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Reading list! by Terry Freedman

Reading list! by Terry Freedman

Spreadsheet special, analysis and a prize draw

November 22, 2017

I'm currently working on the next issue of Digital Education, a free newsletter that is now in its 17th year. Some of the items it will contain (I hope) are:

  • Recent reports on Computing in England, and the e-safety Green Paper consultation which comes to an end on 7th December.
  • Commentary on the latest budget as far as it affects education.
  • Book reviews, and a prize draw for a new book for teachers of Computing.
  • A special offer from Routledge.
  • A spreadsheet 'special'.
  • Observations on lesson observations.
  • Various other bits and bobs.

I'll be experimenting with a different format, which will make the newsletter less like War and Peace and more like Readers' Digest. 

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