Making it possible for students to come face to face with real things from times gone by can have an electrifying effect on them. This is especially so when teaching Computing.
Read MoreWhen I worked as a Technology Coordinator, a large part of my job was to encourage teachers in all subjects to make use of educational technology in their lessons and, even better, to build it into their schemes of work. It was something of an uphill struggle sometimes...
Read MoreI’ve been thinking about definitions of success recently.
Read MoreImagine the scene: a visiting dignitary, or an inspector, is shown into your classroom and, as is expected of anyone in that situation, walks around the room chatting to the pupils. She notices...
Read MoreFREEBIE! Having been going through my files and digitising them, I came across this little booklet I created back in 2005.
Read MoreThe way some people describe Computing makes it sound (let's be honest here) dead boring. The subject gets reduced, in effect, to 'coding'.
Read MoreThis article was originally published some time ago, when there was a previous iteration of the National Computing. However, although the context has changed, many of the issues remain, which is why I've decided to republish. I hope you find it useful. It has been lightly edited to remove dud links)
Read MoreIntroverts thrive by being allowed to be quiet, having time for reflection and not being required to 'perform' all the time.
Read MoreThe idea of desirable difficulties has always appealed to me. In my teaching I’m partticularly in favour of applying Vygotsky’s concept of the zone of proximal development.
Read MoreIn my recent blogging course, I abandoned my carefully-prepared lesson, or part pf it, threw caution to the winds, and suggested to the class that we experiment with using AI for writing blog posts. Here’s a partial blog post it came up with, which you will agree is utter rubbish…
Read MoreMost people would agree that collaboration is a good thing – so how can we collaborate more effectively in school settings?
Read MoreThis book might not directly address obvious aspects of the music curriculum, but it can certainly give teachers access to a rich seam of facts and anecdotes with which to embellish their lessons.
Read MoreI think evaluations are very odd devices to be honest. Someone once “marked me down” on her evaluation of a one day course I was running on the grounds that the traffic was terrible. I pointed out to her that I wasn’t in charge of local traffic conditions and that she should complain to the council.
Read MoreImagine being in the situation where your kitchen won't allow you to rustle up an egg in case you burn yourself.
Read MoreIn the Digital Education Supplement there is a document about how to convert an offline course to an online one. This is the inverse of that process in some ways.
Read MoreA book on temporal adventures may seem like an odd inclusion here, but it can actually be used in many ways.
Read MoreAI might not be ‘intelligent’ in the strictest sense – but it can certainly appear to be, which is almost as worrying.
Read MoreDon’t let this book’s size (nearly 600 pages) put you off. It’s comprehensive, and very well structured and laid out.
Read MoreThis is an updated version of an article I published on my writing website in 2015. In my experience, it absolutely applies to artists, teachers and other creatives as well as writersor consultants.
Read MoreOne of the more unfortunate effects of lockdown and its concomitant requirement of online learning is the application of different kinds of ice-breaker. To be fair, most ice-breaker activities leave me cold…
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