Reading each student’s work each week, at a rate of ten minutes each, took nearly two and a half hours. Thinking of suitable comments, adding them in to the appropriate place in Google Classroom, and updating my spreadsheet markbook took another hour and a half.
Something had to be done.
Read MoreThis is a serious question. What is the point of teaching kids computer programming, when AI can do all the hard work?
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An awful shock, by Terry Freedman
The chapters in this article were originally published as separate articles. For a pdf version, sign up to the free Digital Education newsletter and download it from the Digital Education Supplement area, where it goes under the title of My Worst IT Training Days.
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An AI summary of feedback received on a course.
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Last week I announced a competition to win a copy of A Town Without Time, the new collection of work by Gay Talese. Here is the link again, this time with an unrestricted link!
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A Town Without Time
This is a great boook, full of interesting and wonderfully-written stories, and the publisher has made a copy available to win as a prize.
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A big question mark, by Terry Freedman
We don’t have very long to wait before the educational AI projects funded by the Department for Education are unveiled, if all goes to plan. But I have some concerns.
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Questions, by Terry Freedman
The devil is in the detail, and the subject is not apolitical.
Read MoreGoodwin covers the reasons he left academia, scholars, students and the system. Then he proposes some solutions.
Read MoreTo paraphrase what Arthur C Clarke said about teachers, any writer that can be replaced by a computer probably should be.
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The music programme of study requires students to possess an understanding of the music they perform and that which they listen to, as well as a grasp of music history, and an appreciation of different musical styles.
Read MoreThe Computing department would find the section on facial recognition interesting, because apart from possible ethical concerns, the fact is that even if the system has high accuracy, most of its identifications will be wrong.
Read MoreI was intrigued to discover that a popular news magazine of the sixties had been anticipated by Defoe.
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I have long been of the opinion that inspectors should just drop in, unannounced.
Read MoreThere are some good ideas here, especially for prompts.
Read MoreThese resources cover various aspects of online safety, including protecting oneself from scams, understanding personal information sharing, and recognizing signs of online threats.
Read MoreNearly a hundred years after the Nazi phenomenon people are still asking the question: how could apparently ordinary or, in some cases, highly cultured, people commit such terrible crimes.
Read MoreThis pdf contains the reviews of mine that were published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024.
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dystopian visions, by Terry Freedman
One of my favourite stories, this one by Ray Bradbury looks at the possible consequences of making a small, apparently insignificant, change in the past.
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Dystopian Visions, by Terry Freedman
What really happens when a computer is invented that can make every decision in a war?
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