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On This Day, by Terry Freedman

On This Day, by Terry Freedman

On this day #12: usability, assessment, tiffs, pointless data and Computing

December 6, 2020

Gosh! I don’t know if there is something special about the date December 6th — like the Ides of March, say — but I seem to have been astonishingly prolific on that date.

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In From the Archives, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, On this day Tags usability, assessment, tiff, data, Computing
On this day, by Terry Freedman

On this day, by Terry Freedman

On this day #10: Important questions to ask about speakers

December 5, 2020

Given how much competition there is for our time now that so much is on offer online, I think these suggested questions are as important as ever.

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In From the Archives, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, On this day Tags conferences, questions

On this day #9: Web 2.0

December 5, 2020

An old article about Web 2.0

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In From the Archives, News & views, On this day Tags Web 2.0
On this day, by Terry Freedman

On this day, by Terry Freedman

On this day #8: You mean this technology is new???

December 4, 2020

It really is quite an eye-opener when you discover kids’ idea of tech history!

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In From the Archives, History, On the lighter side, On this day Tags technology history
On This Day, by Terry Freedman

On This Day, by Terry Freedman

On this day #6: Is it rude to comment

November 30, 2020

Is it rude to comment on blog posts? Is it rude to not comment?

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In On this day, Thinking aloud Tags blogging, commenting

On this day #7: Marking workload reduction

November 22, 2020

The only thing worse than feeling tired but knowing you have to mark 30 books by tomorrow morning is that feeling of ennui at 5 o-clock on a grim Sunday evening when all you want to do is curl up with a mug of tea and watch a movie, but having those exercise books smirking back at you.

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In Assessment, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, On this day Tags marking, assessment

Thank goodness for the wayback machine

November 15, 2020

I always find it mildly depressing when I click on a link in an old blog post and discover that it no longer “works”.

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In History, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, On this day Tags Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, dead links
Question, by Terry Freedman

Question, by Terry Freedman

On this day #6: Do we still need schools?

November 12, 2020

The great and the good who pontificate about how school is no longer needed are the worst kind of hypocrite. They have benefited from a good (traditional) education themselves, and then tell the world that school is no longer needed or relevant.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, On this day Tags school, Relevance

On this day #5: The importance of not being nice

November 10, 2020

It’s important to be nice — but even more important to be honest. I wrote this article on 10 November 2011, and still think it holds true today.

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In Blast from the past, From the Archives, News & views, On this day Tags nice, honesty, evaluation, assessment

7 rules for ICT teachers, co-ordinators and leaders (Updated)

November 9, 2020

Here is a set of rules that I hope you will find useful.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, On the lighter side, On this day Tags rules
Archive, by Terry Freedman

Archive, by Terry Freedman

On this day #5: Review of Trust Me, I'm Lying

October 14, 2020

On 14 October 2019 I reviewed Trust Me, I’m Lying. It’s a book about how bloggers and mainstream media can be manipulated. It’s pretty sobering stuff.

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In On this day, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags archive, review, fake news

On this day #3: How to make IT real

October 2, 2020

How can Computing be made relevant and interesting?

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In Blast from the past, From the Archives, On this day, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Relevance

On this day #2: Freedom from constraints

October 1, 2020

When Academies and Free Schools were announced, the prospect of freedom was alluring — to an extent.

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In Blast from the past, On this day, News & views Tags freedom, academies.freedom, academies, free schools

On this day #1: Assessment

September 30, 2020

Why bother with theories of assessment? Surely all that matters is whether or not it works?

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In Blast from the past, On this day, Assessment Tags assessing Computing and ICT, assessing ICT, assessing Computing, assessment

15 ways to keep on being a learner

September 27, 2020

Learning is necessary, useful and pleasurable! Here are 15 suggestions for continuing to learn, ranging from some pretty easy almost costless ways to a major commitment. Hopefully there’s something for everyone in this article.

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In Professional development, On this day Tags professional development

Chairing discussions online

September 21, 2020

Is it rude to not respond to people in an online discussion?

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In M-learning, On this day, Thinking aloud, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags chairing, moderating, online discussion, Covid19, Covid-19

An ed tech slap on the forehead moment: Something I didn't think of but wish I had

September 20, 2020

Dang! Why didn’t I think of this great idea for inspiring confidence in technophobic colleagues?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, On this day Tags mistakes, 7 mistakes

Achieving stuff straight away in Computing lessons (Updated)

September 18, 2020

Why shouldn’t you start your course with lots of apparently useless techniques?

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, On this day Tags achievement, blues, blues harp, harmonica

Automatic Writing part 2

September 17, 2020

What might it be like to be able to write an article straight from your head?

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In On the lighter side, Discussion topic, On this day, Thinking aloud Tags fantasy, invention, writing, brainwaves, AI, artificial intelligence
Idea lightbulb, by Terry Freedman

Idea lightbulb, by Terry Freedman

Encouraging colleagues to use education technology

September 15, 2020

How can you make online learning more attractive to colleagues?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, On this day Tags encouragement
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