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Quick look: Hello World

October 2, 2019

Here’s a quick heads-up. Hello World is another book about algorithms, but one with a difference: it’s written by a mathematician. The result is an interesting perspective on why AI algorithms yield skewed results even when the data they’ve learnt from is as unbiased as possible.

The author, Hannah Fry, writes engagingly, so although the subject matter is about complex issues, it’s an easy read.

I’ve written a review of the book for Teach Secondary, and have been told that will appear in print in November 2019.

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The idea of desirable difficulties has always appealed to me. In my teaching I’m partticularly in favour of applying Vygotsky’s concept of the zone of proximal development.

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Quick looks: Support Not Surveillance, by Dr Mary Bousted
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Quick looks: Support Not Surveillance, by Dr Mary Bousted
May 14, 2022

As far as I’m aware no Education Secretary has had the ability or the courage to deal with the teacher recruitment and retention crisis.

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Quick looks: Tools for Teachers, by Oliver Lovell
May 14, 2022
Quick looks: Tools for Teachers, by Oliver Lovell
May 14, 2022

Overall the book is a good investment, although I did have some quibbles with it.

May 14, 2022
Quick looks: About Our Schools, by Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters
May 14, 2022
Quick looks: About Our Schools, by Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters
May 14, 2022

If you want to see the humble brag elevated to an art form, this is the book for you.

May 14, 2022
Quick look: The self-taught computer scientist
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Quick look: The self-taught computer scientist
Feb 13, 2022

It’s a bit of a tall order, I think, to teach yourself computer science, as opposed to computer programming, because of the need to understand particular concepts.

Feb 13, 2022
Quick look: Organise Ideas (follow-up)
Nov 12, 2021
Quick look: Organise Ideas (follow-up)
Nov 12, 2021

[When I was a teacher,] as with many of my blog posts these days, my own handouts and lesson summaries were festooned with drawings, diagrams and arrows.

Nov 12, 2021
Quick look: Organise Ideas
Sep 27, 2021
Quick look: Organise Ideas
Sep 27, 2021

My first impression is that this is a handy toolkit which, once mastered, can be applied in lots of different contexts in any subject.

Sep 27, 2021
What I'm reading: Sort Your Brain Out
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What I'm reading: Sort Your Brain Out
Sep 14, 2021

One of my first impressions: I like the fact that the book includes relatively recently-acknowledged attributes of the brain, such as neuroplasticity.

Sep 14, 2021
Thumbnail sketch: Teaching in the Online Classroom
Apr 30, 2021
Thumbnail sketch: Teaching in the Online Classroom
Apr 30, 2021

I’m always wary of books that are written while the issues that it addresses are new and current.

Apr 30, 2021
Thumbnail sketch: Online learning for dummies
Apr 30, 2021
Thumbnail sketch: Online learning for dummies
Apr 30, 2021

This book addresses online learning from the point of view of the learner, rather than the teacher or the institution

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