There's only so much you can do to prevent things going wrong as far as technology is concerned.
Read More11 ways to deter colleagues from using education technology
Why should other teachers get their hands on all that lovely ed tech? You can't tell them not to use it, but here are 11 tried and tested ways to make them not really wish to.
Read MoreBett 2017 Photos
Bett 2017 photos. Happy memories!
Read MoreBett 2017 Bulletin #3
I know from past experience what next week at Bett will entail, so I've written a program to summarise it....
Read MoreBig data infographic
Here is a big data infographic I produced in 2014.
Read MoreOde to Code
"I wonder if it's possible to write a poem about coding", I thought to myself. Well, it is, and here it is. First Chaucer, then Shakespeare, and now me. No doubt schoolchildren of the future will be studying this for their Eng Lit exams, but in the meantime you can read it here first! Enjoy.
Read MoreICT, Computing, Education Technology -- what's in a name?
Discussions about naming things like subjects and schools can seem slightly amusing in retrospect. And sometimes the present seems like a distant echo of the past.
Read MoreWhat I've been reading: The "Upmanship" books
The "upmanship" books of Stephen Potter took a tongue-in-cheek view of education, amongst other things. Although he was writing a generation ago, there is still much in what he wrote to make us smile today.
Read MoreSTEM and Governmental micromanagement
The Department of Education's recent "clarification" on the deployment of exclamation marks has taken micromanagement to a new level. They've issued edicts on textbooks and worksheets, now exclamation marks. Will they turn to the Computing curriculum next?
Read MorePhilosophy and technical support
What if philosophers provided technical support...?
Read MoreMy best and worst IT lessons #6: Adorable spreadsheets
Why a lesson on spreadsheets became the highlight of the kids' day, and a nightmare to haunt me forever.
Read MoreBack to the future: a data security issue?
When it comes to travelling backwards and forwards in time, there are a few cyber security issues to be worked out!
Read MoreWhat everyone ought to know about school IT technicians
Please support your school IT technician. This video says it all.
Read MoreA message for posterity
The wiki train timetable
A too-robust approach to spam
So I decided to do something about it.
Everyone’s an educational expert, but it was ever thus
Internet Safety
Being safe on the internet is vital. If you’re concerned about being safe on the internet or just want a few ideas of how to be safe you have come to the right place!