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No mobiles, by Terry Freedman

No mobiles, by Terry Freedman

Dear DfE: MYOB!

June 30, 2021

What next? Government guidance on seating plans in schools?

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In News & views Tags BYOT, BYOD, mobile phones
Archives, by Terry Freedman

Archives, by Terry Freedman

On this day: words have precise meanings (or should have)

June 25, 2021

On 25 June 2020 I wrote about words and their connotations. That was in the middle of lockdown, and was prompted by a specific news story. But the general principle still applies.

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In On this day, News & views Tags meanings, words

Education according to Oscar Wilde

June 25, 2021

I did find it annoying, and frustrating, though when a parent would sometimes tell me that they left school at 15 with no qualifications whatsoever, but that “it didn’t do me any harm”.

I always wanted to say, “How do you know?”

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In News & views, On the lighter side Tags education, Oscar Wilde, examinations

Who are the stakeholders?

June 24, 2021

We’re often told that, when embarking on a major project, we need to consult with the stakeholders. All very sensible, but who are the stakeholders?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags stakeholders

Test your product!

June 23, 2021

I asked the person demonstrating the product what happens when bits are lost.

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In News & views Tags testing

Which online platform?

June 22, 2021

If you need to run webinars or video conference calls for your customers, or make recommendations regarding one for your schools, what are the options?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Research Tags online platforms
Ear, by Terry Freedman

Ear, by Terry Freedman

The art of listening

June 17, 2021

Some years ago my wife and I set off to discover if the salesmen (back then they were nearly all men) were sexist. (Spoiler alert: most of them were.)

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In News & views Tags listening
Mortar board, by Terry Freedman

Mortar board, by Terry Freedman

Is it worth doing an MA?

June 16, 2021

A few weeks ago my lady wife asked me what benefits I’d enjoyed from having gained an MA in the distant mists of decades past. “Apart from opening doors”, she added.

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In News & views Tags MA, higher education

The future of edtech

June 9, 2021

Apparently, only 18% of schools say that they rely on the Department for Education for advice and guidance on what to use and for procurement. I’m surprised it’s that high.

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In Digital Education, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags Westminster Forum, future, edtech
Nothing esoteric about this! VB example, by Terry Freedman

Nothing esoteric about this! VB example, by Terry Freedman

Esoteric programming languages

June 8, 2021

Programming languages are meant to be useful, right? I mean, I didn’t miss a memo or anything? That’s what I thought too. However…

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In Digital Education, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags programming, esolangs, esoteric, Oulipo
news by Terry Freedman

news by Terry Freedman

London Book Fair 2021

June 7, 2021

As always, the London Book Fair programme looks great.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Professional development Tags London Book Fair, London Book Fair 2021
London Book Fair, by Terry Freedman

London Book Fair, by Terry Freedman

Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum 10 June 2021

June 7, 2021

It’s well-known that accessing academic articles can be a very expensive business. This year’s Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum, run in conjunction with the London Book Fair, is about developments in open access.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Professional development Tags London Book Fair, London Book Fair 2021, Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum
London Book Fair seminar

London Book Fair seminar

What Works Conference

June 7, 2021

The London Book Fair people are once more putting on the What Works conference on 9th June 2021. The programme looks really interesting.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development, News & views Tags London Book Fair, London Book Fair 2021, What works Education Conference, Covid19
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

Advertisement: Computing/ICT teacher vacancy

June 4, 2021

Would you love to work in a small international school with the flexibility to decide what you want to teach in KS3 Computing/ICT lessons, as well as teach the Cambridge IGCSE ICT and AS Level IT courses?

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In News & views Tags advertisement, Neil Howie
Recent book reviews
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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Review: The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too
Review: The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too

Despite the relative paucity of immediately obvious National Curriculum links, teachers will find several of sections of this book to be highly engaging.

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Review: The Dictators: 64 Dictators, 64 Authors, 64 Warnings from History
Review: The Dictators: 64 Dictators, 64 Authors, 64 Warnings from History

In some respects one could view this book as a single warning repeated 64 times.

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Review: The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street 
Review: The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street 

Taking readers from the Middle Ages to (more or less) the present day, Gray charts how the places where we do our shopping and what we buy have changed over the centuries.

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Review: Extraordinary Learning For All
Review: Extraordinary Learning For All

As a source of potential ideas and inspiration, the book could be very useful indeed.

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Review: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them
Review: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them

One has the impression that the main role of the university these days is to maximise profit, while that of the majority of teaching staff is to ensure the ‘correct’ views are passed on to students. All the while, students’ main concern seems to be to seek protection from anything that might make them feel unsafe.

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Review: Next Practices - An Executive Guide for Education Decision Makers
Review: Next Practices - An Executive Guide for Education Decision Makers

Is a 2014 book on managing the computing provision in a school still worth buying?

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Still relevant (sadly): How to lie with statistics, by Darrell Huff
Still relevant (sadly): How to lie with statistics, by Darrell Huff

Although this book is over 60 years old, it is remarkably apposite for our times -- and especially in the fields of educational research and assessing pupils' understanding and progress.

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Quick looks: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them
Quick looks: Bad Education: Why Our Universities Are Broken and How We Can Fix Them

It was a great source of pride to me, getting hundreds of students through their A levels and encouraging them to go to university. But for some time I have asked myself a question: would I recommend this route now?

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