RM Seminars are here again

March 2, 2015

This is just a quick heads-up. From this week, RM are once again running their free all-day seminars. I’ve been attending these for a few years now, and they are always worth going to.

New ideas for a new Computing curriculum

November 6, 2014

I had the pleasure of attending one of the RM Technical seminars recently, and it was well worth the time. The event was divided into several strands. I chose the Curriculum and E-safety option rather than one of the more technical ones.

As well as a very entertaining keynote lecture by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, there were three sessions:

Recent book reviews

Review of Tips for teachers: 400+ ideas to improve your teaching

Don’t let this book’s size (nearly 600 pages) put you off. It’s comprehensive, and very well structured and laid out.

From EdTech to PedTech (full review)

Those of us who have held responsibility for embedding digital technology across a school will all have tales of well-meaning management who, frankly, didn’t have a clue.

Review: The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

Who would have thought that a material as commonplace as paper could have such a rich history and profound effect on our lives?

Review: Once upon a prime

As someone who had little in the way of mathematical prowess at school, I initially opened Prime with some trepidation.

Review: First Year Teaching

This is the guide I wish I’d had when I started teaching.

Review: From EdTech to PedTech (excerpt)

Those of us who have held responsibility for embedding digital technology across a school will all have tales of well-meaning management who, frankly, didn’t have a clue.

Technicians – The David Sainsbury Gallery at the Science Museum: full review

Should you ever find yourself in the unlikely circumstance of having to choose between me administering medication or waiting for a paramedic, my advice would be to wait.

Review: A Little History of Music by Robert Philip (YUP)

I asked the AI module built in to Squarespace to write a paragraph on why music is relevant to teachers of Computing. Here’s what it said…

Review: The Liars of Nature and the nature of liars: Cheating and deception in the living world

The key question at the heart of this book is perhaps this – if honesty is the best policy, why is dishonesty so rife in nature?

Quick look: From EdTech to PedTech

Academics tend to write learned articles that, I suspect, are read mainly by other academics, so anything that can translate some of that research into practical advice is to be welcomed.