Just a section of the Freedman archive collection (artist’s impression)
Here’s a rum thing. While trawling through the Freedman archives looking for something exciting to read (actually, an excuse for not getting on with the work I’m meant to be doing), I came across this old newsletter.
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The Bett Show. Photo by Terry Freedman
The Bett Show is the world’s largest education technology show. Sadly, the seminars are not going to be recorded this time. However, all is not lost. Here are some ways you can keep abreast of what’s happening.
Read MoreJust a couple of cogitations – hopefully worthy -- about technology and our relationship with it.
Read MoreJust because awful presenters use bullet points, it doesn't necessarily follow that all presentations containing bullet points will be terrible.
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.
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I should have booked in person. Liverpool Street Station, by Terry Freedman
Can using a computer be injurious to one's health? If you're trying to book a particular rail journey via a particular website in the UK, the answer is a resounding "Yes".
Read MoreTrying to be helpful to pupils while assessing their understanding could actually be counter-productive.
Read MoreAs its subtitle indicates, Book Wars covers the analogue and digital battlefield in the world of books.
Read MoreWhen the Computing Programme of Study was introduced in England, some people seriously suggested that the lack of suitably qualified teachers (i.e. not able to understand computing concepts or to do computer programming) was not a problem because classes could have “facilitators” instead.
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It’s a bit of a tall order, I think, to teach yourself computer science, as opposed to computer programming, because of the need to understand particular concepts.
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The scream by Terry Freedman, with apologies to E.Munch.
Someone we know was in a bit of a panic recently because he had mistakenly deleted part of his Excel spreadsheet, and then saved over it. Was there, he wanted to know, a way of getting back the spreadsheet as it was before he made those ill-advised changes? As it happens, there often is.
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Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay
Should classrooms be open, in the sense that anyone might see what's going on, and perhaps even take part in them?
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this is a test
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Read More“I won’t say that [this paper] was an interesting read for me though: it is like asking a religious person to read a book about why they should believe in God.”
This report is the result of nine months of work that focused specifically on understanding how children and young people use new technologies.
The review below was written soon after its publication, by Sarah Hillier, who was at that time a teenager. I’ve just re-read her article, and I think its observations and incisiveness – not to mention the beauty of her writing – have stood the test of time. The article which follows has only been modified slightly from the original. I hope you enjoy it.
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Enjoy exploring these websites for ideas for projects for Computing.
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You can’t hold on to good teachers forever. They will, at some point, wish to move on and seek positions of influence themselves.
Read MoreMany education technology strategy documents are often boring to read, and usually either pedestrian, unrealistic or like a scene from Star Trek.
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If you’re the Head of Computing or Education Technology, you may also have a responsibility for the use and possibly even the co-ordination of the use of technology across the whole school.
Read MoreSo, you're responsible for the use of educational technology in the school, but its use and principles are taught across the curriculum rather than as a discrete subject. In other words, by non-specialists in all likelihood. How can you maintain high standards in the subject and the use of educational technology in such a situation? In this article I look at 14 suggestions.
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