Blogger, by Terry Freedman
There is still a great interest in writing blogs. One of the reasons I know this is that my course on blogging currently has twelve sign-ups. That may not sound a lot, but many courses at the City Lit have far fewer.
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I’ve been experimenting a lot with using AI, especially for summarising long documents. But the summaries lacked the human touch.
Read MoreSessions include how schools can use AI effectively, curriculum and teaching methods, and assessment.
Read MoreI think everyone involved in education should have a blog! Here, in no particular order, are my reasons.
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A lesson, by Terry Freedman
What makes an excellent ICT or Computing lesson? In this document I've tried to encapsulate the answer to that question.
Read MoreI will be running another online course in blogging in the evenings of the 17th and 24th November 2023.
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Training days don't have to be dire. If you have choice in how you spend at least some of the day, here are twelve suggestions, plus a link to a humorous audio recording.
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Conference, by Terry Freedman
The following events may be of interest to teachers.
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Preparing for a head of department post doesn’t only involve reading. Picture credit: Reading (cartoon), by Terry Freedman
I don’t think I would go so far as to recommend supply teaching as a career option, even temporarily. However…
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The Bett Show. Photo by Terry Freedman
The Bett Show is the world’s largest education technology show. Sadly, the seminars are not going to be recorded this time. However, all is not lost. Here are some ways you can keep abreast of what’s happening.
Read MoreWith more and more to read, and with the ever-changing landscape of education technology, teachers of Computing and related subjects need to be able to read more in the same amount of time. Here are some tips that I’ve found useful.
Read MoreSo, you're responsible for the use of educational technology in the school, but its use and principles are taught across the curriculum rather than as a discrete subject. In other words, by non-specialists in all likelihood. How can you maintain high standards in the subject and the use of educational technology in such a situation? In this article I look at 14 suggestions.
Read MoreHaving to make the case for actually registering for an event is, in my opinion, treating teachers as if they were (a) non-professionals and (b) children.
Read MoreWhat can a Zen outlook teach us about education technology etc?
Read MoreAnyone who announces that we need change, but without going any deeper into it, is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Either that, or they assume that I am.
Read MoreThis is an article I originally published on 2 October 2017. The conference it refers to has been and gone, but I’ve added a few annotations relating to my methodology.
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The scream by Terry Freedman
We all have the occasional awful experience when giving training. Here are mine!
Read MoreWorthy cogitations about what I might have done to avoid being faced with a non-working whiteboard — and why that situation arose in the first place.
Read MoreHow the admin involved in a course led to its being abandoned by one group of trainers.
Read MoreUsing an external IT trainer is risky. Here are a few things to insist on to reduce the likelihood of a ruined training day.
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