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Idea! By Terry Freedman

Idea! By Terry Freedman

6 articles with ideas or resources for the classroom

March 9, 2018
  • How To Evaluate Digital Content: A 25 Point Checklist An article I wrote that I hope will prove useful to you when looking at the rest of the offerings in this section.
  • 14 apps to teach kids coding, a very informative post from Shelly Terrell.
  • Dinosaurs in the Wild: a review of an exhibition that uses VR, currently available to subscribers only.
  • Debating point: California scraps safety driver rules for self-driving cars. What are the pros and cons of doing that?
  • Sometimes the most benefit to be gained from using an application is by using it for something that was never intended. I give some examples of this in Unintended uses.
  • Fancy yourself as a hit maker? Google's new Song Maker, which enables people to collaborate over the web, could be just the thing you're looking for.

This list is taken from a recent issue of my newsletter, Digital Education. The same issue also contained articles about strategic planning, statistics and surveillance, resources for leaders of Computing or ed tech, book reviews, the winners of three book give-aways I organised, and a bunch of other stuff.

To read it, and see other issues in the newsletter archives, subscribe to Digital Education.

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Why I (almost) never revise old blog posts
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Why I (almost) never revise old blog posts
Apr 30, 2025

One of the reasons I keep a blog is that it is still a great way of finding out what I think about things.

Apr 30, 2025
8 ideas for story-writing in Computing
Sep 23, 2022
8 ideas for story-writing in Computing
Sep 23, 2022

Here are 8 ideas for encouraging pupils to write stories on Computing and related topics.

Sep 23, 2022
Making and programming
Apr 18, 2022
Making and programming
Apr 18, 2022

Is 'making' really an effective -- or cost-effective -- way of learning programming?

Apr 18, 2022
9 uses for checklists in education technology (Updated)
Jul 21, 2021
9 uses for checklists in education technology (Updated)
Jul 21, 2021

A checklist is one of the handiest tools at your disposal, and won't cost you a penny. How might you use checklists in your Computing or ed tech lessons?

Jul 21, 2021
How to create a grade-prediction system in Excel, and save yourself loads of time (Updated)
May 24, 2021
How to create a grade-prediction system in Excel, and save yourself loads of time (Updated)
May 24, 2021

Spotting the unexpected results of mock exams of scores or even hundreds of students need no longer be a nightmare.

May 24, 2021
Review of Print Friendly
Oct 20, 2019
Review of Print Friendly
Oct 20, 2019

The layout of articles on some websites may be beautiful on screen, but make it a nightmarish experience to print the articles out. Print Friendly is a good solution to this problem.

Oct 20, 2019
My Best IT Training Days #3: A visit to the Press Association
Jul 29, 2019
My Best IT Training Days #3: A visit to the Press Association
Jul 29, 2019

In this article I itemise the things which made a teacher visit to the Press Association in London so valuable. Perhaps it can serve as a checklist of “like-to-haves” for any teacher visit that you are organising.

Jul 29, 2019
24 must-have features of computer labs UPDATED
Jun 26, 2019
24 must-have features of computer labs UPDATED
Jun 26, 2019

If you still have, or are planning to have, a computer lab, then these 24 things are essential to include.

Jun 26, 2019
What next for ed tech in 2018?
Jan 19, 2018
What next for ed tech in 2018?
Jan 19, 2018

What's on the horizon for education technology in 2018? And what are the challenges that schools are likely to face? I invited 43 organisations to share their views. Read on for more information, and a link to the free resource that resulted from this exercise.

Jan 19, 2018
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