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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
Start polishing your crystal ball! Photo by Garidy Sanders on Unsplash

Start polishing your crystal ball! Photo by Garidy Sanders on Unsplash

What are your ed tech predictions for 2019?

November 28, 2018

What’s on the cards for 2019 in the education technology world? A chance to have your say.

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In News & views, On the lighter side Tags predictions, ed tech predictions, education technology predictions
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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
I’m not sure why people sometimes get confused over pretty clear statements.

I’m not sure why people sometimes get confused over pretty clear statements.

Lost in translation

November 16, 2018

Sometimes, a message given in a talk or training session is misinterpreted. What lessons can we learn from this?

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In News & views Tags misunderstanding, confused, clarity, confusion

E-safety update

November 9, 2018

This article contains details of 8 reports and 4 sets of resources concerning e-safety.

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In News & views, Research, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags e-safety, research, resources
A daunting prospect, so what’s your motivation? Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

A daunting prospect, so what’s your motivation? Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

Encouraging other teachers to use education technology

October 15, 2018

Gretchen Rubin talks about four kinds of self-motivation. Might this provide a way of thinking about how to encourage colleagues to use education technology in their lessons?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views Tags Gretchen Rubin, RSA, RSA Events, Four tendencies framework, motivation
My (somewhat jaded) view of most high-profile Government ed tech initiatives

My (somewhat jaded) view of most high-profile Government ed tech initiatives

The trouble with government education technology initiatives

October 12, 2018

A possibly cynical take on government-funded initiatives for education technology in schools.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, On the lighter side, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags government initiatives, education technology initiatives, education technology policies, government IT projects
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Read all about it: what does the research REALLY say?

September 14, 2018

Even if a piece of education research is flawless (which itself is relatively unlikely), experience suggests that it's unlikely to be reported completely accurately, despite journalists' best efforts. Why does this happen?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Professional development, Research Tags newspapers, research, education research
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Photo by sebastiaan stam on Unsplash

How to deal with negative or spam comments on your blog

September 9, 2018

Worried about negative comments on your blog? Here are a few suggestions.

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In News & views Tags comments, comments policy, trolls, don't feed the trolls
Covers of my forthcoming books

Covers of my forthcoming books

Books in progress

September 7, 2018

A progress report on the three books I’m currently working on — and information about a freebie!

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In News & views, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development Tags books, wriiting
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Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash

Fake news, or just poor reporting?

September 6, 2018

Is the reporting of educational research merely poor or, worse, is it just made up? Here are a few notes in advance of my talk at ResearchEd on Saturday 8th September 2018.

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In News & views, Professional development, Research Tags researched, research, education research, newspapers
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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
The cover of the latest issue of Digital Education

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

Digital Education: Prize Draw Extended

July 23, 2018

Good news for subscribers to Digital Education: the deadline for entering the current prize draw has been extended, for reasons explained in this article.

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In News & views Tags digital education, prize draw
Come back! by Terry Freedman

Come back! by Terry Freedman

Computing and Qualifications in the UK

July 10, 2018

The recently-published Roehampton University report on the take-up of Computing qualifications by school pupils makes for depressing reading.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views Tags qualifications, TRACER, The Roehampton Annual Computing Education Report
Moving, by Terry Freedman

Moving, by Terry Freedman

Important email alert: I've moved!

July 6, 2018

Here’s a heads-up about a few changes I’ve made that temporarily caused my email address (terry@terry-freedman.org.uk) to be unavailable.

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In News & views Tags email, web address, web hosting, terry-freedman.org.uk
Terry Freedman, writer, editor, righter of wrongs, ranter

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
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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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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