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News, by Terry Freedman

News, by Terry Freedman

Subscription blues

January 22, 2019

What to do if you think you’ve accidentally unsubscribed from my newsletter, Digital Education.

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In Digital Education Tags Digital Education, unsubscribing, subscribe
Bett 2019 — Created in Canva by Terry Freedman

Bett 2019 — Created in Canva by Terry Freedman

Bett 2019: Useful tips

January 14, 2019

My annual guide to Bett is out. Here’s how to access it.

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In Bett Tips, Digital Education, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development, News & views Tags Bett2019, Bett, Bett19, Digital Education
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Digital Education Bumper Holiday Edition

December 23, 2018

What’s in the latest issue of the Digital Education newsletter? Read on to find out.

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In Digital Education, News & views Tags Digital Education
‘The Press Association, London, by Terry Freedman

‘The Press Association, London, by Terry Freedman

What ed tech consultants need to know, and other articles

December 20, 2018

What’s coming up in the latest issue of the Digital Education ezine.

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In Digital Education, News & views, Sponsored Article Tags Digital Education
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Digital Education Prize Draw

December 17, 2018

The next Digital Education ezine has a great prize to be won: The Truth About Teaching, by Greg Ashman. Read on for more details.

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In Digital Education, News & views Tags prize draw, The Truth About Teaching
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What I've been reading: Living in a Digital World

December 6, 2018

The review in a nutshell: well-structured, well-written and informative.

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In Bookshelf, Digital Education, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags book reviews, What I've been reading
Random Name Picker, from Classroom Tools.

Random Name Picker, from Classroom Tools.

A random name picker

December 3, 2018

I’ve just run another prize draw for my newsletter, Digital Education. If you’re interested in the tool I used to select the winners, read on.

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In Digital Education, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Classroom Tools, Digital Education, prize draw, random name picker
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Photo from pixabay.com CC0

Prize draw: win an ed tech book

December 2, 2018

Details of a chance to win a great book. Two copies of each of Living in a Digital World and Teacher’s Guide to Tech are up for grabs! Read on for details — competition closes tonight (2nd December 2018) at midnight London, UK, time.

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In Digital Education, News & views Tags prize draw, Digital Education, books
It’s all go! Illustration by Terry Freedman

It’s all go! Illustration by Terry Freedman

What's in the November 2018 issue of Digital Education?

November 25, 2018

Here at Freedman Works we’ve been throwing in ideas, reports, books, magazines, blog articles and pictures into the writing machine I invented some time in 2017, and out has popped the latest issue of Digital Education. Read on for a taster of what’s in it.

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In Digital Education, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Digital Education
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Photo by John-Mark Smith on Unsplash

The BESA/PA Conference 2018

November 23, 2018

Details of this year’s annual conference of the British Educational Suppliers Association and the Publishers Association.

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In Digital Education, News & views, Professional development Tags BESA, PA, Conference
Editor at work!, by Terry Freedman

Editor at work!, by Terry Freedman

Coming soon in the Digital Education ezine

November 20, 2018

There are four books to be won in the next issue of Digital Education. There are also a few pretty useful articles and bits of information. Read on to find out more.

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In Digital Education, News & views, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Digital Education
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From pixabay.com CC0

Education technology qualifications update

August 31, 2018

Computing and related qualifications: I’ve updated my spreadsheet of qualification at Key Stage 4 and 16-18. Please read on for details.

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In Assessment, Digital Education, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views Tags qualifications, ed tech qualifications, ICT qualifications
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Thumbnail sketch: Bad Choices: How Algorithms Can Help You Think Smarter

August 29, 2018

Here is a short review of this book about algorithms.

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In Computing, Digital Education, Reviews, Bookshelf, Books in Brief, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Book review, book reviews, algorithms, computing
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Books in brief: Technically Wrong

August 17, 2018

This is one of a current spate of books about the in-built bias found in many automated processes.

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In Bookshelf, Books in Brief, Digital Education, Unintended consequences Tags Technically Wrong, bias, algorithms, AI, Artificial Intelligence, reviews, book review
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The cover of the latest issue of Digital Education

Digital Education AI edition

August 8, 2018

The latest issue of the free newsletter Digital Education is about to be published. It has a special focus on artificial intelligence, and there’s a chance to win a book in a prize draw. Read on for more details.

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In Digital Education, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags AI, Artificial Intelligence, digital education
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Terry Freedman, writer, editor, righter of wrongs, ranter

Some highlights from Digital Education

June 27, 2018

This article highlights a few of the articles featured in the current issue of the Digital Education newsletter.

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In Digital Education, News & views, Professional development Tags Digital Education

What I've been reading: Reflective Practice

June 26, 2018

This book looks at the benefits of writing in order to reflect on and improve your practice, and suggests numerous exercises for doing so.

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In Bookshelf, Digital Education, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development, Reviews Tags Bookshelf, Reflective Practice, Book review
Fake news?

Fake news?

Digital Education: new issue almost out

June 22, 2018

Another information-packed issue of my newsletter, Digital Education, is on its way. There’s a qualifications freebie, news of some brilliant events, and a prize draw, amongst other things.

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In Digital Education, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags AI, Artificial Intelligence, Fake News, Digital Education
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Illustration from pixabay.com Licence: CC0

New ed tech qualifications list

June 20, 2018

I’ve updated my list of ed tech-related qualifications. Please read on for details of how to get it.

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In Digital Education, News & views, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags ICT qualifications, ICT & Computing Qualifications survey, ICT and Computing Qualifications, ed tech qualifications
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Research reporting: how do you know if it's just fake news?

June 13, 2018

I’ve created an infographic on this topic. Read on for more details.

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In Digital Education, Infographics, News & views, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Research Tags infographic, research, reporting
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Recent book reviews
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Backlist: The Written World

Writing was invented ‘only’ a few thousand years ago. It’s a fascinating story.

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Backlist: What I'm reading: Bounce

What does it take to become an expert? And what can the Computing teacher do about it?

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Backlist: The Fourth Education Revolution
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The title of this book invites curiosity: what were the other three ‘revolutions?

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A book review for your English department colleagues perhaps
A book review for your English department colleagues perhaps

Some of these stories are so richly told, it can almost seem as though you’re right there with him.

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Review: Pen Names
Review: Pen Names

OK, so this has nothing to do with education technology, but we all read (I hope!). A very interesting examination of the pen names some authors have adopted, and why.

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Review: The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History
Review: The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History

There's a really interesting section in this book about how ceramic storage of data and information is probably the most likely medium to stand the test of time.

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A book review for your biology colleagues perhaps
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The subject under discussion here is how human physiology has developed in different ways, in response to different conditions around the world.

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This book is very readable, and if I sound surprised that is because it’s not always true of academics!

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Quick looks: VIBE Coding by Example
Quick looks: VIBE Coding by Example

For the time being, this book is free in Kindle format.

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Review: The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too
Review: The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too

Despite the relative paucity of immediately obvious National Curriculum links, teachers will find several of sections of this book to be highly engaging.

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