Presentation: 10 stimulating ideas for the Computing curriculum

October 2, 2017

Here is some information about the EduTech conference in general, and my session in particular.

Inspecting Computing in schools: 6 research questions

September 27, 2017

The schools inspectorate in England (Ofsted) aspires to become a research hub. How might or should this affect Computing?

The Great Training Robbery, Part 13 of 13

August 9, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 12 of 13

August 8, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 11 of 13

August 7, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 10 of 13

August 4, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

Fake news, bad algorithms and drones -- in the latest issue of Digital Education

August 3, 2017

Algorithms are based on maths, and maths is objective, right? You might change your mind about that when you've read Weapons of Math Destruction, which I've been reading.

You can read my review in the latest issue of Digital Education, plus information about drones, fake news, and going back to school after the summer break, plus a good money-saving offer on an online graphics application, plus a bunch of other stuff. Read on for more details and for a sign-up form.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 9 of 13

August 3, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 8 of 13

August 2, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 7 of 13

August 1, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 7 of 13

August 1, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 6 of 13

July 31, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 5 of 13

July 28, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 4 of 13

July 27, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 3 of 13

July 26, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 2 of 13

July 25, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

The Great Training Robbery, Part 1 of 13

July 24, 2017

What can you do to prevent your training materials being used to run a course -- without your permission or involvement, much less any compensation? This 13 part series suggests a few ideas.

Coming up in Digital Education

July 3, 2017

The next issue of Digital Education is just about to be published. It includes a chance to get a free book, and a competition. Read on to find out what else is in it.

How to get the most out of ISTE17 (and other conferences)

June 23, 2017

Listen to my interview with Vicki Davis about how to get the most out of #iste17 and other conferences -- and grab my book for £0.99/$0.99 or equivalent (plus VAT if applicable) -- a third of its usual price.

Where's the ed tech action? Maybe under your nose!

June 20, 2017

Not everything is a million miles away or up in the cloud, when it comes to education technology.

Recent book reviews

Review: Power Up, by Matthew Lane

This book looks at the maths concepts — and, to some extent, the physics concepts — hidden in popular video games.

Review: The Shortest History of AI

How is it that ChatGPT, Claude and other Al models appear to perform so well at certain complex tasks that some people become convinced that they're sentient — only for them to then promptly fail at simple tasks that even a child could handle?

Review: Teacher Geek

Every so often I like to take a look, or another look, at a book published a while ago, and today I’ve been looking at Teacher Geek, by Rachel Jones.

Review: Teach Fast

The book contains some interesting ideas.

A question of leadership

I have somewhat dichotomous views of this question of whether leaders make a difference, or much of a difference. I think my views can be classified as macro and micro.