If you want an excellent example of the triumph of hope over experience, look no further than the optimism surrounding driverless cars.
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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom Revisited
In my opinion, the potential benefits of artificial intelligence make it a very attractive proposition for use in education.
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I was no good at welding either
Review of technicians exhibition
Should you ever find yourself in the unlikely circumstance of having to choose between me administering medication or waiting for a paramedic, my advice would be to wait.
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The scream by Terry Freedman
Is your website contributing to AI bots?
I checked if my websites had been scraped, and this what I discovered…
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DALL·E 2023-04-20 12.58.36 - A girl using a calculator in the style of Roy Litchtenstein
This doesn't add up: the Prime Minister's fretting about numeracy skills and people's attitudes towards them
Forgive me while I go off the subject of computing etc, but I feel I have to comment on the British Prime Minister’s recent headline-making pronouncement that kids need to be taught maths until they are 18 years old, and that they should ashamed of not being numerate.
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conference session, by Terry Freedman
What I Look For in a Conference (Updated)
I attend a lot of conferences, and over the years I've developed a useful set of criteria by which to evaluate them. Here, then, in no particular order, are my top 14 characteristics of a good conference.
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My feet after visiting Bett
Last chance to register online for Bett (for free)
I’ve just discovered that today (3rd March 2023) is the last day to register online for free for the edtech show known as Bett.
Read MoreUpdated! Supporting teachers through a challenging period
Updated! Discounts for Teachers is a free membership scheme which joins forces with retailers to help all staff, in any role working across the education sector to save money.
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More on our corrections policy
Just to let you know, this website is being reviewed by Newsguard.
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UPDATED My corrections policy wasn’t easy to find so I’ve created a dedicated page for it.
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My depiction of ChatGPT getting more and more frazzled by the number of assignments I throw at it — Drawing by Terry Freedman
Coming soon... Digital Education ezine, focusing on ChatGPT
Yes, it’s all over the internet, but ChatGPT is still worth looking at. I am compiling a list of useful (I trust) links, and have a few things to add to the plethora of comments already out there.
Read MoreGood news regarding the Government's plans to make the Oak Academy an arms-length body
The Oak provided useful resources during the lockdowns, and continues to create them. But there are four things wrong with the DfE's plan…
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Terry Freedman and bookcase, by Terry Freedman
Fake news?
I’ve compiled a number of reviews of non-fiction books that either deal with helping people detect untruths (such as in so-called scientific research) or presenting something as true when, in fact, it isn’t.
Read More7 questions about blogging (Updated)
You can build up a body of work without having to try going through gatekeepers.
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Someone suffering from FOMO, by Terry Freedman
7 incredibly useful links
These links were first highlighted in the Digital Education newsletter.
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I should be writing, by Terry Freedman
I don't write only about ed tech...
I have lots of thoughts about education in general too. Here’s some information about another newsletter I write, about education in general.
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Image by Nicole Dralle from Pixabay
The factory of the future (what a load of tosh)
I have recently had a glimpse of techno-utopia. It is not pretty.
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Sherlock Holmes, by Terry Freedman
Let's keep the arms length body at arms length
Governments should not interfere in the education marketplace
Read MoreWhat's the point of book reviews?
So many authors think they ought to be the recipient of the Nobel prize for literature.
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Question mark - Terry Freedman
National Coding Week: why? (Updated)
I’ve always been of the strong opinion that (a) people should talk about programming, not coding, and (b) people learn best on a kind of need to know basis.
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