If you insist on getting the kids to make or use physical computing kits/robots in the classroom, here arte 8 suggestions for making sure it’s all useful.
Read MoreForward 10 places!
Forward 10 places!
If you insist on getting the kids to make or use physical computing kits/robots in the classroom, here arte 8 suggestions for making sure it’s all useful.
Read MoreThey're not that shocking, surely?
Why not try something different in your Computing lessons? Here's a short list of suggestions.
Read MoreShould you start with the raw components when teaching coding, or get the kids problem-solving immediately? This article argues in favour of the latter.
Read MoreBe aware! By Terry Freedman
I’d rather teach pupils to program without going through the intermediary process of building a robot or anything else. Despite all the hype, I regard it as a massive waste of time.
Read MoreThis book is very readable, and if I sound surprised that is because it’s not always true of academics!
Read MoreFor the time being, this book is free in Kindle format.
Read MoreHaving taken a decision, you can’t just leave it. You have to review it at some point.
Read MoreDespite the relative paucity of immediately obvious National Curriculum links, teachers will find several of sections of this book to be highly engaging.
Read MoreIn some respects one could view this book as a single warning repeated 64 times.
Read MoreTaking readers from the Middle Ages to (more or less) the present day, Gray charts how the places where we do our shopping and what we buy have changed over the centuries.
Read MoreWhy set students real-world, life-changing, humanity-saving problems when trivial challenges are likely to prove equally, if not more, useful?
Read MoreAs a source of potential ideas and inspiration, the book could be very useful indeed.
Read MoreAlmost nobody needs a gasp of computer programming, and even fewer need to know how computers actually work.
Read MoreIllustration of algorithmic objectivity, generated in ImageFX
A topic to discuss with your students perhaps: the hidden bias in algorithms.
Read Morecartoon to illustrate a failed edtech project, generated in ImageFX
Why do some school and local authority initiatives, not to mention government initiatives, fail, especially when they concern education technology?
Read MoreOne has the impression that the main role of the university these days is to maximise profit, while that of the majority of teaching staff is to ensure the ‘correct’ views are passed on to students. All the while, students’ main concern seems to be to seek protection from anything that might make them feel unsafe.
Read MoreFailure seems to be the zeitgeist at the moment. How should schools deal with students’ mistakes?
Read MoreDo we need gimmicks, new-fangled techniques to keep kids engaged in lessons?
These pdfs, on converting a course to an online course, and tips for teaching online, were written a few years ago but still contain actionable suggestions.
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