The computer rooms were kept locked at all times, but staff could access them any time they liked. All they had to do was get the keys….
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Students working, by Terry Freedman
11 things to do in 5 minutes in your computer lessons
What can your students do in the odd five minutes in computing lessons? Here are eleven suggestions.
Read MoreContributing to education technology discussions
There is little I find more annoying than being lectured to by people who have all the answers, but do not engage in (rational) discussion on the subject.
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A busy station, by Terry Freedman
Useful economic concepts for the edtech co-ordinator: barriers to entry
This concept is usually applied in the context of a company attempting to break in to a particular market. In the context of a school, we can apply the idea to the taste of encouraging teachers to use the computing facilities.
Read MoreBook review: The best writing on mathematics, 2016
I think this could be an excellent resource for teachers of mathematics.
Read MoreFor your Eng Lit colleagues? The Penguin Book of the International Short Story -- two reviews in one!
I submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review below is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote!
Read MoreTwo reviews in one: Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals -- art and history
One for your colleagues, perhaps: art, art history, ploitics with a small ‘p’.
Read MoreTwo reviews in one: State of Ridicule: A History of Satire in English Literature -- politics, history, English
One for your colleagues, perhaps. Sperrin has provided a wealth of information that can be used to provide a rich experience for students of politics, history and English literature.
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Two reviews in one: A Little History of Mathematics
I submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review below is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreThe Big Sweep: a hardboiled story, with a review by ChatGPT
The following story was a light-hearted attempt to write hardboiled fiction for heads of education technology in schools. Plus: ChatGPT’s review of it.
Read MoreIt's important to sweat the small stuff
7 questions for the edtech co-ordinator in a school.
Read More15 Things new teachers need to know about education technology
Just starting out as a teacher? Here are a few things it's useful to know in relation to using education technology.
Read MoreRevisited: 7 things to blog about back in school
One of the possibly unwanted tasks on return to school is to get your school blog up and running again.
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Review: The Learning Rainforest: Great Teaching in Real Classrooms
This is a great book for dipping into in order to read about different teaching and assessment strategies, backed up by research.
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Review: Outstanding Formative Assessment: Culture and Practice
This book contains numerous assessment for learning techniques.
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Review: New Media in the Classroom: Rethinking Primary Literacy
This provides a great deal of information about the different aspects of "literacy” and how digital tools can be brought into the service of literacy in the primary school.
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This book takes you through the process of designing connected devices from prototyping to launching. In doing so it considers prototyping embedded, physical and online devices, types of business model, techniques for writing code and ethical considerations. It's biggest drawback, of course, is that it was published twelve years ago. software, programming and technology have moved on since then. So, potentially worth reading for the principles, but perhaps not so much for the practical aspects.
Review: Designing the internet of things
This book takes you through the process of designing connected devices from prototyping to launching.
Read MoreMy first encounter with (a) online insanity and (b) a silly rule
A call to technical support that was only successful once I’d stretched the facts a bit.
Read MoreI should have indexed stuff better, and paper updates
I have kept every single article I have ever written, but…
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Presentation on a mobile phone, by Terry Freedman
Revisited: Actually, it IS about the technology (partly)
“It’s not about the technology” sounds logical, but in my experience it is certainly not the whole story.
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