Partners. This illustration is from www.pixabay.com and has a CC0 licence.
This article details the steps that a few of us in ISTE, ITTE, TPEA and others have taken to investigate whether the ISTE Standards for Computer Science teachers, and their list of Computational Thinking Competencies, could be adapted for use in the UK. There’s also an opportunity for you to give us your opinions if you wish to.
Read MoreThis book aims to teach you how to think like a coder, rather then merely learning how to code. How far does it succeed?
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BBC Basic screen, by Terry Freedman
To learn programming, it’s best to have some real problems which need solving. This article looks at several examples of the applications I’ve created, and why.
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Illustration: Death by PowerPoint, by Terry Freedman
PowerPoint can be a very useful tool — if used with care.
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Spending checker, by Terry Freedman
Spreadsheets have been dismissed by some people as boring, old hat, and about “only” office skills. Those people are wrong! In this article I look at how you can use spreadsheets to start teaching children about some programming concepts.
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ed tech problems: no paper, by Terry Freedman
Something as simple as the printer’s paper tray being empty can cause mayhem. Here are a few suggestions for dealing with it.
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Flipchart, by Terry Freedman
What kind of problems might you experience with an ordinary flipchart? And are flipcharts preferable to interactive whiteboards? Plus details of how to get hold of a free guide to getting the most out of your interactive whiteboard.
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Photo by Nicole Honeywill on Unsplash
If you wear several different hats, but don’t want several different email addresses, you can use different email signatures instead. But how do you do that in Gmail?
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IWB marker pen by Terry Freedman
In this the first article in this series, I look at the problem of permanent markers being used on the whiteboard. Believe it or not, there is a more useful response than “Aaaaaargh!”
Read MoreHelp to bring education technology alive by introducing a letter from Ada Lovelace to Charles Babbage into your Computing or education technology classroom.
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Mitch Resnick at #Bett2019 — ink drawing effect. Photo by Terry Freedman
What is a kindergarten approach to learning, and what are its characteristics? What are its advantages? Could adopting such an approach work in our education system? Here’s what Mitch Resnick said when I interviewed him at the January 2019 Bett show in London.
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Photo by Andras Vas on Unsplash
Here are several research reports on kids’ behaviour online.
Read MoreIf the ed tech in your school is horrible, and mistreated, then perhaps this article, inspired by a talk by A J Crabill, Deputy Commissioner for the Texas Education Agency, will help.
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Idea! By Terry Freedman
Four interesting and stimulating websites with which you may not be familiar. Use them to spark discussion about and ideas for Computing projects.
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Created in Canva, by Terry Freedman
The Bett website has a useful checklist for people looking at purchasing edtech stuff. Read on for the details.
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R.I.P 2018, by Terry Freedman
The 25 articles listed in this post represent the main issues that were exercising my mind in each month of 2018. I was, of course, thinking about more than only 25 topics, but these are my personal favourites. A couple of themes seem to crop up more than others, these being automation (for example in marking), and better teaching or use of computing and technology. I hope you find them interesting, useful or both.
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Educational research reading, by Terry Freedman
In the latest Ofsted annual report, teachers using an evidence-based approach is something that “strikes” the Chief Inspector. But what is remarkable about it?
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The review in a nutshell: well-structured, well-written and informative.
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Random Name Picker, from Classroom Tools.
I’ve just run another prize draw for my newsletter, Digital Education. If you’re interested in the tool I used to select the winners, read on.
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It’s all go! Illustration by Terry Freedman
Here at Freedman Works we’ve been throwing in ideas, reports, books, magazines, blog articles and pictures into the writing machine I invented some time in 2017, and out has popped the latest issue of Digital Education. Read on for a taster of what’s in it.
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