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Illustration of algorithmic objectivity

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Computing discussion topic

May 23, 2025

A topic to discuss with your students perhaps: the hidden bias in algorithms.

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In Computing, News & views, Discussion topic, AI Tags discussion, algorithms, bias, objectivity, AI, Artificial Intelligence

On this day: City Learning Centres: The end?

May 19, 2025

A failure to ask the question, when encouraged to adopt a new thing, “So what?”. I'm by no means a Luddite, but I think critical judgment is rather important.

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In News & views, On this day, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags CLC, City Learning Centres, budget, cuts, archive

Some notes on failing in ICT and Computing

May 15, 2025

Failure seems to be the zeitgeist  at the moment. How should schools deal with students’ mistakes?

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In News & views, Unintended consequences Tags failure

Rules of Engagement Updated

May 15, 2025

Do we need gimmicks, new-fangled techniques to keep kids engaged in lessons?

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In News & views Tags AfL, assessment for learning, classroom experiment

Archival

May 4, 2025

I’ve created a special area of the Digital Educatioon Supplement, which is an online supplement to my newsletter, Digital Education.

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In News & views, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags archive

Why I (almost) never revise old blog posts

April 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.

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In Reflections, News & views, Professional development Tags old blog posts, blogging

Digital literacy is about asking the right questions Updated

April 29, 2025
All the toothpaste you actually needBeing digitally literate is not just about knowing how to use programs or being aware of copyright law. It’s also about being able to ask the right questions. This is another reason to have a news section in your Computing lessons
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In News & views Tags DNA, News, digital literacy, toothbrush

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The trouble with Substack

April 16, 2025

There is a lot I like about Substack, but…

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In News & views Tags Substack
Using AI in school

Using AI in school

Conference: Next steps for AI in Education in England

April 9, 2025

Last year I attended and reported on a similarly-named conference. The Westminster Forum is running another one this year.

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In AI, News & views Tags aI, Westminster Forum

Competition deadline situation: imminent

April 4, 2025

This collection of work by Gay Talese is utterly brilliant, and contains items that haven’t seen the light of day in a long time.

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In News & views Tags competition, deadline, Talese

On this day: Hazardous Environments

April 4, 2025

Hazardous environments: I like to think of this as being a metaphor for any situation in which one is challenged.

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In News & views, Blast from the past, On this day Tags challenge, challenges, hazardous environment, levels, skills

An unrestricted link

March 26, 2025

Last week I announced a competition to win a copy of A Town Without Time, the new collection of work by Gay Talese. Here is the link again, this time with an unrestricted link!

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In News & views Tags A town without time, Gay Talese, Competition

A big question mark, by Terry Freedman

The DfE's foray into AI for education: the good news and the (potentilly) bad news

March 20, 2025

We don’t have very long to wait before the educational AI projects funded by the Department for Education are unveiled, if all goes to plan. But I have some concerns.

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In Assessment, AI, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views Tags AI, assessment, DfE

Questions, by Terry Freedman

What is 'mastery'?

March 18, 2025

The devil is in the detail, and the subject is not apolitical.

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In News & views Tags National Curriculum review, mastery

Quick look: Bad Education

March 18, 2025

Goodwin covers the reasons he left academia, scholars, students and the system. Then he proposes some solutions.

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In Quick Looks, News & views Tags quick look, universities, Goodwin, review

My lesson was inspected and all things tech went wrong

March 5, 2025

I have long been of the opinion that inspectors should just drop in, unannounced.

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In News & views Tags inspection, observation

The 60 MInute Writer

December 2, 2024

My course at the City Lit.

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In News & views Tags creative writing, course

News, by Terry Freedman

A news update

November 7, 2024

Here are a few items that I hope will be of interest to you.

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In News & views Tags news

Blogger, by Terry Freedman

Writing for blogs

October 11, 2024

Every so often I read some pundit, or usually a journalist pretending to be a pundit, suggesting that blogs are dead. What can I say? They’re not.

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In Discussion topic, News & views Tags blogs, blogging

Reflections: What's the point of book reviews?

October 7, 2024

So many authors think they ought to be the recipient of the Nobel prize for literature.

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In News & views, Backlist, Blast from the past, From the Archives, Discussion topic Tags book reviews, book reviewing
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Recent book reviews
Review: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them
Review: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them

One has the impression that the main role of the university these days is to maximise profit, while that of the majority of teaching staff is to ensure the ‘correct’ views are passed on to students. All the while, students’ main concern seems to be to seek protection from anything that might make them feel unsafe.

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Review: Next Practices - An Executive Guide for Education Decision Makers
Review: Next Practices - An Executive Guide for Education Decision Makers

Is a 2014 book on managing the computing provision in a school still worth buying?

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Still relevant (sadly): How to lie with statistics, by Darrell Huff
Still relevant (sadly): How to lie with statistics, by Darrell Huff

Although this book is over 60 years old, it is remarkably apposite for our times -- and especially in the fields of educational research and assessing pupils' understanding and progress.

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Quick looks: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them
Quick looks: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them

It was a great source of pride to me, getting hundreds of students through their A levels and encouraging them to go to university. But for some time I have asked myself a question: would I recommend this route now?

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Review: The Bright Side: Why Optimists Have the Power to Change the World
Review: The Bright Side: Why Optimists Have the Power to Change the World

At first glance, you might take this to be one of those books full of affirmations and anecdotes designed to lift your mood.

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Review: Small Habits Create Big Change: Strategies to Avoid Burnout and Thrive in Your Education Career
Review: Small Habits Create Big Change: Strategies to Avoid Burnout and Thrive in Your Education Career

My review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it has a little more detail.

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Review: Productive Failure: Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing
Review: Productive Failure: Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing

My review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it is a little more detailed.

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Review: AI Snake Oil: AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference
Review: AI Snake Oil: AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference

My review of this for Teach Secondary magazine has just come out. Here is the published version, followed by the copy I submitted, which is slightly longer because it has a little more detail.

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When AI can write as well as this, I'll worry! Plus a prize competition.
When AI can write as well as this, I'll worry! Plus a prize competition.

To paraphrase what Arthur C Clarke said about teachers, any writer that can be replaced by a computer probably should be.

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Review: The Shortest History of Music -- two reviews in one!
Review: The Shortest History of Music -- two reviews in one!

The music programme of study requires students to possess an understanding of the music they perform and that which they listen to, as well as a grasp of music history, and an appreciation of different musical styles.

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