Qualitative data is important too UPDATED

October 25, 2019

I'm a great believer in using different kinds of data to measure how well pupils are doing, not all of which are quantifiable in the usual sense.

Data for its own sake is pointless

June 5, 2019

Unless data can be turned into information, what’s the point of collecting it?

Qualitative data is important too

October 25, 2017

I'm a great believer in using different kinds of data to measure how well pupils are doing, not all of which are quantifiable in the usual sense.

Our lives in data: privacy

May 16, 2017

How much data are you prepared to give away, and what are you prepared to allow organisations to do with it? The answers in my case surprised me.

Big data infographic

September 22, 2016

Here is a big data infographic I produced in 2014.

Recent book reviews

Review: Power Up, by Matthew Lane

This book looks at the maths concepts — and, to some extent, the physics concepts — hidden in popular video games.

Review: The Shortest History of AI

How is it that ChatGPT, Claude and other Al models appear to perform so well at certain complex tasks that some people become convinced that they're sentient — only for them to then promptly fail at simple tasks that even a child could handle?

Review: Teacher Geek

Every so often I like to take a look, or another look, at a book published a while ago, and today I’ve been looking at Teacher Geek, by Rachel Jones.

Review: Teach Fast

The book contains some interesting ideas.

A question of leadership

I have somewhat dichotomous views of this question of whether leaders make a difference, or much of a difference. I think my views can be classified as macro and micro.