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Book review: Futureproof: A comprehensive framework for teaching digital citizenship in schools

September 9, 2022

The growing importance of digital citizenship isn’t just evident from what we hear in the news, but also recent findings from Ofsted that students often aren’t as digitally literate as teachers tend to assume.

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In Bookshelf Tags review, Futureproof

Book review: Brave New World -- the graphic novel version

September 7, 2022

in some respects, Brave New World seems closer to our lived reality than does Orwell’s 1984.

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In Dystopian Visions, Discussion topic, Bookshelf Tags reviews, Huxley

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In case you missed them (or had forgotten about them): memory articles

September 2, 2022

Just before the end of the last school year I published an article about memory, and a review of a book about memory.

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In News & views, From the Archives Tags memory, archives

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What makes a good training day? 12 suggestions and a link

September 1, 2022

Training days don't have to be dire. If you have choice in how you spend at least some of the day, here are twelve suggestions, plus a link to a humorous audio recording.

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In Professional development Tags training day, cpd, professional development, pirates

Amazon Study

August 24, 2022

Amazon has launched Amazon Study. It comprises free resources in maths and science for different age groups.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags resources, Amazon Study

4 things to bear in mind when using Google Classrooms as a teacher

July 31, 2022

These are the things I’ve discovered from personal experience.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Google classroom

Summer reading #3: Algorithms

July 30, 2022

Jeff Erickson has made his book on algorithms (the title is a bit of a giveaway) available for free.

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In Books Unread, Summer reading Tags summer reading, algorithms

Summer reading #2: What's the problem? Won't Google Translate sort it?

July 28, 2022

Why bother asking someone to translate anything, given that Google Translate will probably do a reasonable-ish job in a fraction of a second?

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In Bookshelf, Books Unread Tags Translating, summer reading, Lahiri, Google TRanslate

Westminster Forum conference on Computing education: First impressions

July 25, 2022

I’ve started to compile a list of books and other kinds of reading matter you might wish to explore over the holidays. They’re not all to do with edtech — we all need a break!

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, News & views, Summer reading Tags summer reading, Westminster Education Forum, Computing Programme of Study

Summer reading #1: OuLiPo and the Mathematics of Literature

July 24, 2022

I’ve started to compile a list of books you might wish to explore over the holidays. They’re not all to do with edtech — we all need a break!

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In Books Unseen, Summer reading Tags summer reading, Oulipo
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Coming soon: my summer reading list

July 22, 2022

For my end-of-term newsletter I’ve compiled a short reading list, not all the items on which are concerned with edtech. After all, everyone deserves a break.

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In News & views Tags Digital Education, summer reading

Some thoughts on memory, and especially 'working memory'

July 19, 2022

My position is that I think the idea of ‘working memory’ is misapplied and, in any case, unnecessary.

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In Discussion topic, News & views Tags memory, Working Memory

Feedback From A Course Called Writing The Oulipo

July 18, 2022

It’s been estimated that if you were to read one a minute for 24 hours a day it would take you around 200 million years to get through them all.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags constraints, Oulipo

Review: The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

July 16, 2022

This book differs from many of the books and articles I’ve read about memory because it delves into the physical changes that occur in different situations.

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In Backlist, Bookshelf, Reviews Tags memory, Working Memory, reviews

Blogging is alive and kicking, and a good thing to do

July 13, 2022

Every so often I read a blog post or a ‘commentary’ on Twitter by some self-appointed guru or other saying that blogging is passé.

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In News & views Tags blogging, blogging taster

7 Expectations for Computing lessons (update)

July 13, 2022

I don’t think rules, as commonly formulated, are very useful in the context of Computing lessons.

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In Computing Tags Expectations, Responsible Use Policies, responsibility

Review: Support Not Surveillance: How to solve the teacher retention crisis

July 12, 2022

Dr Bousted makes a strong case for major reform of the parts of the education system in England that has a direct impact on teachers – and therefore on students.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, review, Bousted, teacher recruitment, teacher retention

Coming soon in Digital Education July 2022 (updated)

July 10, 2022

At some point soon I shall be sending out the latest issue of Digital Education. It contains a lot of useful links, analysis of recent reports and some very interesting reading. It should have gone out this weekend, but I’ve added more to it.

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In Digital Education, News & views Tags Digital Education

Coming soon in Digital Education July 2022

July 8, 2022

At some point this weekend I shall be sending out the latest issue of Digital Education. It contains a lot of useful links, analysis of recent reports and some very interesting reading.

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In Digital Education, News & views Tags Digital Education

The likely effects of the commercialisation of higher education were hiding in plain sight for decades

July 6, 2022

Some people think that if people want to study a subject that doesn’t benefit anyone else, why should everyone else pay for it? However…

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In News & views Tags commercial factors, commercialisation
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