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Review: Learning Theories for Everyday Teaching

September 11, 2020

Is this book useful as a quick way in to educational research that’s relevant to classroom practice?

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In Bookshelf, Research, Reviews Tags Learning Theories for Everyday Teaching, review

Review: The Fourth Education Revolution

September 11, 2020

Will robots and AI take over from teachers?

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In Bookshelf, Reviews, Research Tags Sir Anthony Seldon, education revolution, artificial intelligence
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Book review: How Charts Lie (short version)

September 6, 2020

We are presented with charts all the time. But are they telling us how things really are?

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In Bookshelf, Books in Brief, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags How Charts Lie, review

Book review: 100 Top Tips - Microsoft Excel, by Sean McManus

September 3, 2020

Could this book of 100 top tips for using Excel benefit heads of department or subject leaders?

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In Bookshelf, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Audio Tags Excel, McManus, review, spreadsheets, AUDIO
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Getting kids writing with Story Starters

August 11, 2020

Stuck for writing ideas for your primary class? This website may help.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Reviews Tags writing prompts, Story Starters, Scholastic
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Click the cover to see the book on Amazon UK (affiliate link)

Review: Your Press Release is Breaking My Heart

August 5, 2020

Finding it hard to get the media to report your school’s achievements? You may find this guide useful.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags press release, marketing, Janet Murray, Review, book review, bookshelf

Book review: Talk Triggers

June 2, 2020

Talk Triggers is a word-of-mouth marketing guide with a difference: lots of examples of success stories, but also a logical analysis of why they worked.

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In Research, Reviews, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Audio Tags word of mouth, Talk Triggers, Bee Digital, review, book review, marketing, audio
Kindle Fire, by Terry Freedman

Kindle Fire, by Terry Freedman

How to make use of your Kindle pdf annotations

May 23, 2020

If you’ve annotated a pdf document on your Kindle, how do you then get those notes into a word processor? This article describes a way of doing so.

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In Writer tips, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags KIndle, pdf, annotations, reviewing
Paper work, by Terry Freedman

Paper work, by Terry Freedman

Book review bulletin 1

May 13, 2020

I’ve recently reviewed four ed tech-related books. Here are links to them. They are: Teachers vs Tech? * How charts lie * Little quick fix: finding the theme in your data * Hello world: how to be human in the age of the machine

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In Bookshelf, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Round-up, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags book reviews, reviews, bulletin
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Book review: Teachers vs Tech?

May 7, 2020

Two cheers for this well-researched book. If I were still a head of department in a school I would buy a copy or two to lend to interested colleagues, especially NQTs, despite my criticisms.

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In Bookshelf, Research, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Daisy Christodoulou, Teachers vs Tech, research, Educational research, book review, review
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Click the cover to see the book on Amazon (affiliate link)

Book review: How Charts Lie

May 3, 2020

This is a good book to read, and definitely one you’ll want in your armoury of resources.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews, Audio Tags book reviews, book review, How Charts Lie, Alberto Cairo, charts, graphs, data

Book review: Little Quick Fix: Find the theme in your data

April 22, 2020

How do you find out what main themes are coming through your qualitative research data? In short, how can you see the wood for the trees? This is the issue which this book addresses

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In Bookshelf, Research, Reviews, Audio Tags book review, book reviews, review

Book review: Hello World: How to be human in the age of the machine

March 29, 2020

Several books have been published over the last few years dealing with artificial intelligence. These books display varying levels of hysteria or anger, so it was a refreshing change to read a more balanced approach.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews, Unintended consequences, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags artificial intelligence, AI, Hannah Fry
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Click the cover to see this on Amazon (Amazon Associate link)

Book review: Leaders Eat Last

March 27, 2020

Most of us have worked for all kinds of leaders, some good, some bad, some outstanding, others dismal, plus the odd one or two whose presence or absence appears to make no difference at all. But what makes someone a great leader?

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In Bookshelf, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Reviews Tags book review, Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last, leadership, ICT leadership
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Click the cover to see the book on Amazon (affiliate link)

Review: The School Fundraising Handbook

March 2, 2020

One of the chief banes of my life as a head of computing in a comprehensive school was acquiring enough money to develop the subject and to improve the experience of using education technology for everyone across the school. I only wish this book had been available when I needed it most.

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In Bookshelf, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Reviews Tags review, book review, fundraising, Schools Week

Bett2020: Python in Pieces

February 10, 2020

Python in Pieces is a visual interface for the Python programming language.

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In Bett Tips, Computing, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Python in Pieces, 2Simple, programming, Bett2020 100, Bett2020

Bett2020: A Virtual School

February 9, 2020

Is a virtual school a way of enabling schools (and school districts) to provide a full curriculum given the teacher shortages in key subjects?

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In Bett Tips, M-learning, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Bett2020 100, Bett202, Edmentum, virtual school

Bett2020: Safeguarding and Wellbeing

February 9, 2020

Developed in conjunction with the police, this product for primary (elementary) school children addresses both safeguarding and wellbeing.

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In Bett Tips, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Bett, Bett2020 100, Bett2020, safeguarding, e-safety, online safety, wellbeing
Dipongo, by Terry Freedman

Dipongo, by Terry Freedman

Bett2020: Story-telling with Dipongo

February 6, 2020

An interesting variation on the story-telling app.

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In Bett Tips, News & views, Reviews, Short form, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Bett2020, Bett2020 50, Bett, Dipongo, story-telling
Code block kit, by Terry Freedman

Code block kit, by Terry Freedman

Bett2020: Robotics

February 6, 2020

I have my doubts about whether building a 3d model is helpful beyond a certain age, but it has a certain appeal.

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In Bett Tips, News & views, Reviews, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags robotics, physical computing, coding kits, Bett, Bett2020 100, Bett2020
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