Just a couple of cogitations – hopefully worthy -- about technology and our relationship with it.
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The Case For Bullet Points (Updated)
Just because awful presenters use bullet points, it doesn't necessarily follow that all presentations containing bullet points will be terrible.
Read More"Facilitators" or "guides on the side"? No thanks
When the Computing Programme of Study was introduced in England, some people seriously suggested that the lack of suitably qualified teachers (i.e. not able to understand computing concepts or to do computer programming) was not a problem because classes could have “facilitators” instead.
Read MoreIn case this website disappears...
I am experiencing domain issues…..
Read MoreA day in the education technology life
Many education technology strategy documents are often boring to read, and usually either pedestrian, unrealistic or like a scene from Star Trek.
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Resources for International Holocaust Day (Holocaust Memorial Day)
Useful links for resources for Holocaust Memorial Day, and a 10% discount off a relevant book.
Read MoreWhat is the right writing style for blog posts?
What is the 'correct' style for a blog post? Indeed, is there a correct style?
Read MoreGovernment education technology initiatives for schools: a modern example of Parkinson's Law?
As always the secret motto seems to be: “When in doubt, reorganise”. It doesn’t have to deal with the real problem, but it does have to look like activity.
Read MoreWill AI take over? Cause for optimism
When it comes to language, there is quite a bit of difference between English English and American English. Actually, the words sound the same, but the cultural context is often quite different.
Read MoreEducation jargon: a natural consequence of government edtech initiatives?
When it comes to jargon, the Building Schools for the Future programme in England takes a lot of beating. I’ve railed against the Department for Education for its awful predilection for driving agendas forward and delivering targets or whatever, but really they’re just amateurs at this stuff.
Read MoreChromebooks for schools at cost price
Having known what it was like as a Head of Computing and ICT Co-ordinator desperately attempting to get hold of extra devices without blowing the whole of the school’s budget, I thought this was worth giving a closer look.
Read MoreDigital Education next issue: contents finalised -- finally!
Here’s what’s coming in the next issue of my free newsletter, Digital Education.
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New York Times Journal. Photo from Jane13 on Pixabay.
Coming soon in the Digital Education newsletter
Here at Freedman Towers we’re all working away at producing the next issue of the Digital Education newsletter. (The photo above is not an entirely accurate portrayal of the team, which comprises Mrs Freedman, myself, one cat and two kittens.)
Read MoreNew year, new start
There is something heroic about working away on a computer while the rest of the world sleeps, with only a cup of tea and a distant street lamp to keep one company. But the health benefits of caffeine-fuelled nights are yet to be discovered.
Read MoreWanted: ex-teachers -- by the Department of wishful thinking
The Department of Education in England is hoping to recruit an army of retired teachers to help plug the gap when teachers fall in from Covid. Here at Freedman Towers we’ve been waiting for this for the past 18 months.
Read MoreThe hazards of writing software manuals
Writing software manuals or books, or even mini tutorials on how to do something in a particular program comes with a huge occupational hazard.
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Christmas at Selfridges, by Terry Freedman
End-of-year message from ICT & Computing in Education
Unfortunately, my end-of-year message got a bit mangled, but I’m posting it here anyway. See if you can figure out what it is supposed to say.
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DigEd xmas, by Terry Freedman
Coming soon: Digital Education Christmas 2021
Coming soon (probably tomorrow, 21st December 2021), a bumper small edition of my esteemed newsletter. It contains some interesting stuff, including advanced notice of a fantastic prize draw in which you can win a ‘credit card'-sized microprocessor that allows you to create projects and then download them to the device. It includes 25 LEDs and a sounder allowing you to create music.
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Too protective by half?
Why I dread the thought of benign algorithms (Updated)
Science fiction writers would have us believe that intelligent machines will either enslave us or get rid of human beings altogether. But what if they were extremely benign and protective towards us? What could possibly go wrong?
Read MoreComing soon (ish): my top ten education books of 2021
I’m thinking that even if I gave a book I reviewed a rave write-up and five stars, it might still not make the list if a book I deemed deserving of four stars is comparatively better.
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