London Book Fair, by Terry Freedman
It’s well-known that accessing academic articles can be a very expensive business. This year’s Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum, run in conjunction with the London Book Fair, is about developments in open access.
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London Book Fair seminar
The London Book Fair people are once more putting on the What Works conference on 9th June 2021. The programme looks really interesting.
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Would you love to work in a small international school with the flexibility to decide what you want to teach in KS3 Computing/ICT lessons, as well as teach the Cambridge IGCSE ICT and AS Level IT courses?
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Gloucester Road Station, by Terry Freedman
At one of the schools I taught in, the headteacher once made an announcement in the staffroom to this effect…
Read MoreA veritable cornucopia of good stuff for edtech people!
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e-stuff, by Terry Freedman
Why are ebooks priced at almost the same level as printed books? (I’ve actually seen a Kindle book priced higher than the print version.)
Read MoreLast week I published a few articles you might find useful, interesting or both.
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In the process of identifying which books to send off to a new home, I’ve discovered some books I’d forgotten about and now look forward to reading (again).
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slumped, by Terry Freedman
Many people seem to think that the solution to helping students catch up on their lost schooling is to have longer school days. Presumably these extra lessons will be taught by teachers, when they’re not marking and re-marking exam papers.
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Think outside the box, by Terry Freedman
When it comes to communication, being restricted is definitely better, ie more conducive to effectiveness, than having no limits at all.
Read MoreThis is a fairly comprehensive account of the steps I went through to convert a course from one I taught in a physical classroom to one I could teach online.
Read MoreIn case you missed this when I posted it during half-term… I’ve written a long article about how I converted a course I’d taught in a classroom to one I was able to teach online. You can grab a checklist version of it in the form of a pdf by signing up to my newsletter, Digital Education, which is free.
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Is price the only, or even the best, way to compete? Picture: 30pc off, by Terry Freedman
If you sell a similar edtech product or service to that of another company, what is it that makes yours stand out?
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The ICT in Education website, 2000, by Terry Freedman.
My first reaction when I see people ranting about some trivial thing on social media is to envy them for apparently having nothing terrible to worry about.
Read MoreHaving been a judge for a number of awards, I’ve come across good practice and poor practice by entrants.
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For years it’s been the case, or at least seems to be the case, that satisfying Ofsted inspectors who may not know anything about ICT or Computing is a safer bet than trying to be innovative.
Read MoreI wrote this article for a readership of edtech companies. But the suggestions would work just as well for any organisation that wishes to keep in touch with its members/clients/visitors etc.
Read MoreWhy feedback matters.
Read MoreA lot of inspectors judged how good the subject was being taught by how nicely formatted the kids' work was.
Read MoreHere’s what’s in the next issue of my free newsletter, Digital Education.
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