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Review: Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry

October 7, 2024

Like, I suspect, many people, I have never knowingly come across an isosceles triangle in my life, and wouldn’t know what to do with it if I did. However...

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, mathematics, Love Triangle

Elevator speeches

October 4, 2024

Sometimes, the elevator speech I hear was presumably crafted whilst going from the top floor to the bottom floor in a very tall building.

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In Discussion topic, Reflections Tags elevator speech

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The human touch

October 3, 2024

I’ve been experimenting a lot with using AI, especially for summarising long documents. But the summaries lacked the human touch.

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In AI, Professional development, Research, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Computing education, Notebook LM, AI, artificial intelligence

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The KCL Report on the future of Computing Education

October 1, 2024

The Computing curriculum report from Kings College makes some great recommendations for fixing the failures of the current curriculum.

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In AI, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Research Tags computing education, curriculum, artificial intelligence, AI

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The future of AI in Education: notes on a Westminster Education Forum Conference

September 30, 2024

A few months ago I attended a Westminster Education Forum about the use of AI in Education. I spent quite some time going through the transcript and making notes, but then I thought: why not use AI to do the work?

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In AI, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Research Tags AI, artificial intelligence, Westminster Education Forum
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Quick look: The Art of Uncertainty: How to navigate chance, ignorance, risk and luck

September 26, 2024

The first thing that struck me is that it is quite readable.

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In Quick Looks Tags Art of Uncertainty, Bayesian, quick look
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Quick look: Hitler's People

September 24, 2024

Yes, I know that this has nothing (ostensibly at least) to do with ICT or Computing, but I thought it might be an interesting book in general, and for history teachers in particular.

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In History, Quick Looks Tags Hitler's People, quick looks
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Review: Making Sense Of Chaos – A Better Economics for a Better World

September 20, 2024

Before you rush off on the grounds that this book has nothing to do with Computing, let me reassure you that it does.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, chaos, economics

Bjork & Bjork’s Desirable Difficulties in Action

September 19, 2024

The original work on which this volume is based has perhaps been honoured more in the breach than in the observance.

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In Bookshelf, Reviews Tags reviews, Desirable difficulties

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Review: Coderspeak – The language of computer programmers

September 18, 2024

This book won’t necessarily help a student pass a computing exam, but it will almost certainly make them a more aware, and thus better, programmer.

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In Bookshelf, Computing, Reviews Tags reviews, Coderspeak
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Using AI to mark students' work: postscript

September 16, 2024

I didn’t think AI's answer was good enough. I didn’t ask how ethical the proposals were. I asked it to mark an Economics essay.

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In AI, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags AI, artificial intelligence, grading, marking, essay-marking

Using AI to mark students' work

September 13, 2024

The Department for Education in England is running a study on how AI might be used for marking work. I thought I’d test AI’s ability to mark a student’s economics essay.

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In AI, Research Tags AI, artificial intelligence, marking, essay-marking

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Suggestions for using AI in education

September 11, 2024

I’ve been experimenting a lot with using AI. Not for creative writing I should add: I think AI has a long way to go before it will tempt me to eschew the likes of David Foster Wallace, Nabakov or Orwell. But for helping one think and, I’m sure, for admin, I think it’s a game-changer.

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In AI, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT, Research Tags AI, artificial intelligence

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EdTech Guide 1: 55 things to do at the start of the school year

September 10, 2024

This guide was first made available to subscribers to Digital Education, my free newsletter.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, EdTech Guide Tags edtech guide, 55, start of year

EdTech Diary: Expectations

September 5, 2024

I want to be able to have as much access to technology when I'm in a school as what I enjoy in my own home. I don't think that is too much to ask, but maybe that's me.

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In From the Archives, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags expectations

Coming soon: 55 things to do at the start of the school year

September 3, 2024

This guide contains 55 suggestions for the head of computing/technology co-ordinator/head of ICT etc to get the new school year off to a flying start. Available NOW for subscribers, or wait a week.

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Getting touchy and feely about Computing -- illustrated

September 3, 2024

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.

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In Computing Tags Eniac, Science Museum, Difference Engine, Babbage, Ada Lovelace

Edtech Diary: Wake up and smell the coffee

August 28, 2024

When 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...

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In Discussion topic, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, From the Archives Tags Obama, coffee

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Success redefined

August 27, 2024

I’ve been thinking about definitions of success recently.

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In News & views, Discussion topic Tags success

EdTech Diary: Talking the talk

August 23, 2024

Imagine 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...

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In Back Catalogue, From the Archives, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags EdTech Diary
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