Since a couple of courses I signed up for moved online, along with my own courses, I find it interesting to observe the issues people have (and to discover new ones).
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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, 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.
Read Moreone classroom, no computers, by Terry Freedman
Computing for teachers – better late than never?
This is the text of an unpublished article. I wrote it in 1999 and sent it off to the education editor of The Daily Telegraph. He rejected it. Oh well. The article will give you some idea of the issues we, the teachers of computing and information technology, were grappling with.
Read MoreAll hype and no text
This article was originally published in, I think, 1998. I thought some people might find it interesting to read about what the department for education in England was trying to do back then in terms of providing resources for teachers, and the issues about it that I thought should be addressed.
Read MoreOn this day: Set trivial assignments for students of Computing stuck at home
Why set students real-world, life-changing, humanity-saving problems when trivial challenges are likely to prove equally, if not more, useful?
Read MoreKeeping your media safe
Cloud services have their place, but schools should still think carefully about how they can keep the media they produce safe, secure and on-site.
Read MoreOn this day: Hazardous Environments
Hazardous environments: I like to think of this as being a metaphor for any situation in which one is challenged.
Read MoreReflections: What's the point of book reviews?
So many authors think they ought to be the recipient of the Nobel prize for literature.
Read More10 ways to make an impact
The way some people describe Computing makes it sound (let's be honest here) dead boring. The subject gets reduced, in effect, to 'coding'.
Read MoreReflections on assessing computing
This article was originally published some time ago, when there was a previous iteration of the National Computing. However, although the context has changed, many of the issues remain, which is why I've decided to republish. I hope you find it useful. It has been lightly edited to remove dud links)
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Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay
The Joint Consultative Committee
Every so often I read about a headteacher caving in to students ‘demanding’ their rights, or demanding something or other. The usual technique is to go from zero degrees to boiling in no seconds flat, bunking off lessons to ‘protest’. My response would be to (a) suspend the lot of them
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Get off of my lawn
One of the few good things about the emphasis on ‘coding’ now is that as most people acknowledge that they know nothing about it, they leave the people teaching it in peace.
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On this day: 27 December 2019 and 2022
On the ICT & Computing in Education blog I had one of my peridodic digs at politicians. Over on my Eclecticism newsletter I wrote about my writing process.
Read MoreAh, those were the days -- not
Here at Freedman Towers I have been trawling through the archives, hoping to salvage something of my legacy to donate to the nation, or indeed the world. Anyways, all joking aside, I came upon this email I wrote…
Read MoreBlast from the past: the homework excuse management system revisited -- now with comments!
I have republished this post, or a version of it, on my Substack newsletter. The comments are interesting!You can use a spreadsheet to solve even relatively trivial problems — but why should you do so?
Read MoreFirewall Foibles, And How I Survived Them Revisited
It was when my wireless router told me that there was no printer on the network that I finally flipped.
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Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay
What? You mean...
This is a blast from the past. But kids are kids.
Read More#Flashback Friday: Sexism in computer stores
In 1994 I set out with my wife to discover the best place to buy a computer system -- and discovered a lot of sexism along the way.
Read More#Flashback Friday: Review of The Long Tail
The “Long Tail" has been lauded and quoted at length. But what does the book actually say, and how does it stand up to scrutiny. In this lengthy review I give it a cautious "thumbs up".
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