These days, students can find out things like the rate of interest in real time without even leaving their seats. That doesn't make the question ["What's the interest rate?"] itself any better.
Read MoreQuestion marks, by Terry Freedman
On this day #16: The trouble with women
When I was reading about Ada Lovelace I found it quite appalling that in her days men thought women were too mentally fragile to cope with mathematics or science.
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On this day #15: Technical support
I would say that these days an efficient and effective technical support function is more important than ever. I have been at the sharp end of technical glitches in Zoom and so on, and although I was able to figure them out for myself, it was a very frustrating experience.
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Not sure, by Terry Freedman
Twitter: a re-evauation
I imagine I’ll be on Twitter for a while yet, but I do find myself spending less and less time on it, and engaging in conversations less and less.
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On this day #14: Enforced independence
For those of us who are bemused by the Department for Education’s new-found interest in digital matters (starting in 2019 with their Education Technology strategy), this might be of interest.
Read MoreOn this day #13: Welcome back, VBA!
To borrow from Mark Twain, reports of the death of Visual Basic for Applications as a viable programming language to teach in schools are exaggerated.
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On this day #12: usability, assessment, tiffs, pointless data and Computing
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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On this day #10: Important questions to ask about speakers
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.
Read MoreOn this day #9: Web 2.0
An old article about Web 2.0
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On this day #8: You mean this technology is new???
It really is quite an eye-opener when you discover kids’ idea of tech history!
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On this day #6: Is it rude to comment
Is it rude to comment on blog posts? Is it rude to not comment?
Read MoreOn this day #7: Marking workload reduction
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.
Read MoreThank goodness for the wayback machine
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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On this day #6: Do we still need schools?
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.
Read MoreOn this day #5: The importance of not being nice
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.
Read More7 rules for ICT teachers, co-ordinators and leaders (Updated)
Here is a set of rules that I hope you will find useful.
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On this day #5: Review of Trust Me, I'm Lying
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.
Read MoreOn this day #3: How to make IT real
How can Computing be made relevant and interesting?
Read MoreOn this day #2: Freedom from constraints
When Academies and Free Schools were announced, the prospect of freedom was alluring — to an extent.
Read MoreOn this day #1: Assessment
Why bother with theories of assessment? Surely all that matters is whether or not it works?
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