The early Oulipians in particular were interested in how mathematics and literature could be combined. Calvino, for example, wrote about using cybernetics in literature.
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The early Oulipians in particular were interested in how mathematics and literature could be combined. Calvino, for example, wrote about using cybernetics in literature.
Read MoreProgramming languages are meant to be useful, right? I mean, I didn’t miss a memo or anything? That’s what I thought too. However…
Read MoreI’ve started to compile a list of books you might wish to explore over the holidays. They’re not all to do with edtech — we all need a break!
Read MoreIt’s been estimated that if you were to read one a minute for 24 hours a day it would take you around 200 million years to get through them all.
Read MoreChristmas at Selfridges, by Terry Freedman
Unfortunately, my end-of-year message got a bit mangled, but I’m posting it here anyway. See if you can figure out what it is supposed to say.
Read MoreWow! By Terry Freedman
Fortunately, such an inability to explore interesting and sensible questions would not be found in a real inspection. Would it??
Read MoreNothing esoteric about this! VB example, by Terry Freedman
Programming languages are meant to be useful, right? I mean, I didn’t miss a memo or anything? That’s what I thought too. However…
Read MoreThink outside the box, by Terry Freedman
When it comes to communication, being restricted is definitely better, ie more conducive to effectiveness, than having no limits at all.
Read MoreNo photography, by Terry Freedman
Constraints can be very useful for releasing creativity. This has been known for a long time in literature, but can it be applied in the ICT/computing classroom?
Read MoreWow! By Terry Freedman
You know those awful television documentaries in which the presenters (it’s usually a double act) continually display their inability to ask interesting questions and probe beneath the surface? I thought it might be fun to imagine an inspection of a Computing department conducted as one of those documentaries.
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