We can only please, by Terry Freedman. I think I saw this sign in a local hospital
When I took up a senior management position in a local authority, an irate headteacher phoned me on my second day. She had had her laptop taken away for repairs two weeks ago, and had heard nothing since. I told her I’d look into it. I had the following conversation with the relevant team…
Read MoreThis is a test of some code. Don’t bother reading it.
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Teaching and learning have moved online to a greater or lesser extent, with varying degrees of success. What has this meant, and what might it mean?
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Learning together. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
You would be forgiven for thinking that every teacher in the country has spent lockdowns being so immersed in technology that they have all become experts. There is no more need for staff training in IT skills — and so no need to conduct a staff audit.
If only!
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Book reviewing, by Terry Freedman
If you’re looking for some good reading material, these “graphic novel” books may be just what you need. They’re all non-fiction, hence the quotation marks.
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Edtech marketing, by Terry Freedman
Given that students in secondary schools can, when they reach a certain age, decide to give up Computing, marketing the department is an important thing to do. Even in primary schools, where options are not a consideration, it’s important to establish a brand for Computing.
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exasperated, by Terry Freedman
Have you ever seen an article on here about pre-menstrual tension?
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When my room was flooded at three in the morning while staying in a Marriott hotel in Los Angeles, an assistant helped me to relocate to a different – and drier! – room. As compensation for the inconvenience, she gave me a voucher for a free breakfast in the morning. Bleary-eyed, I accepted it. On waking…
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There has been quite a bit of research carried out concerning the effects of technology on health, mental health and wellbeing. Although the picture is not 100% positive, there seems to be more on the credit side of the balance sheet than on the debit side.
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When I set up a calendar version of the archive on this site, it didn’t occur to me that this would give rise to two incentives.
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Frustration, by Terry Freedman
The archive on this website keeps disappearing, and while the problem is easily fixable (temporarily), it’s extremely frustrating. Here’s my workaround.
Read MoreMy views on what constitutes a book on edtech are fairly catholic. Indeed, it would me more accurate to denote the books I review as books for teachers of ICT, Computing, digital literacy etc etc,, rather than books on edtech. The latter tend to have titles like “How to teach Computing”, or “How to use Excel in the classroom”.
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Zoom meeting, by Terry Freedman
It’s good that although many conferences have had to be cancelled, or at least deferred, some transitioned to being online. However, are such events worth your money or your time?
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Given the difficulties brought about by Covid – staff on furlough or “let go”, orders drying up, workers self-isolating – customer retention becomes even more important than usual. Unfortunately, it may also become more difficult. After all, how can good levels of customer service be maintained if there are fewer people around to give it?
Read More*UPDATED* What are the attributes of a good ICT and Computing scheme of work? Here's the list of characteristics I've always looked for.
Read MoreWith more and more to read, and with the ever-changing landscape of education technology, teachers of Computing and related subjects need to be able to read more in the same amount of time. Here are some tips that I’ve found useful.
Read MoreIf an organisation is so hung up on its image that it wastes time and resources on thrashing out a mission statement, what does that tell you about its priorities?
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Archives, by Terry Freedman
Like many other people, last year I was in the position of having to run my introductory course about blogging online. Just in case things went pear-shaped, I came up with a contingency plan.
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EdTech books, by Terry Freedman
Look out for my reviews of the following books.
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The following list contains examples of things I did in school that made life much easier for those on the receiving end. What might you do?
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