After the rain, by Terry Freedman. This photo conveys how I felt after my first visit to the Microsoft shop.
Perhaps I was just unlucky when I visited the Microsoft store in London, and that had I visited at some other time my experience would have been better, but I have no intention of finding out.
Read MoreMore corporate guff from the Department of Education. Why can’t they use appropriate language?
Read More11 websites where you can find free illustrations.
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Here are some interesting articles, plus guides on how to check news on the internet, including photos and videos. Plus classroom activities.
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I learnt more science from reading this book than I learnt in five years of secondary school.
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2019 R.I.P, by Terry Freedman
If it takes someone at least three years to become a good teacher, what can a civil servant achieve in eighteen months?
Read MoreAmongst other things, my article (in the magazine referred to here) considers how the 21st classroom really has changed since the 16th century, despite what some people would have us believe.
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Journalism in the field of AI: is it biased?
Read MoreDoes it matter if articles are written by an algorithm?
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Wow! By Terry Freedman
You know those awful television documentaries in which the presenters (it’s usually a double act) continually display their inability to ask interesting questions and probe beneath the surface? I thought it might be fun to imagine an inspection of a Computing department conducted as one of those documentaries.
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Information sign, by Terry Freedman
The Westminster Forum has a conference coming up on 25th March 2020:
The new Ofsted inspection framework — implementation, impact on schools, and the next steps for the curriculum
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We like to believe that meritocracy is a good thing, in that it rewards effort, and acts as a great leveller. Is that actually the case?
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Bett 2020 is coming…
Read MoreThere are too many instances of government schemes being ill thought out, or where the system could be gamed.In my opinion, the government has a duty to ensure a minimal viable product, so to speak, but then step back. I’m not so naive as to believe that the free market is perfect, but I think government decrees are even less perfect.
Read MoreThe ICT Register, a scheme whereby schools could put themselves forward as experts in particular aspects of ed tech, was no doubt ahead of its time. Nevertheless, I think a certain degree of scepticism about such schemes is healthy.
Read MoreMy key messages to would-be bloggers.
Read MoreIt’s incredibly easy to ask people to pay for your content these days. Is that an entirely good thing?
Read MoreIs the Department for Education’s Demonstrator Schools initiative likely to be useful, or just a red herring?
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Research reading, by Terry Freedman
What do we know about the pedagogy of teaching Computing? Do teachers spot students’ misconceptions? Can general principles of instruction be applied to the teaching of Computing? Plus other interesting questions.
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