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Tips for online teaching

Tips for online teaching

Tips for online teaching: free gift

October 8, 2020

For the benefit of subscribers to my newsletter, Digital Education, I’ve created a short ebook called Tips for online teaching. It’s available in three versions: PDF, Kindle and ePub.

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In Digital Education, News & views Tags Tips for online teaching, free gift, Digital Education
Webinar, by Terry Freedman

Webinar, by Terry Freedman

Department for Education webinars

October 8, 2020

The Department for Education is running a series of webinars about returning to school.

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In Professional development, News & views Tags discipline, webinars, DfE

Quick look: A Beginner's Guide to Learning HTML5 (and Smacking Zombies Upside the Web Development) (Undead Institute)

October 7, 2020

A quick look at this guide, which at the time of writing was free.

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In Quick Looks, Reviews, Bookshelf Tags HTML5, HTML, book
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World Teachers' Day

October 5, 2020

What’s the focus of World Teachers’ Day — and week — this year?

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In News & views Tags UNESCO, World Teachers' Day, Covid-19, Covid19

Reasons to have a double opt-in system for newsletters

October 2, 2020

Ever since I started my newsletter — which is now in its 20th year — I have used a double opt-in system. What does that mean, and why do I do it?

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In News & views, Audio Tags double opt-in, email management, AUDIO

On this day #3: How to make IT real

October 2, 2020

How can Computing be made relevant and interesting?

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In Blast from the past, From the Archives, On this day, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Relevance

Will Bett 21 happen?

October 1, 2020

For more than 30 years, London has hosted the Bett show, a mega education technology exhibition/conference. Will it go ahead in 2012?

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In News & views, Professional development, Audio Tags Bett, audio

On this day #2: Freedom from constraints

October 1, 2020

When Academies and Free Schools were announced, the prospect of freedom was alluring — to an extent.

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In Blast from the past, On this day, News & views Tags freedom, academies.freedom, academies, free schools

On this day #1: Assessment

September 30, 2020

Why bother with theories of assessment? Surely all that matters is whether or not it works?

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In Blast from the past, On this day, Assessment Tags assessing Computing and ICT, assessing ICT, assessing Computing, assessment

Why do IT?

September 28, 2020

Might an article and a challenge from the year 2000 be relevant to ed tech co-ordinators now

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In From the Archives Tags Computers in Classrooms, Digital Education, newsletter, anniversary

The importance of making mistakes and dealing with them properly

September 27, 2020

What does dealing with mistakes “properly” mean in practice?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags mistakes

15 ways to keep on being a learner

September 27, 2020

Learning is necessary, useful and pleasurable! Here are 15 suggestions for continuing to learn, ranging from some pretty easy almost costless ways to a major commitment. Hopefully there’s something for everyone in this article.

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In Professional development, On this day Tags professional development

My best IT training days -- index

September 26, 2020

Technology goes wrong from time to time, but isn’t it wonderful when the technology and the training go well?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags best IT training, training
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The scream by Terry Freedman

My worst IT training days -- index

September 25, 2020

We all have the occasional awful experience when giving training. Here are mine!

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags worst IT training, mistakes

The myth of the unchanging classroom

September 24, 2020

Is it really true that classrooms haven’t changed since the year 1600?

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In News & views, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Changing classroom, classroom environment, classroom, Sir Anthony Seldon, buses
Vote for me! By Terry Freedman

Vote for me! By Terry Freedman

Authors of education books earn a fortune!

September 23, 2020

Is it true that education authors earn a fortune?

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In News & views Tags Vote for me, Society of Authors

Chairing discussions online

September 21, 2020

Is it rude to not respond to people in an online discussion?

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In M-learning, On this day, Thinking aloud, Tips for teachers, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags chairing, moderating, online discussion, Covid19, Covid-19

An ed tech slap on the forehead moment: Something I didn't think of but wish I had

September 20, 2020

Dang! Why didn’t I think of this great idea for inspiring confidence in technophobic colleagues?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, On this day Tags mistakes, 7 mistakes

Achieving stuff straight away in Computing lessons (Updated)

September 18, 2020

Why shouldn’t you start your course with lots of apparently useless techniques?

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, On this day Tags achievement, blues, blues harp, harmonica

Automatic Writing part 2

September 17, 2020

What might it be like to be able to write an article straight from your head?

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In On the lighter side, Discussion topic, On this day, Thinking aloud Tags fantasy, invention, writing, brainwaves, AI, artificial intelligence
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