’ll try out the computers, but please leave me alone! Photo by Anh Nguyen on Unsplash
Gathering research findings into how beneficial education technology could be, er, beneficial. But there are caveats.
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In this new series, I look at 7 mistakes I made as an ICT-Co-ordinator. This first article is more of an omission, with the benefit of 20:20 hindsight!
Read MoreEven if a piece of education research is flawless (which itself is relatively unlikely), experience suggests that it's unlikely to be reported completely accurately, despite journalists' best efforts. Why does this happen?
Read MoreAs a complement to my series of articles about my worst training days, I’ve started a series about my best ones. I believe we can learn from both sorts. In this article, I relate an experience of running a twilight training session for a secondary school science department.
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Scream, by Terry Freedman (with apologies to Edvard Munch)
It’s always a good thing to stipulate in advance all the things you need in order to run a training session —including even the most basic and obvious ones…
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Worried about negative comments on your blog? Here are a few suggestions.
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Covers of my forthcoming books
A progress report on the three books I’m currently working on — and information about a freebie!
Read MoreIs the reporting of educational research merely poor or, worse, is it just made up? Here are a few notes in advance of my talk at ResearchEd on Saturday 8th September 2018.
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Computing and related qualifications: I’ve updated my spreadsheet of qualification at Key Stage 4 and 16-18. Please read on for details.
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Here is a short review of this book about algorithms.
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This is one of a current spate of books about the in-built bias found in many automated processes.
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The cover of the latest issue of Digital Education
The latest issue of the free newsletter Digital Education is about to be published. It has a special focus on artificial intelligence, and there’s a chance to win a book in a prize draw. Read on for more details.
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Here’s the first article in a new series about my worst training days — the ones in which I was the trainer I mean!
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If you’ve just started in a new school, how can you quickly evaluate how well the education technology is being used?
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