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Read MoreReview: The Shortest History of AI
How is it that ChatGPT, Claude and other Al models appear to perform so well at certain complex tasks that some people become convinced that they're sentient — only for them to then promptly fail at simple tasks that even a child could handle?
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Review: Teacher Geek
Every so often I like to take a look, or another look, at a book published a while ago, and today I’ve been looking at Teacher Geek, by Rachel Jones.
Read MoreIs Plagiarism Really a Problem? An example of the experimenter effect
I don’t often get annoyed when I read the newspaper these days –- well, not more than once per page anyway…
Read MoreICT Lessons and internet privacy -- a timely issue?
As the UK government is planning to ban social media for under-sixteen year-olds I thought this might be relevant in an oblique sort of way.
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Sale, by Terry Freedman
Courses discount
My courses running in June and July at the City Lit can now be applied for using a 15% discount code.
Read MoreFollowing instructions is usually a good idea
I asked Claude to convert a pdf flyer into an HTML format I could insert into a Markdown block in Squarespace. Here’s the result…
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Review: Teach Fast
The book contains some interesting ideas.
Read MoreA question of leadership
I have somewhat dichotomous views of this question of whether leaders make a difference, or much of a difference. I think my views can be classified as macro and micro.
Read MoreMy mate Claude
I’ve been experimenting with using artificial intelligence apps to help me format documents. Here is a description of the process I went through.
Read MoreReview: Making Good Progress?
Daisy Christodoulou carefully picks apart the pitfalls of various kinds of assessment, drawing on different subject areas to do so.
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Review: Principles and Practices of Assessment
There is plenty in this book to like.
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Oulipo flyer screenshot, by Terry Freedman
I used Claude to help me write a blurb for my course
In a couple of weeks’ time I shall be teaching a course called Creative Writing Using Constraints, at the City Lit in London. I felt that the blurb on the City Lit’s website was a bit mundane. So I got AI to write a better one.
Read MoreThe lost generations?
A PR person recently sent me an email asking if I would like an article about something called Bare Minimum Monday.
Read MoreLet's face it: learning computer programming is a massive waste of time for most people
Almost nobody needs a gasp of computer programming, and even fewer need to know how computers actually work.
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Humble brag, by Terry Freedman
Come back, humble brag. All is forgiven!
Remember the so-called humble brag? It seems almost quaint these days.
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Review: Effective Teaching: Evidence and Practice
Although this is a few years old now (2018), it has stood the test of time.
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clock. by Terry Freedman
How to manage a team meeting
In my experience, most people run most meetings really badly. What are the most common pitfalls, and how can you avoid them?
Read More"There's a problem in education and someone needs to do something about it"
All too often, however, keynotes by so-called “visionary” speakers leave me feeling both uninspired and uninformed.
Read Moreclock. by Terry Freedman
No such thing as a loose end
What can your students do in the odd five minutes in computing lessons? Here are ten suggestions.
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