Sessions include how schools can use AI effectively, curriculum and teaching methods, and assessment.
Read More8 Reasons educators should blog
I think everyone involved in education should have a blog! Here, in no particular order, are my reasons.
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A lesson, by Terry Freedman
50 features of excellent ICT and Computing lessons
What makes an excellent ICT or Computing lesson? In this document I've tried to encapsulate the answer to that question.
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New online blogging course
I will be running another online course in blogging in the evenings of the 17th and 24th November 2023.
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What makes a good training day? 12 suggestions and a link
Training days don't have to be dire. If you have choice in how you spend at least some of the day, here are twelve suggestions, plus a link to a humorous audio recording.
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Conference, by Terry Freedman
Upcoming events
The following events may be of interest to teachers.
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Preparing for a head of department post doesn’t only involve reading. Picture credit: Reading (cartoon), by Terry Freedman
The benefits of supply teaching...
I don’t think I would go so far as to recommend supply teaching as a career option, even temporarily. However…
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The Bett Show. Photo by Terry Freedman
Bett 2022: What if you CAN’T go?
The Bett Show is the world’s largest education technology show. Sadly, the seminars are not going to be recorded this time. However, all is not lost. Here are some ways you can keep abreast of what’s happening.
Read MoreReading efficiently is a must for teachers of Computing and information technology (Updated)
With more and more to read, and with the ever-changing landscape of education technology, teachers of Computing and related subjects need to be able to read more in the same amount of time. Here are some tips that I’ve found useful.
Read MoreMaintaining Standards in digital literacy courses
So, you're responsible for the use of educational technology in the school, but its use and principles are taught across the curriculum rather than as a discrete subject. In other words, by non-specialists in all likelihood. How can you maintain high standards in the subject and the use of educational technology in such a situation? In this article I look at 14 suggestions.
Read MoreGetting permission to go on a course or to a conference
Having to make the case for actually registering for an event is, in my opinion, treating teachers as if they were (a) non-professionals and (b) children.
Read MoreAsk the expert: a Zen-inspired view
What can a Zen outlook teach us about education technology etc?
Read MoreChoosing the right education conference
Anyone who announces that we need change, but without going any deeper into it, is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Either that, or they assume that I am.
Read MoreOn this day: Presentation: 10 stimulating ideas for the Computing curriculum
This is an article I originally published on 2 October 2017. The conference it refers to has been and gone, but I’ve added a few annotations relating to my methodology.
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My worst IT training days -- index (Updated)
We all have the occasional awful experience when giving training. Here are mine!
Read MoreMy worst IT Training Days #5: Whiteboard not working (Updated)
Worthy cogitations about what I might have done to avoid being faced with a non-working whiteboard — and why that situation arose in the first place.
Read MoreMy worst IT training days #4: Too much admin on a course (Updated)
How the admin involved in a course led to its being abandoned by one group of trainers.
Read MoreMy worst IT training days #3: Large-scale training (Updated)
Using an external IT trainer is risky. Here are a few things to insist on to reduce the likelihood of a ruined training day.
Read MoreMy Worst IT Training Days #2: Another Internet Training Day (Updated)
It’s always a good thing to stipulate in advance all the things you need in order to run a training session —including even the most basic and obvious ones….
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My worst IT training days #1: Internet training day (Updated)
Here’s the first article in a series about my worst training days — the ones in which I was the trainer I mean! This was first published in 2018, but is still highly relevant.
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