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Custom Wordle, by Terry Freedman

Custom Wordle, by Terry Freedman

The Case For Word Puzzles (Updated)

October 4, 2022

Used sensibly, creatively and as part of an array of resources, word puzzles can supplement your teaching very well.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags glossary, terminology, vocabulary, word puzzles

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Lessons from the world of sports: #5 The rule of encouragement (Updated)

September 24, 2022

How important is encouragement to Olympic class athletes? I’d like to start off with an admission of error….

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In Web 2.0, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Olympics, Web 2.0, encouragement, rules, sports, twitter

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Lessons from the world of sports: #4 The rule of expert guidance (Updated)

September 23, 2022

A conversation that has never taken place, and probably will never take place.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Olympics, expert ICT teacher, expert advice, experts, rules, sports

What if "she" decided whether or not you got the job?

8 ideas for story-writing in Computing

September 23, 2022

Here are 8 ideas for encouraging pupils to write stories on Computing and related topics.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags story-writing, fiction, science fiction, ideas, teaching ideas

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Lessons from the world of sports: #3 The rule of eclecticism (Updated)

September 22, 2022

I’ve called today’s rule the rule of eclecticism because it’s about learning from different, and disparate, disciplines.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Liam Tannock, Olympics, eclecticism, rules, sports

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Lessons from the world of sports: #2 The rule of detailed analysis (Updated)

September 21, 2022

Anyone who voluntarily leaps off a board which is 10 metres high – imaging three double-decker buses stacked on top of each other with a car balancing on top – has to be nuts. That’s not me saying that, but Leon Taylor…

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Leon Taylor, Olympics, detailed analysis, details, rules, sports

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Lessons from the world of sports: #1 The 1% improvement rule (Updated)

September 20, 2022

Small, perhaps seemingly insignificant, improvements can make a big difference.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags 1% improvement, Brailsford, aggregation of marginal gains, cycle, cycling, rules, sports

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An interesting way to make use of pivot tables

September 13, 2022

Pivot tables help you to see possible questions that might otherwise have remained hidden.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags pivot tables

Amazon Study

August 24, 2022

Amazon has launched Amazon Study. It comprises free resources in maths and science for different age groups.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags resources, Amazon Study

4 things to bear in mind when using Google Classrooms as a teacher

July 31, 2022

These are the things I’ve discovered from personal experience.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Google classroom

Feedback From A Course Called Writing The Oulipo

July 18, 2022

It’s been estimated that if you were to read one a minute for 24 hours a day it would take you around 200 million years to get through them all.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags constraints, Oulipo

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Authentic Learning and Education Technology

June 24, 2022

To the casual listener, stride piano, boogie woogie piano and rock-n-roll piano all sound pretty much the same. Yet Fats Waller, perhaps the most famous stride pianist, detested boogie woogie. And nobody could deny the hint of menace in Long John Baldry’s voice as he sings his song....

Don’t try to lay no boogie woogie on the king of rock-n-roll!

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags authentic learning, authenticity, edusummit11, edusummit2011, piano

The state of Computing

June 7, 2022

Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education) has published its first report in ages into Computing as a subject. I've summarised the findings, and added some links and comments on my own in italics.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, News & views Tags Ofsted, computing, report, subject survey
Printing press, by Terry Freedman

Printing press, by Terry Freedman

Introducing teachers to desktop publishing

May 23, 2022

When I started at a school where part of my role was to encourage other teachers to use the education technology facilities, one of the strategies I used was to produce fake news stories using the school’s desktop publishing software.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags desktop publishing, DTP

Review: The Self-Taught Computer Scientist: The beginner’s guide to data structures & algorithms

April 9, 2022

As its name suggests, this book is aimed at those who want to teach themselves computer science.

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In Bookshelf, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Reviews Tags review, self-taught computer scientist, computing, programming

The Government’s Online Safety Bill – good news matters, but what else needs to be considered?

April 5, 2022

Mark Bentley shares his views on the Government’s Online Safety Bill.

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In News & views, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Online Harms Bill, Mark Bentley, LGfL, Going Too Far, Bett22
Press Association newsroom, by Terry Freedman

You don’t need an arrangement as elaborate as this! Photo: Press Association newsroom, by Terry Freedman

5 reasons to have a Computing news section of your lessons (Updated)

April 5, 2022
el granma y las niñasOne of the ways in in which you can help enliven the Computing curriculum is to allocate some time in every lesson (yes, every lesson) to news. There are several reasons for this.
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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Computing news, reading, Library

Bett Bulletin (sort of): A new version of 2Publish is coming from 2Simple

April 5, 2022

Here is some news about an update to a program that enables children to write something and illustrate it. It was demonstrated at Bett.

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In News & views, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Bett22, 2Simple, 2Publish, Purple Mash
Bett20, by Terry Freedman

Bett20, by Terry Freedman

Bett Bulletin: Life-sized augmented reality

March 28, 2022

Discovery Education has launched an AR app called SandboxAR. It makes things appear life-sized, and the LGfL is involved, providing content.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Discovery Education, Sandbox, Augmented Reality, LgFL

Head of department notes: who are the key people?

March 28, 2022

Is the most important person in your school or team is the one who has the key to the stationery cupboard?

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags HoD, key people
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Quick looks: Listen in: How radio changed the home

Back in the 1930s, radio was the cutting edge technology in the home.

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Backlist: The Written World
Backlist: The Written World

Writing was invented ‘only’ a few thousand years ago. It’s a fascinating story.

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Backlist: What I'm reading: Bounce
Backlist: What I'm reading: Bounce

What does it take to become an expert? And what can the Computing teacher do about it?

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Backlist: The Fourth Education Revolution
Backlist: The Fourth Education Revolution

The title of this book invites curiosity: what were the other three ‘revolutions?

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A book review for your English department colleagues perhaps
A book review for your English department colleagues perhaps

Some of these stories are so richly told, it can almost seem as though you’re right there with him.

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Review: Pen Names
Review: Pen Names

OK, so this has nothing to do with education technology, but we all read (I hope!). A very interesting examination of the pen names some authors have adopted, and why.

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Review: The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History
Review: The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History

There's a really interesting section in this book about how ceramic storage of data and information is probably the most likely medium to stand the test of time.

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A book review for your biology colleagues perhaps
A book review for your biology colleagues perhaps

The subject under discussion here is how human physiology has developed in different ways, in response to different conditions around the world.

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Review: Social Media for Academics
Review: Social Media for Academics

This book is very readable, and if I sound surprised that is because it’s not always true of academics!

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Quick looks: VIBE Coding by Example
Quick looks: VIBE Coding by Example

For the time being, this book is free in Kindle format.

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