An awful shock, by Terry Freedman
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Read MoreThe scream by Terry Freedman
We all have the occasional awful experience when giving training. Here are mine!
Read MoreI wonder if there is anything more discombobulating than announcing, with great fanfare, a brilliant resource to a class full of teacher trainees, only to be greeted by a dreadful error message instead?
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.
Read MoreIt’s always a good thing to stipulate in advance all the things you need in order to run a training session —including even the most basic and obvious ones….
Read MorePhoto by Štefan Štefančík on Unsplash
Here’s the first article in a series about my worst training days — the ones in which I was the trainer I mean! This was first published in 2018, but is still highly relevant.
Read MoreThe scream by Terry Freedman
We all have the occasional awful experience when giving training. Here are mine!
Read MoreAn awful shock, by Terry Freedman
I wonder if there is anything more discombobulating than announcing, with great fanfare, a brilliant resource to a class full of teacher trainees, only to be greeted by a dreadful error message instead?
Read MoreWhiteboard, by Terry Freedman
Worthy 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 Moreadmin burden, by Terry Freedman
How the admin involved in a course led to its being abandoned by one group of trainers.
Read MoreOh no! by Terry Freedman
Using an external IT trainer is risky. Here are a few things to insist on to reduce the likelihood of a ruined training day.
Read MoreScream, by Terry Freedman (with apologies to Edvard Munch)
It’s always a good thing to stipulate in advance all the things you need in order to run a training session —including even the most basic and obvious ones…
Read MorePhoto by Štefan Štefančík on Unsplash
Here’s the first article in a new series about my worst training days — the ones in which I was the trainer I mean!
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