A daunting prospect, so what’s your motivation? Photo by Terry Freedman
Gretchen Rubin talks about four kinds of self-motivation. Might this provide a way of thinking about how to encourage colleagues to use education technology in their lessons?
Read MoreIt’s often difficult to get time out of school to attend a conference, but I think you should try and get to at least one a year.
Read MoreThis book could prove useful to schools keen to cultivate their own dedicated ‘back to nature’ area.
Read MoreA couple of generations before the first internet cafés were opened, someone attempted pretty much the same thing by opening a ‘radio café’.
Read MoreThis book is awash with ideas.
Read MoreThis may be useful for the Hiostory department in your school.
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I borrowed this book from the library yesterday and have had to stop reading it.
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It won’t be as bad as you think! Picture: Terrified, by Terry Freedman
Your first few weeks at school may seem terrifying, but hopefully it won’t be as bad as you think! Here are 8 tips you may find useful.
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I was surprised to read some of the clearest explanations of neuroscience I've yet come across.
Read MoreIn Wren's telling, the real history of the news isn't just a chronology of technological inventions.
Read MoreOne would think that the stories told by the exhibits in natural history museums are reasonably objective and factual, but apparently not.
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“Oooh!” “Ah!” “Oh my!”. Such were the collective gasps emanating from the Freedman household when I unpacked the Dell Latitude 2110 Netbook I’d been sent to review. Slim, striking and silent (but enough about me), the Latitude certainly makes the grade as far as aesthetics are concerned. But how does it actually perform?
two girls chatting in Post Office. Picture generated in Ideogram.ai
I overheard a great conversation yesterday. Two girls were chatting behind me in the queue in the Post Office. From their discussion about school options and examinations, I’d say they were around 14 and 15 years old. Here’s part of the conversation, it really made me smile….
Read MoreI suppose this article will ruin for good my chances of a knighthood, but I am finding it harder and harder to keep quiet on this subject.
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The Scream, by Terry Freedman (with apologies to Munch)
How vulnerable are schools to viruses and so on? Here are the results of a survey, plus some comments on the role of the ed tech leader in the school.
Read MoreOne of the things you have to acknowledge, whether you like it or not, is that to some extent people do judge by appearances. So, how does your computing provision appear to others?
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Sadly not my typical committee meeting room! This was taken in a House of Lords Committee Room, by Terry Freedman
In my past roles as ICT Co-ordinator or e-learning co-ordinator, I have formed and chaired an ICT or e-learning committee. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having such a body?
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Question marks, by Terry Freedman
As the GCSE and ‘A’ Level results days are almost upon us, here are some useful guides as to what the gradings mean.
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Terry self-portrait, cartoonified, black & white, by Terry
I believe that there's a fine line between letting people know you're an expert, and displaying too much self-regard. If keeping on the right side of that line proves a bit of a challenge, here are three "rules" that could help.
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A cartoon robot, by Terry Freedman
In preparation for a course on blogging that I ran a few years ago, I wanted to see how far I could get using AI tools to help me with my intended audience, outlining a post and drafting a whole article.
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