Old technology, by Terry Freedman
It may be true, as we’re often told, that most people use only 20% of the features of Word and other “high-end” programs. That may tempt you to buy or rent less pricey software that do not have so many features. Although that makes sense, I think it’s a mistake.
Read MoreThis blog post is dedicated to all those writers who are looking after elderly relatives, young children, holding down a job, dealing with gas bills, doing shopping etc etc etc.
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Conference, by Terry Freedman
News about a free conference.
Read MoreAs a new Head of Department I discovered the reason that no teachers ever took their classes into the computer rooms.
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No mobiles, by Terry Freedman
What next? Government guidance on seating plans in schools?
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Archives, by Terry Freedman
On 25 June 2020 I wrote about words and their connotations. That was in the middle of lockdown, and was prompted by a specific news story. But the general principle still applies.
Read MoreI did find it annoying, and frustrating, though when a parent would sometimes tell me that they left school at 15 with no qualifications whatsoever, but that “it didn’t do me any harm”.
I always wanted to say, “How do you know?”
Read MoreI asked the person demonstrating the product what happens when bits are lost.
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Ear, by Terry Freedman
Some years ago my wife and I set off to discover if the salesmen (back then they were nearly all men) were sexist. (Spoiler alert: most of them were.)
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Mortar board, by Terry Freedman
A few weeks ago my lady wife asked me what benefits I’d enjoyed from having gained an MA in the distant mists of decades past. “Apart from opening doors”, she added.
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news by Terry Freedman
As always, the London Book Fair programme looks great.
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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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Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
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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