Whether or not you can easily look up the answers to questions is far less important than asking the right questions in the first place.
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Review of Thinking Allowed on Schooling
Thinking Allowed is a godsend to all those people in education who think that many of the policies and ways of doing things don't really work, but are not really in a position to say so.
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My best and worst IT lessons #6: Adorable spreadsheets
Why a lesson on spreadsheets became the highlight of the kids' day, and a nightmare to haunt me forever.
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My best and worst IT lessons #5: Modelling
How objective are computers really? It's importtant to try to work out what is actually going on when it comes to modelling or running simulations.
Read MoreWho's trackin' ya, baby?
What happens when you visit a website? Information about those pesky cookies.
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My best and worst IT lessons #4: Murder Mystery
Flat file databases don't have to be boring: they can be an opporttunity for pupils to test their detective skills!
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5 reasons there is a shortage of Computing at School Master Teachers, and what we can do about it
Over three years since the new Computing curriculum in England was mooted, and more than a year since it came into being, there are still not enough teachers who feel competent and confident to teach it. This is not least in part due an insistence on an elitist approach to training them. In this article I suggest a few possibly more fruitful approaches.
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News about the Digital Education newsletter
What you may have missed in the pre-Christmas Digital Education newsletter, and what's coming up in the next one.
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My best and worst IT lessons #3: Internet training
"An incomprehensible error message scared the living daylights out of the teachers on the training course, all of whom thought it was their fault."
What I learnt about running a succesful course for teachers.
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Books for teachers of Computing and ICT
News about the ever-expanding Books Recommendations page on the ICT & Computing in Education website. This complements the book reviews that I publish fairly regluarly.
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My best and worst IT lessons #2: The history lesson
What were the elements that made a history lesson (in a computer lab) about JFK so good?
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My best and worst IT lessons #1: VBA conundrum
In this new series I look at some of my best and worst lessons in ICT and Computing, and analyse what caused them to work -- or not.
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From The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (c) S. Padua
Win a copy of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
Enter for a really easy competition to win one of three copies of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage. Entries close on 10th January 2016.
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You could let Grammarly take some of the strain of proofreading. Photo by Pink Sherbert Photography https://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/
Review of Grammarly -- and a competition
Read about a proofreading tool that works on the web -- and maybe win a free subscription.
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Ada's Algorithm
Review of Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age
Ada's Algorithm goes into minute detail about Ada Lovelace's life, and her influence on the development of Computer Science.
Read More25 useful resources for teachers
This article contains details of 20 websites for creating free cartoons and comics, plus Scratch, educational blogging, creating games, old sounds, and the international space station.
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Flipped learning is not as simple as telling kids to watch a video or two.
Flipped learning - again
In order to implement flipped learning, you need to ensure that certain conditions are in place.
Read MoreAmazon deals on tablets
There are some noteworthy discounts going on over at the Amazon store, so I thought I'd pass the information on. Not much in the way of books, unless you like adult colouring books, but a few interesting things in the computing section. May be useful for a last minute Chrsitmas present (such as to yopurself!).
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Getting touchy and feely about Computing
Making it possible for students to come face to face with real things from times gone by can have an electrifying effect on them. This is especially so when teaching Computing.
Read MoreA Koan, Computing and QuicK Tips
News, reviews, two competitions, free resources, interesting reading, a new Computing scheme of work, and women in computing -- just some of the stuff featured in the new issue of Digital Education. Subscribe for free!
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