mind — Terry Freedman's ICT & Computing in Education blog — ICT & Computing in Education

What the mind sees

November 2, 2012

It is interesting, isn’t it, how the mind can play tricks on you? A couple of days ago I had proof of either working too hard or of working too hard on one particular thing.

Recent book reviews

Review: Renaturing: Small Ways to Wild the World

This book could prove useful to schools keen to cultivate their own dedicated ‘back to nature’ area.

Review: Listen In: How Radio Changed the Home

A couple of generations before the first internet cafés were opened, someone attempted pretty much the same thing by opening a ‘radio café’.

Review: Level Up Your Lesson Plans: Ignite the Joy of Learning with Fun and Educational Materials

This book is awash with ideas.

Review: Conversations With Third Reich Contemporaries: : From Luke Holland’s Final Account

This may be useful for the Hiostory department in your school.

Review: The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic

I was surprised to read some of the clearest explanations of neuroscience I've yet come across.

Review: Nature's Memory

One would think that the stories told by the exhibits in natural history museums are reasonably objective and factual, but apparently not.

On this day in 2010: Review of the Dell Latitude 2110

“Oooh!” “Ah!” “Oh my!”. Such were the collective gasps emanating from the Freedman household when I unpacked the Dell Latitude 2110 Netbook I’d been sent to review. Slim, striking and silent (but enough about me), the Latitude certainly makes the grade as far as aesthetics are concerned. But how does it actually perform?