One of the possibly unwanted tasks on return to school is to get your school blog up and running again.
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Presentation on a mobile phone, by Terry Freedman
Revisited: Actually, it IS about the technology (partly)
“It’s not about the technology” sounds logical, but in my experience it is certainly not the whole story.
Read MoreAre you coming on too strong?
There is a danger in overselling your services. Being too overbearing simply does not work.
Read MoreOn this day: Review of the Flip Video
This seems like a hundred years ago! Since the introduction of the Flip Pocket Video Recorder a couple of years ago, several variations on the theme have been put on the market, both by rivals and Flip themselves.
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The Digital Education newsletter, by Terry
Do newsletters, websites or other online resources need to be super-fancy?
A couple of years ago someone said to me that they like my newsletter, Digital Education, although it looks a bit old-fashioned. I thought about that, and whether I wanted to update the look of it, but decided not to, for two main reasons.
Read MoreThe effects of technology on lifestyle, and techno-romanticsm reconsidered
What was so wonderful about cassette-driven computers that took ages to be ready, and which made it time-consuming to find the right section?
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two girls chatting in Post Office. Picture generated in Ideogram.ai
Kids Aren’t Stupid (Updated)
I overheard a great conversation yesterday. Two girls were chatting behind me in the queue in the Post Office. From their discussion about school options and examinations, I’d say they were around 14 and 15 years old. Here’s part of the conversation, it really made me smile….
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Sadly not my typical committee meeting room! This was taken in a House of Lords Committee Room, by Terry Freedman
The pros and cons of having an e-learning committee in a school
In my past roles as ICT Co-ordinator or e-learning co-ordinator, I have formed and chaired an ICT or e-learning committee. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having such a body?
Read More50 Ways to contribute to a website (Revised)
This a revised version of a previously-published article.
Read MoreOn this day: Ode to Code
"I wonder if it's possible to write a poem about coding", I thought to myself. Well, it is, and here it is. First Chaucer, then Shakespeare, and now me. No doubt schoolchildren of the future will be studying this for their Eng Lit exams, but in the meantime you can read it here first! Enjoy.
Read MoreThe Value of Stating the Obvious
Do advertisers know something we don’t?
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On this day: Manual labour: what's your documentation like?
Is your documentation well-written but useless?
Read More11 predictions concerning technology in education revisited and updated
Here is a list of predictions I made in 2001 about the classroom of the future, with an evaluation of its accuracy.
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 MoreEdTech Diary: Expectations
I want to be able to have as much access to technology when I'm in a school as what I enjoy in my own home. I don't think that is too much to ask, but maybe that's me.
Read MoreEdtech Diary: Wake up and smell the coffee
When I worked as a Technology Coordinator, a large part of my job was to encourage teachers in all subjects to make use of educational technology in their lessons and, even better, to build it into their schemes of work. It was something of an uphill struggle sometimes...
Read MoreEdTech Diary: Talking the talk
Imagine the scene: a visiting dignitary, or an inspector, is shown into your classroom and, as is expected of anyone in that situation, walks around the room chatting to the pupils. She notices...
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Stuck, by Terry Freedman
How to make your classroom a stimulating environment
FREEBIE! Having been going through my files and digitising them, I came across this little booklet I created back in 2005.
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'.
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The 3,000 Part Computing Lesson Revisited
I daresay there are schools in which teachers are expected to divide all their lessons into manageable chunks in accordance with Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). The fact that CLT is light on the specifics and is a load of rubbish is seemingly no deterrent.
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