Terry: dreading the bombardment of ill-informed views!
It all started with Brexit. At least, that’s when I first became aware of the preponderance of people who are more than happy to pontificate about, and lecture the rest of us on, a subject of which they have no expertise.
Read MoreThe following is a list of 29 ways in which you might be able to help the Ukrainian situation. My aim was to collate a list of ways that ordinary people could contribute, even if only in a small way.
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Books by Terry Freedman
I have discovered that there are two World Book Days.
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This Government website looks like a useful starting point for those students who are not sure about which route to take, or whether they want to take the traditional academic route.
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The Bett Show. Photo by Terry Freedman
The Bett Show is the world’s largest education technology show. Sadly, the seminars are not going to be recorded this time. However, all is not lost. Here are some ways you can keep abreast of what’s happening.
Read MoreJust a couple of cogitations – hopefully worthy -- about technology and our relationship with it.
Read MoreJust because awful presenters use bullet points, it doesn't necessarily follow that all presentations containing bullet points will be terrible.
Read MoreWhen the Computing Programme of Study was introduced in England, some people seriously suggested that the lack of suitably qualified teachers (i.e. not able to understand computing concepts or to do computer programming) was not a problem because classes could have “facilitators” instead.
Read MoreI am experiencing domain issues…..
Read MoreMany education technology strategy documents are often boring to read, and usually either pedestrian, unrealistic or like a scene from Star Trek.
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Useful links for resources for Holocaust Memorial Day, and a 10% discount off a relevant book.
Read MoreWhat is the 'correct' style for a blog post? Indeed, is there a correct style?
Read MoreAs always the secret motto seems to be: “When in doubt, reorganise”. It doesn’t have to deal with the real problem, but it does have to look like activity.
Read MoreWhen it comes to language, there is quite a bit of difference between English English and American English. Actually, the words sound the same, but the cultural context is often quite different.
Read MoreWhen it comes to jargon, the Building Schools for the Future programme in England takes a lot of beating. I’ve railed against the Department for Education for its awful predilection for driving agendas forward and delivering targets or whatever, but really they’re just amateurs at this stuff.
Read MoreHaving known what it was like as a Head of Computing and ICT Co-ordinator desperately attempting to get hold of extra devices without blowing the whole of the school’s budget, I thought this was worth giving a closer look.
Read MoreHere’s what’s coming in the next issue of my free newsletter, Digital Education.
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New York Times Journal. Photo from Jane13 on Pixabay.
Here at Freedman Towers we’re all working away at producing the next issue of the Digital Education newsletter. (The photo above is not an entirely accurate portrayal of the team, which comprises Mrs Freedman, myself, one cat and two kittens.)
Read MoreThere is something heroic about working away on a computer while the rest of the world sleeps, with only a cup of tea and a distant street lamp to keep one company. But the health benefits of caffeine-fuelled nights are yet to be discovered.
Read MoreThe Department of Education in England is hoping to recruit an army of retired teachers to help plug the gap when teachers fall in from Covid. Here at Freedman Towers we’ve been waiting for this for the past 18 months.
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