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Should all learning take place in the cloud?

Should all learning take place in the cloud?

Covid-19: Is an online school the answer?

May 11, 2020

Would an online-only school be a feasible proposition for all pupils?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, M-learning, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Tips for teachers, Audio Tags Covid19, Covid-19, Wey Education, Interhigh, Online classes, online school, online education
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Book review: How Charts Lie

May 3, 2020

This is a good book to read, and definitely one you’ll want in your armoury of resources.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews, Audio Tags book reviews, book review, How Charts Lie, Alberto Cairo, charts, graphs, data

Why school is still relevant in the age of technology and Covid-19

April 30, 2020

Now is the perfect opportunity to test the proposition that schools are unnecessary. Are kids able to self-motivate, do relevant work at the appropriate level and maintain a good and healthy social life?

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In News & views, Audio Tags Angela MacFarlane, Digital Native, Donald Clark, Relevance, Sugata Mitra, Covid19, Covid-19
You’re going on a journey now, so document it. Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay

You’re going on a journey now, so document it. Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay

Covid19: Document it!

April 23, 2020

Looking on the bright side, if you have started teaching your classes online, or setting work for your pupils online, this forced closure of many schools is a great opportunity to carry out some research.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, M-learning, Research, Tips for teachers, Audio Tags documentation, records, Keeping a Professional Development Record, research, Covid19, Covid-19

Book review: Little Quick Fix: Find the theme in your data

April 22, 2020

How do you find out what main themes are coming through your qualitative research data? In short, how can you see the wood for the trees? This is the issue which this book addresses

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In Bookshelf, Research, Reviews, Audio Tags book review, book reviews, review

Discipline in the classroom: what, why and how (Updated)

February 11, 2019

UPDATED What is classroom discipline? Why is it needed, especially in lessons where technology is being used? How can it be established?

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In Tips for teachers, News & views, Audio Tags discipline, lessons, noise, introverts, extroverts, safety, environment, Andrew Old, Patricia McLean, audio

10 reasons to use comics and cartoons in the classroom

December 18, 2017

There are at least ten good reasons to use cartoons or comics in your lessons. This article explains what they are, with links to research and useful resources.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Audio Tags comics, cartoons, audio

5 mistakes I made when teaching Computing, by William Lau

October 7, 2016

In this very incisive article, teacher William Lau discusses 5 mistakes he has made when teaching Computing, in the light of experience, research and reading.

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In Computing, Research, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Audio Tags Computing, research, teaching Computing, audio

25 ways to make yourself unpopular: #23 Be pernickety

September 2, 2011
All too often these days there is so much to be done, and so little time to do it, that we have to adopt a “good enough” attitude. That’s fine most of the time, but not always.
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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Audio Tags 25 ways to make yourself unpopular, acting, business, pernickety, audio
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