Here is a set of links to the educational computing books I’ve reviewed up till 22 September 2019.
Incidentally, if you’re fed up with books you have to read, and would prefer an unreadable one with lots of tables to consult instead, then check out my latest opus. It’s called Computing and related qualifications, and is intended to make it quicker and easier for the Head of Computing in English schools to find a computing qualification that would suit some or even all of their students.
Here’s the link: Computing and related qualifications
I’ve just sent Teach Secondary magazine my review of this book, so I can’t say much before that’s published.
The Book at War is a fascinating study of how books and other reading matter have variously influenced politics, propaganda and history over time.
Having endured some fairly dreadful ‘initiatives’ in my time, delivered from on high with the directive to ‘make it work’, I approached Iterate with some trepidation.
Those of us who have held responsibility for embedding digital technology across a school will all have tales of well-meaning management who, frankly, didn’t have a clue.
Who would have thought that a material as commonplace as paper could have such a rich history and profound effect on our lives?
As someone who had little in the way of mathematical prowess at school, I initially opened Prime with some trepidation.
Those of us who have held responsibility for embedding digital technology across a school will all have tales of well-meaning management who, frankly, didn’t have a clue.
I asked the AI module built in to Squarespace to write a paragraph on why music is relevant to teachers of Computing. Here’s what it said…
I suspect that the use of space in parliament buildings will hold some lessons for schools as well.