Every so often an Education Secretary announces a ban on mobile phones in school (which always turns out to be guidance, not mandatory). It's a sort of non-policy, a statement for the purpose, in my opinion, of wanting to say something, anything.
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In January 2024 the English Department for Education published its initial thoughts on teacher admin tasks, as in what teachers should not be expected to have to do.
This is one of those rituals that the DfE goes through every so often in one form or another.
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I’m not convinced to any extent at all that not being able to tell the difference between a computer and a person means that the computer is intelligent. However, the original formulation of Turing’s ‘imitation game’ was whether a machine could be perceived as being intelligent.
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I daresay there are schools in which teachers are expected to divide all their lessons into manageable chunks in accordance with Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). The fact that CLT is light on the specifics and is a load of rubbish is seemingly no deterrent.
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The Book at War is a fascinating study of how books and other reading matter have variously influenced politics, propaganda and history over time.
Read MoreI have a course coming up, one that I’m teaching. I asked an AI writer to draft a press release for it. Here’s what it came up with, with my annotations in italics and in square brackets.
Read MoreHaving endured some fairly dreadful ‘initiatives’ in my time, delivered from on high with the directive to ‘make it work’, I approached Iterate with some trepidation.
Read MoreThis resource comprises a number of prompts to kickstart a discussion in your classroom about AI and its effects in society.
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Reflecting, by Terry Freedman
A question: is Cognitive Load Theory another example of the emperor’s new clothes?
Read MoreSessions include how schools can use AI effectively, curriculum and teaching methods, and assessment.
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I've experimented with AI a lot, especially ChatGPT and Perplexity, for generating course outlines and even creating quite probing assessment tasks.
Read MoreThose of us who have held responsibility for embedding digital technology across a school will all have tales of well-meaning management who, frankly, didn’t have a clue.
Read MoreWho would have thought that a material as commonplace as paper could have such a rich history and profound effect on our lives?
Read MoreAs someone who had little in the way of mathematical prowess at school, I initially opened Prime with some trepidation.
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This is the guide I wish I’d had when I started teaching.
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conference session, by Terry Freedman
I attend a lot of conferences, and over the years I've developed a useful set of criteria by which to evaluate them. Here, then, in no particular order, are my top 14 characteristics of a good conference.
Read MoreI think everyone involved in education should have a blog! Here, in no particular order, are my reasons.
Read MoreUpdated! It’s fine being a visionary, but somewhere along the line someone has to actually do something.
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On the ICT & Computing in Education blog I had one of my peridodic digs at politicians. Over on my Eclecticism newsletter I wrote about my writing process.
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From a spreadsheet created by Terry Freedman
A few years ago at a conference, an erstwhile colleague who was giving the keynote presentation referred to “My ex-colleague Terry Freedman, the Excel guru.” While flattering, it was more the case that I made a great deal of use of, at the time, Visual Basic and Visual Basic for Applications.
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