Exclamation mark, by Terry Freedman
In one of my teaching jobs, I had to listen to a parent while he went on and on about how kids should taught how to take computers apart in their Computing lessons. When I pointed out that the course was about being literate in the uses of computers and also how to program them, rather than how they're made, he insisted that digital literacy could only be taught by taking computers apart.
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Robot made of Lego, at John Lewis, Photo by Terry Freedman
If part of your job is to encourage other teachers to use technology in their lessons, this article, based on my own experiences, may help.
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Society of Authors Educational Writers Group
A few years ago I put myself forward to serve on the committee of the Society’s Educational Writers Group. As my three year tenure will be coming to an end soon, I’ve put myself forward for election to the Management Committee of the Society. That’s the group that decides policy and strategy. I think it’s very important that that committee includes a person who has been a teacher, and is still heavily involved in education, and writing for educational publications.
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
If you’ve thought about starting your own blog, but are not sure what to write about or what keeping a blog entails, then a course I’m teaching in December 2019 might be of interest.
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Be Aware!, by Terry Freedman
It’s an unfortunate fact of life that secondary school teachers underestimate how much their primary school colleagues have taught when it comes to computing and education technology. It’s true that in some cases it’s justified, but by and large in my experience it isn’t.
Read MoreThe next edition of this esteemed newsletter has a cornucopia of links that will be of interest to teachers of computing and media literacy especially, and very little commentary! Read on to find out more.
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An awful shock, by Terry Freedman
I wonder if there is anything more discombobulating than announcing, with great fanfare, a brilliant resource to a class full of teacher trainees, only to be greeted by a dreadful error message instead?
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It won’t be as bad as you think! Picture: Terrified, by Terry Freedman
Your first day at school may seem terrifying, but hopefully it won’t be as bad as you think! Here are 8 tips you may find useful.
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The Science of Learning: click on the cover to view the book on Amazon (affiliate link)
This book aims to solve the difficulties teachers face in accessing educational research through the approach of presenting each research study as a double-page spread.
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Imaginary Cityscape, photographed by Terry Freedman
The Imaginary Cities exhibition at the British Library is an interesting merger of art and programming. Here are my thoughts on it.
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Relax, by Terry Freedman. I’m trying to, I’m trying!
A call to technical support that was only successful once I’d stretched the facts a bit.
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Presentation on a mobile phone, by Terry Freedman
“It’s not about the technology” sounds logical, but in my experience it is certainly not the whole story.
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Holo app, by Terry Freedman. This was drawn using Comic Strip Creator.
Here are three articles from the ICT & Computing website which you may find useful, inspiring or both.
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Click the pic to go to the book on Amazon (affiliate link)
This is a very interesting, thought-provoking and readable book. I’ve only read 25% so far, but it’s looking good so far.
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Training manual, by Terry Freedman
If you are responsible for the ed tech/Computing/ICT training in your school, here are a few questions which you might like to consider.
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Training manual, by Terry Freedman
The dreaded training day season looms. But the event doesn’t have to be awful as it frequently is.
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Angry, by Terry Freedman
The season of training days and outside speakers is upon us. Here are 16 presentation and presenter quirks that drive me nuts.
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Hearts, by Terry Freedman
An interesting piece of feedback related to training in using education technology in lessons!
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The Scream, by Terry Freedman (with apologies to Munch)
How vulnerable are schools to viruses and so on? Here are the results of a survey, plus some comments on the role of the ed tech leader in the school.
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