All too often, however, keynotes by so-called “visionary” speakers leave me feeling both uninspired and uninformed.
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cup of tea, by Terry Freedman
The tip jars issue
I installed a Buy Me A Coffee button on my Eclecticism newsletter, but felt so “icky” about it that I took it down after a couple of weeks.
Before we can go any further, is this an educational issue? I believe it is, or could be, for the following reasons
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robot, by Terry Freedman
AI Cynicism #3
Have you noticed that more and more companies seem to have outsourced their customer service to an AI bot?
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“Erm, what?” Photo by Tadeusz Lakota on Unsplash
On this day: The "voluntary" national tutoring scheme
From ICT and Computing in Education, 6th May 2022
The Department for Education’s newly beefed-up National Tutoring Scheme enables schools to arrange tutoring for their students at discounted rates. It’s purely voluntary, but…
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That didn’t impress me much
On this day: Should the ICT Programme of Study be disapplied?
"The degree of ignorance displayed by people who seemed not to have read the Programme of Study, or to understand what the unintended consequences might be. “
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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Printer error, by Terry
Oh, Brother
Several rebootings of everything, much swearing and 17 cups of tea later, it suddenly occurred to me…
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email deluge, by Terry Freedman
Three-tier email system
Three ways I’ve been dealing with a surfeit of email.
Read MoreFeedback on a writing course I've just taught
Twenty percent of the comments on a course evaluation form have hijacked 80% of my attention.
Read MoreIf you stop fiddling, will Rome stop burning?
This is an article I published around the start of Covid.
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Photo by Mimi Thian on Unsplash
How to run a consultation: A cynic's guide
If you don’t want a consultation to give you answers you won’t like, here’s what to do. And if you’re a respondent to that kind of disingenuous process, here’s how to have your say anyway.
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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 MoreRubbish at drawing? Here are 33 solutions! 😁
This is an updated version of a post on my Substack newsletter from a few years ago, with bits of another of my articles thrown in for good measure.
Read MorePaul Black
Paul Black, R.I.P.
Read MoreAI-"written" books
It is not easy to tell just by looking at the cover, but here is what I suggest.
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I must phone my cousin
What is so significant about an insignificant conversation between two cousins?
Read MoreRevisiting the Carrot 2 Search Engine
I first reviewed the Carrot2 search engine in 2016. I found it quite useful then. What’s the story now?
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
Two cheers for Substack
The pros and cons of Substack, from a personal perspective.
Read MoreDiscipline in the classroom: what, why and how (2026)
I’ve deleted some redundant code and changed a dead link. The rest still stands, and I still abide by it. Mty motto: don’t smile before half-term.
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Terry thinking, by Terry
Revisited: Time to grow up?
From 2010: Here’s a thought. I like to think of myself as a glass half full type of person. So why all the doom and gloom about the apparent lack of Governmental support, in the UK, for technology in the classroom?
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