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Reflecting, by Elaine Freedman

Reflecting, by Elaine Freedman

Reflections on Technology in Schools in the time of Covid: Part 1

December 7, 2020

A major thing that the Covid-19 pandemic has done is to give us all a huge kick up the backside. We’ve had the technology to enable working from home for years, but there was not much incentive to implement it very widely. It’s a testament to the commitment and flexibility of companies and educational institutions that the educational system didn’t simply collapse.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Reflections Tags Bee Digital, trends, Covid19, Covid-19

How to see the trend in students' grades at a glance

June 15, 2020

Updated! Here’s a little-known function in Google Sheets which gives you an in-cell graph. Handy for displaying trends in students' grades at a glance.

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In Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Sparkline, Google Sheets, assessment, trends, data, spreadsheets
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