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 big question mark, by Terry Freedman
The DfE's foray into AI for education: the good news and the (potentilly) bad news
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
What is 'mastery'?
The devil is in the detail, and the subject is not apolitical.
Read MoreQuick look: Bad Education
Goodwin covers the reasons he left academia, scholars, students and the system. Then he proposes some solutions.
Read MoreMy lesson was inspected and all things tech went wrong
I have long been of the opinion that inspectors should just drop in, unannounced.
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The 60 MInute Writer
My course at the City Lit.
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News, by Terry Freedman
A news update
Here are a few items that I hope will be of interest to you.
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
Writing for blogs
Every so often I read some pundit, or usually a journalist pretending to be a pundit, suggesting that blogs are dead. What can I say? They’re not.
Read MoreReflections: What's the point of book reviews?
So many authors think they ought to be the recipient of the Nobel prize for literature.
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Success redefined
I’ve been thinking about definitions of success recently.
Read MoreI was a teenage geek (Updated)
One day when I was 15, I was milling around in this youth club trying to look cool, when someone came up to me and asked me if I’d be interested in joining a cinematography club. I’d never touched a cine camera in my life.
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7 reasons that the FAIL acronym fails (Updated)
Failing is empowering.
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Something ain’t right, by Terry Freedman
Bad pitches
Examples of how not to try and sell a product or an idea.
Read MoreMobile phones: Another ritual
Every so often an Education Secretary announces a ban on mobile phones in school (which always turns out to be guidance, not mandatory). It's a sort of non-policy, a statement for the purpose, in my opinion, of wanting to say something, anything.
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Teacher admin tasks: the ritual is alive and well
In January 2024 the English Department for Education published its initial thoughts on teacher admin tasks, as in what teachers should not be expected to have to do.
This is one of those rituals that the DfE goes through every so often in one form or another.
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Reflecting, by Terry Freedman
I don't agree with Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). Here's Why (Updated with downloadable paper)file)
A question: is Cognitive Load Theory another example of the emperor’s new clothes?
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conference session, by Terry Freedman
What I Look For in a Conference revisited
I attend a lot of conferences, and over the years I've developed a useful set of criteria by which to evaluate them. Here, then, in no particular order, are my top 14 characteristics of a good conference.
Read More8 Reasons educators should blog
I think everyone involved in education should have a blog! Here, in no particular order, are my reasons.
Read More18 Essential Elements of a Digital Financial Literacy Course
Here are my 18 suggestions for inclusion on a digital financial literacy course. This is an update of an article first published in 2011.
Read MoreAh, those were the days -- not
Here at Freedman Towers I have been trawling through the archives, hoping to salvage something of my legacy to donate to the nation, or indeed the world. Anyways, all joking aside, I came upon this email I wrote…
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