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Review: Teacher Geek

June 24, 2026

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.

cover of Teach Fast — Click the pic to see this book on Amazon (affiliate link)

Review: Teach Fast

June 5, 2026

The book contains some interesting ideas.

Review of Tips for teachers: 400+ ideas to improve your teaching

May 16, 2024

Don’t let this book’s size (nearly 600 pages) put you off. It’s comprehensive, and very well structured and laid out.

What if "she" decided whether or not you got the job?

8 ideas for story-writing in Computing

September 23, 2022

Here are 8 ideas for encouraging pupils to write stories on Computing and related topics.

Holo app, by Terry Freedman. This was drawn using Comic Strip Creator.

Articles from the ed tech archives

August 23, 2019

Here are three articles from the ICT & Computing website which you may find useful, inspiring or both.

7 ideas for story-writing in Computing

August 2, 2016

Here are 7 ideas for encouraging pupils to write stories on Computing and related topics -- and the announcement of a brilliant new and free resource: 70 Kinds of Blog Posts.

Out of this world

August 24, 2011

It’s August in Britain, and it’s raining. In fact, I was reading today that the Meteorological Office has issued a severe weather warning for the South-East of England! So, a typical British summer in other words. What better time, if you’re still enjoying the school holidays, to visit an exhibition or two?

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I think this could be an excellent resource for teachers of mathematics.

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