Terry catching up -- or trying to! By Terry Freedman
So many articles (to write), so little time! I’m in the process of writing up my experience of the Bett Show this year: products and reflections. It’s going to take me a while to do, even after setting myself a limit of 100 words per article. So, in the meantime, are a few pieces to be getting on with
Read MoreA short account of a talk about Eye Gaze, which helps teachers to know what pupils with PMLD are looking at, and what they are ignoring.
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Bett 2020 Day 1, by Terry Freedman
Here’s a quick reminder of the seminars I thought looked interesting on the last day of Bett 2020.
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Bett 2020 Day 1, by Terry Freedman
Here’s a quick reminder of the seminars I thought looked interesting in the afternoon of Day 3 of Bett 2020.
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Bett 2020 Day 1, by Terry Freedman
Here’s a quick reminder of the seminars I thought looked interesting in the morning of Day 3 of Bett 2020.
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Virtual Reality Headset, by Terry Freedman
Using the MEL VR headset and software at Bett2020, I entered the molecule of a diamond, followed by that of a pencil.
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Bett 2020 Day 1, by Terry Freedman
Here’s a quick reminder of the seminars I thought looked interesting on the latter half of the afternoon of Day 2 of Bett 2020.
Read MoreUPDATED and CORRECTED! News about Bett Radio and the EdTech podcast at Bett2020.
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BBC Basic screen, by Terry Freedman.
I’ve gone through the Bett seminar programme, and highlighted the ones that I’d go to if (a) I could be in several places at once (I’m working on that) and (b) needed to know about a much wider range of issues than any person does.
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Einstein at Bett, by Terry Freedman
As a Bett veteran, I’ve learnt quite a bit over the last 30 or so years about how to make the visit to Bett as useful as possible. Here are 27 tips you may find useful.
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A Bett crowd, by Terry Freedman
A heads-up about a pdf guide to Bett. Three articles in particular are worth perusing.
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After the rain, by Terry Freedman. This photo conveys how I felt after my first visit to the Microsoft shop.
Perhaps I was just unlucky when I visited the Microsoft store in London, and that had I visited at some other time my experience would have been better, but I have no intention of finding out.
Read MoreMore corporate guff from the Department of Education. Why can’t they use appropriate language?
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2019 R.I.P, by Terry Freedman
If it takes someone at least three years to become a good teacher, what can a civil servant achieve in eighteen months?
Read MoreAmongst other things, my article (in the magazine referred to here) considers how the 21st classroom really has changed since the 16th century, despite what some people would have us believe.
Read MoreJournalism in the field of AI: is it biased?
Read MoreDoes it matter if articles are written by an algorithm?
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Information sign, by Terry Freedman
The Westminster Forum has a conference coming up on 25th March 2020:
The new Ofsted inspection framework — implementation, impact on schools, and the next steps for the curriculum
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Bett 2020 is coming…
Read MoreThere are too many instances of government schemes being ill thought out, or where the system could be gamed.In my opinion, the government has a duty to ensure a minimal viable product, so to speak, but then step back. I’m not so naive as to believe that the free market is perfect, but I think government decrees are even less perfect.
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