Coming soon: the last Digital Education newsletter of 2020

December 20, 2020

Fancy a Christmas puzzle, a cat video, and loads of useful ed tech links? I don’t blame you! Read on…

Tips for teaching online -- get it while stocks last!

December 18, 2020

A few weeks ago I put together a collection of articles on using Zoom, good practice, etc etc, and bundled them into a PDF. You can get this for free just by signing up to my newsletter, Digital Education, but time is running out! The offer ends at 11:59pm on 20th December 2020.

Audio version of the Digital Education newsletter

November 9, 2020

As an experiment, I thought I’d create an audio version of the most recent issue of my newsletter, Digital Education.

Something ain't right, by Terry Freedman

Not planning is such a time-wasting non-activity

October 11, 2020

As a rule, I am incredibly meticulous when it comes to planning. I will create a detailed checklist, which can sometimes take me a good hour, and then work my way through methodically from start to finish. But not always….

Tips for Online Teaching, by Terry Freedman

New Free ebook: Tips for Online Teaching

October 9, 2020

This new, potentially prize-winning embodiment of beautiful literature, is now available to subscribers of my Digital Education newsletter. Here’s what the book contains…

Tips for online teaching: free gift

October 8, 2020

For the benefit of subscribers to my newsletter, Digital Education, I’ve created a short ebook called Tips for online teaching. It’s available in three versions: PDF, Kindle and ePub.

4 things I learned about using education technology from a blues harmonica

August 31, 2020

If you’re playing with a bunch of people and someone shouts out “Solo!”, you have a choice. You can either stop and mumble “Sorry, I’m not quite…., I don’t think…., perhaps we should…” — or you can throw caution to the winds, trust your instinct and enjoy the moment. There’s a lesson for teachers of Computing etc here.

A pictogram version of the next edition of the Digital Education newsletter

October 4, 2019

The forthcoming edition of the Digital Education newsletter features some great links and resources. See if you can figure out what topics are covered from these illustrations!

Almost ready: the newest edition of the Digital Education newsletter

October 3, 2019

The new edition of the Digital Education newsletter is almost ready. There are useful resources for subject leaders, research about learning programming, tons of links to resources for teaching about fake news, and lots more.

Proof of time travel? Photo by Terry Freedman

More fake news

October 1, 2019

Since mentioning that I am working on a special fake news edition of Digital Education, I have come across a few more brilliant resources.

Digital Education Newsletter: Fake News Special

September 26, 2019

How can you tell if a video on a website is faked? How can you tell if a news outlet is being economical with the truth via misleading headlines? With around 20 links to useful resources, the next issue of the Digital Education newsletter has the answers.

Coming soon in the Digital Education newsletter

September 6, 2019

The next edition of this esteemed newsletter has a cornucopia of links that will be of interest to teachers of computing and media literacy especially, and very little commentary! Read on to find out more.

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New prize draw, and updated information on our competitions

June 19, 2019

Good news: the prize draw for How to Think Like a Coder will be run very soon, for subscribers to the Digital Education newsletter. Here’s what you need to know.

Quick look: Trust Me, I'm Lying

June 11, 2019

This book lifts the lid on the practices that various media use to promulgate fake news even while appearing to be squeaky clean.

Coming up in Digital Education

April 1, 2019

Here is a brief listing of some of the topics covered in the forthcoming edition of my ezine, Digital Education.

Digital Education Prize draw: Understanding How We Learn

February 10, 2019

The prize draw for subscribers to Digital Education is a book called Understanding How We Learn. It’s comprehensive, well-researched and readable. What else do you need to know?Read on for details.

A new framework for judging teachers

February 5, 2019

Fears about the unintended consequences of the proposed new Ofsted framework — have your say — plus links to other articles about Ofsted-related fears.

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What do kids get up to online?

February 4, 2019

Here are several research reports on kids’ behaviour online.

Digital Education: Safer Internet Day

February 3, 2019

With Safer Internet Day just around the corner, the latest issue of Digital Education contains several links to resources and reports.

Recent book reviews

Review: Social Media for Academics

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

Quick looks: VIBE Coding by Example

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

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.

Review: The Dictators: 64 Dictators, 64 Authors, 64 Warnings from History

In some respects one could view this book as a single warning repeated 64 times.

Review: The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street

Taking readers from the Middle Ages to (more or less) the present day, Gray charts how the places where we do our shopping and what we buy have changed over the centuries.

Review: Extraordinary Learning For All

As a source of potential ideas and inspiration, the book could be very useful indeed.

Review: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them

One has the impression that the main role of the university these days is to maximise profit, while that of the majority of teaching staff is to ensure the ‘correct’ views are passed on to students. All the while, students’ main concern seems to be to seek protection from anything that might make them feel unsafe.

Review: Next Practices - An Executive Guide for Education Decision Makers

Is a 2014 book on managing the computing provision in a school still worth buying?

Still relevant (sadly): How to lie with statistics, by Darrell Huff

Although this book is over 60 years old, it is remarkably apposite for our times -- and especially in the fields of educational research and assessing pupils' understanding and progress.

Quick looks: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them

It was a great source of pride to me, getting hundreds of students through their A levels and encouraging them to go to university. But for some time I have asked myself a question: would I recommend this route now?