This is what Ideogrm.ai came up with in response to the prompt “Person using AI”.
A week or so ago we were chatting to a neighbour. She said she thinks her daughter, who looked about six years old, should learn how to code, as that’s the future. Didn’t I agree? I’m afraid I said that didn’t.
Read MoreReflecting, by Terry Freedman
A question: is Cognitive Load Theory another example of the emperor’s new clothes?
Read MoreMy review of this book has recently been published in Teach Secondary magazine. I thought some readers might be interested in spotting the differences between the published version, and the copy I submitted.
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As a teacher, you’re meant to be the fount of all knowledge, right? Even if your teaching style is to be a guide on the side rather than the sage on the stage, you’re still expected to actually know stuff. Well, sometimes it pays not to know, or at least to appear not to know.
Read MoreI’ve been experimenting with using ChatGPT to write course outlines, and for one of the courses I compared the result with the outlines I had already written (and taught to). The results were interesting.
Read MoreI asked ChatGPT, and here’s what it said…
Read MoreOn This Day, by Terry Freedman
What if intelligent computers decide to look after us, and protect us from ourselves?
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Given that the government has laid down what must be taught, periodically pontificates on the ‘best’ teaching methods, goes so far as to indicate a preference for particular resources and has appointed an external organisation to oversee quality control, can teaching be truly thought of as a profession?
Read MoreAs ChatGPT is on everybody’s lips at the moment, I thought I’d revisit an article I wrote several years ago.
Read MoreI’ve added another article in this series. Hence this update.
Read Moredystopian visions, by Terry Freedman
One of my favourite stories, this one by Ray Bradbury looks at the possible consequences of making a small, apparently insignificant, change in the past.
Read MoreYesterday when I wrote this article I inadvertently left out one of the stories I covered. Hence this update.
Read MoreDystopian visions, by Terry Freedman
Being a great fan of the kind of science fiction that extrapolates what is (sort of) possible now into what will probably be possible in the future, I’ve been writing a series of articles called Dystopian Visions.
Read MoreDispatches from the Chalkface is an important book because it provides a rare, inside look at the day-to-day reality of teaching in a classroom. Terry Freedman, the author, is a veteran teacher with over 30 years of experience, and in this book he shares his insights and wisdom gained from years of working with students.
Read MoreMy automated assessment machine
I have serious misgivings about the use of AI to assess students’ work.
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While the book is both detailed and enjoyable, it is not entirely convincing.
Read Morein some respects, Brave New World seems closer to our lived reality than does Orwell’s 1984.
Read MoreMy position is that I think the idea of ‘working memory’ is misapplied and, in any case, unnecessary.
Read MoreIn 1994 I set out with my wife to discover the best place to buy a computer system -- and discovered a lot of sexism along the way.
Read Morebooks to be reviewed by Terry Freedman
One of the first things I look for when reviewing a non-fiction book is whether or not it contains an index. If it does, the next thing I check is whether the index is actually useful.
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