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Quick look: The Teachers' Standards in Primary Schools

August 14, 2026

This is very well set out. It takes each standard, and gives you ideas on how to achieve it, and what success in this context looks like.

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In Backlist, Back Catalogue, Bookshelf, Quick Looks, Reviews, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags teachers' standards, QTS, NQTs, quick looks, reviews
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Quick look: How Computer Games Help Children learn

August 14, 2026

When I was teaching Econnures I realised that I could have taught quite a chunk of the synabus if I'd been able to run Sim City on the school network.

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In Back Catalogue, Backlist, Bookshelf, Quick Looks, Research, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags quick looks, reviews, games-based learning
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Quick look: Tubes: Behind the scenes at the internet

August 14, 2026

We are all so accustomed to using the internet, searching the world wide web — "going online" — that most of us most of the time probably do not stop to consider the question: yes, but where exactly is it?

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In Backlist, Back Catalogue, Bookshelf, Computing, Quick Looks, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Tubes, Blum, quick looks, reviews, internet

Non-constructive proof and coding

July 29, 2026

A mathematical approach to solving a problem without actually doing anything about it.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, News & views Tags technical education, non-constructive proof, coding

The stimulating classroom (Updated)

July 6, 2026

How can technology help to make your classroom a vibrant, exciting place of learning?

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags environment, classroom environment, Digital Learning Environments

Following instructions is usually a good idea

June 5, 2026

I asked Claude to convert a pdf flyer into an HTML format I could insert into a Markdown block in Squarespace. Here’s the result…

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In AI, News & views, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags HTML code, instructions, Claude.ai, AI, artificial intelligence

My mate Claude

June 1, 2026

I’ve been experimenting with using artificial intelligence apps to help me format documents. Here is a description of the process I went through.

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In AI, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags courses, flyer, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Claude
Oulipo flyer screenshot, by Terry Freedman

Oulipo flyer screenshot, by Terry Freedman

I used Claude to help me write a blurb for my course

May 28, 2026

In a couple of weeks’ time I shall be teaching a course called Creative Writing Using Constraints, at the City Lit in London. I felt that the blurb on the City Lit’s website was a bit mundane. So I got AI to write a better one.

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In AI, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags course, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Oulipo
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clock. by Terry Freedman

No such thing as a loose end

May 24, 2026

What can your students do in the odd five minutes in computing lessons? Here are ten suggestions.

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In Big ideas, Short form, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags time, loose end, 10 things
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Terry's desk, drawn by Terry Freedman

How I used Notebooklm for writing a blog post

May 12, 2026

I was recently commissioned to write a blog post for an organisation. They gave me loads of stuff in different formats to draw on. Here’s how I coped!

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In AI, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags NotebookLM, organising material, blog post, Artificial Intelligence

AI Cynicism #2

May 9, 2026

An AI expert recently advised people to just subscribe to the premium version of one of the AI apps, rather than waste time hopping between several free ones all the time. Hmmm….

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In AI, Reflections, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags AI, Artificial Intelligence, cynicism, Venn diagram

AI Cynicism #1

May 8, 2026

I came across a “resource” recently that consists of hundreds of “ready-to-wear” AI prompts.

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In AI, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Reflections Tags AI, Artificial Intelligence, cynicism

Using fiction as a vehicle for discussing technology

May 6, 2026

How might you use fiction as a vehicle for teaching computational thinking? Here are some ideas.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags fiction, science fiction, speculative fiction

Rubbish at drawing? Here are 33 solutions! 😁

March 23, 2026

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.

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In Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, News & views Tags illustrations, free resources, free

AI-"written" books

March 9, 2026

It is not easy to tell just by looking at the cover, but here is what I suggest.

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In News & views, Reflections, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags AI, Artificial Intelligence, books

Revisiting the Carrot 2 Search Engine

February 16, 2026

I first reviewed the Carrot2 search engine in 2016. I found it quite useful then. What’s the story now?

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Research, News & views Tags Carrot2, search engines
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AI can increase workload

February 13, 2026

I came across an interesting article about AI increasing workload rather than reducing it.

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In AI, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags AI, workload
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Hazardous area, by Terry Freedman

Safer Internet Day 2026

February 10, 2026

Three resources that you or the parents of your pupils may find useful.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Tips for teachers Tags Safer Internet Day, online safety, e-safety

Review: Dear Data

November 6, 2025

The authors spent a year sending each other postcards on a different theme each week, with pictorial representations of the data they had collected.

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In Back Catalogue, Bookshelf, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Reviews Tags reviews, data
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A cartoon robot, by Terry Freedman

Blogging with AI

August 8, 2025

In preparation for a course on blogging that I ran a few years ago, I wanted to see how far I could get using AI tools to help me with my intended audience, outlining a post and drafting a whole article.

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In AI, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags blogging, AI
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