Imaginary Cityscape, photographed by Terry Freedman

Review of Imaginary Cities

August 29, 2019

The Imaginary Cities exhibition at the British Library is an interesting merger of art and programming. Here are my thoughts on it.

Virtual reality: a solution desperately seeking a problem

June 7, 2019

A lot of Virtual Reality ‘solutions’ I’ve seen are just a massive waste of time and resources.

A great example of virtual reality

June 5, 2018

Dinosaurs in the Wild is a fascinating virtual reality experience. Well worth going to if you can, especially if you can take some pupils with you. It’s a great educational experience.

Recent book reviews

Quick look: AI For Educators

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Nearly a hundred years after the Nazi phenomenon people are still asking the question: how could apparently ordinary or, in some cases, highly cultured, people commit such terrible crimes.

Education book reviews of 2024

This pdf contains the reviews of mine that were published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024.

Review: How I review books on edtech

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Review: Nuts and Bolts: How Tiny Inventions Make Our World Work

It's rather disconcerting when one considers that buildings like The Shard are essentially held together by nuts, bolts and washers.

Review: Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry

Like, I suspect, many people, I have never knowingly come across an isosceles triangle in my life, and wouldn’t know what to do with it if I did. However...