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Lessons from the world of sports: #2 The rule of detailed analysis (Updated)

September 21, 2022

Anyone who voluntarily leaps off a board which is 10 metres high – imaging three double-decker buses stacked on top of each other with a car balancing on top – has to be nuts. That’s not me saying that, but Leon Taylor…

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Leon Taylor, Olympics, detailed analysis, details, rules, sports

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National Coding Week: why? (Updated)

September 21, 2022

I’ve always been of the strong opinion that (a) people should talk about programming, not coding, and (b) people learn best on a kind of need to know basis.

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In Computing, News & views Tags National Coding Week, coding

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Lessons from the world of sports: #1 The 1% improvement rule (Updated)

September 20, 2022

Small, perhaps seemingly insignificant, improvements can make a big difference.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags 1% improvement, Brailsford, aggregation of marginal gains, cycle, cycling, rules, sports

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No laughing matter

September 14, 2022

It seems that everyone is worried about causing offence, or maybe just concerned about being accused of wasting time.

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In News & views Tags humour

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Yes, But What Do I Actually Have To Do? (updated)

September 14, 2022

Would you know what to do if you were listening to you?

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags details, practical issues

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An interesting way to make use of pivot tables

September 13, 2022

Pivot tables help you to see possible questions that might otherwise have remained hidden.

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In Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags pivot tables

My automated assessment machine

My issues with assessment by AI

September 13, 2022

I have serious misgivings about the use of AI to assess students’ work.

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In Assessment, Discussion topic Tags AI, artificial intelligence, assessment

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Book review: Climate Change for Dummies

September 12, 2022

This book is as a timely addition to the debate around climate change.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags climate change, review

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Book review: Engineering in Plain Sight

September 12, 2022

This book sets out to give assorted planners, architects, engineers and technicians their due, with its examinations of electricity distribution, communication platforms, roads, bridges and more besides.

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In Bookshelf Tags engineering, review

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Book review: Story Machines

September 12, 2022

While the book is both detailed and enjoyable, it is not entirely convincing.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews, Discussion topic Tags review, AI

My Queen and I

September 9, 2022

A personal tribute.

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In Moments, News & views Tags The Queen

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Book review: No Excuses Turning around one of Britain’s toughest schools

September 9, 2022

Written mainly in the form of a diary, this is an account of how Colwell’s headship changed the culture of a community’s school.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags review, No Excuses

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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
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