The Edusummit conference has a different format from most. This is a report on the conference, which will be publishing a call to action and an ebook of papers in the near future.
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MS Decoded, by Terry Freedman
Microsoft Decoded Conference
The 2018 Microsoft Decoded event was a good conference, especially in the area of artificial intelligence and its applications. This year’s conference promises to have some interesting sessions too.
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Reading and research, by Terry Freedman
Book review round-up to 22 September 2019
Here is a set of links to the educational computing books I’ve reviewed up till 22 September 2019.
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
New blogging course
If you’ve thought about starting your own blog, but are not sure what to write about or what keeping a blog entails, then a course I’m teaching in December 2019 might be of interest.
Read MoreComing soon in the Digital Education newsletter
The next edition of this esteemed newsletter has a cornucopia of links that will be of interest to teachers of computing and media literacy especially, and very little commentary! Read on to find out more.
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It won’t be as bad as you think! Picture: Terrified, by Terry Freedman
8 Tips for NQTs
Your first day at school may seem terrifying, but hopefully it won’t be as bad as you think! Here are 8 tips you may find useful.
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The Science of Learning: click on the cover to view the book on Amazon (affiliate link)
Review of The Science of Learning
This book aims to solve the difficulties teachers face in accessing educational research through the approach of presenting each research study as a double-page spread.
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Training manual, by Terry Freedman
How should ed tech training be done?
If you are responsible for the ed tech/Computing/ICT training in your school, here are a few questions which you might like to consider.
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Angry, by Terry Freedman
16 pet hates about presentations and presenters
The season of training days and outside speakers is upon us. Here are 16 presentation and presenter quirks that drive me nuts.
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Hearts, by Terry Freedman
My Best IT Training Days #6: It's like dating for the first time!
An interesting piece of feedback related to training in using education technology in lessons!
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
My Best IT Training Days #5: The girl with the website
Why knowing what the pupils in a class do digitally in their spare time can be a good idea.
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Whiteboard, by Terry Freedman
My worst IT Training Days #5: Whiteboard not working
Worthy cogitations about what I might have done to avoid being faced with a non-working whiteboard — and why that situation arose in the first place.
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Class, by Terry Freedman
My best IT Training Days #4: Using Year 7 kids
What were the benefits of using children to take a staff IT training session?
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admin burden, by Terry Freedman
My worst IT training days #4: Too much admin on a course
How the admin involved in a course led to its being abandoned by one group of trainers.
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The Press Association, by Terry Freedman
My Best IT Training Days #3: A visit to the Press Association
In this article I itemise the things which made a teacher visit to the Press Association in London so valuable. Perhaps it can serve as a checklist of “like-to-haves” for any teacher visit that you are organising.
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Windows LiveWriter, by Terry Freedman
My Best IT Training Days #2: Website development
How can you ensure that teachers who have signed up for your training day get the most out of it? The answer may prove unintuitive.
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Oh no! by Terry Freedman
My worst IT training days #3: Large-scale training
Using an external IT trainer is risky. Here are a few things to insist on to reduce the likelihood of a ruined training day.
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TPEA conference
Technology Pedagogy and Education Association Conference news
Good news if you’re thinking about going to the TPEA conference in July.
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Terry’s desk, by Terry Freedman
Notes from the desktop: a prize draw, a damaged elbow and a conference -- oh, and posts about podcasts
Here are 4 useful bits of news. Topics covered: a forthcoming prize draw, podcast posts, a great-looking conference and my elbow.
Read More8 podcasts for primary school teachers
The headline is a bit of a misnomer: in fact, there are 7 podcasts for teachers and one for kids. But that would have made for a pretty awkward title!
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