One of the reasons I keep a blog is that it is still a great way of finding out what I think about things.
Read MoreDigital literacy is about asking the right questions Updated
Being digitally literate is not just about knowing how to use programs or being aware of copyright law. It’s also about being able to ask the right questions. This is another reason to have a news section in your Computing lessons
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The trouble with Substack
There is a lot I like about Substack, but…
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Conference: Next steps for AI in Education in England
Last year I attended and reported on a similarly-named conference. The Westminster Forum is running another one this year.
Read MoreCompetition deadline situation: imminent
This collection of work by Gay Talese is utterly brilliant, and contains items that haven’t seen the light of day in a long time.
Read MoreOn this day: Hazardous Environments
Hazardous environments: I like to think of this as being a metaphor for any situation in which one is challenged.
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An unrestricted link
Last week I announced a competition to win a copy of A Town Without Time, the new collection of work by Gay Talese. Here is the link again, this time with an unrestricted link!
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A big question mark, by Terry Freedman
The DfE's foray into AI for education: the good news and the (potentilly) bad news
We don’t have very long to wait before the educational AI projects funded by the Department for Education are unveiled, if all goes to plan. But I have some concerns.
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Questions, by Terry Freedman
What is 'mastery'?
The devil is in the detail, and the subject is not apolitical.
Read MoreQuick look: Bad Education
Goodwin covers the reasons he left academia, scholars, students and the system. Then he proposes some solutions.
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My lesson was inspected and all things tech went wrong
I have long been of the opinion that inspectors should just drop in, unannounced.
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The 60 MInute Writer
My course at the City Lit.
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News, by Terry Freedman
A news update
Here are a few items that I hope will be of interest to you.
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
Writing for blogs
Every so often I read some pundit, or usually a journalist pretending to be a pundit, suggesting that blogs are dead. What can I say? They’re not.
Read MoreReflections: What'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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Success redefined
I’ve been thinking about definitions of success recently.
Read MoreI was a teenage geek (Updated)
One day when I was 15, I was milling around in this youth club trying to look cool, when someone came up to me and asked me if I’d be interested in joining a cinematography club. I’d never touched a cine camera in my life.
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7 reasons that the FAIL acronym fails (Updated)
Failing is empowering.
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Something ain’t right, by Terry Freedman
Bad pitches
Examples of how not to try and sell a product or an idea.
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Mobile phones: Another ritual
Every so often an Education Secretary announces a ban on mobile phones in school (which always turns out to be guidance, not mandatory). It's a sort of non-policy, a statement for the purpose, in my opinion, of wanting to say something, anything.
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