Mitch Resnick at #Bett2019 — ink drawing effect. Photo by Terry Freedman
What is a kindergarten approach to learning, and what are its characteristics? What are its advantages? Could adopting such an approach work in our education system? Here’s what Mitch Resnick said when I interviewed him at the January 2019 Bett show in London.
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Here are several research reports on kids’ behaviour online.
Read MoreIf the ed tech in your school is horrible, and mistreated, then perhaps this article, inspired by a talk by A J Crabill, Deputy Commissioner for the Texas Education Agency, will help.
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Idea! By Terry Freedman
Four interesting and stimulating websites with which you may not be familiar. Use them to spark discussion about and ideas for Computing projects.
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Created in Canva, by Terry Freedman
The Bett website has a useful checklist for people looking at purchasing edtech stuff. Read on for the details.
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R.I.P 2018, by Terry Freedman
The 25 articles listed in this post represent the main issues that were exercising my mind in each month of 2018. I was, of course, thinking about more than only 25 topics, but these are my personal favourites. A couple of themes seem to crop up more than others, these being automation (for example in marking), and better teaching or use of computing and technology. I hope you find them interesting, useful or both.
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Educational research reading, by Terry Freedman
In the latest Ofsted annual report, teachers using an evidence-based approach is something that “strikes” the Chief Inspector. But what is remarkable about it?
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The review in a nutshell: well-structured, well-written and informative.
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Random Name Picker, from Classroom Tools.
I’ve just run another prize draw for my newsletter, Digital Education. If you’re interested in the tool I used to select the winners, read on.
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It’s all go! Illustration by Terry Freedman
Here at Freedman Works we’ve been throwing in ideas, reports, books, magazines, blog articles and pictures into the writing machine I invented some time in 2017, and out has popped the latest issue of Digital Education. Read on for a taster of what’s in it.
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Over the summer of 2018 I evaluated and compared for laptops sold by Microsoft, and tested the software that was installed on them. Here are my findings.
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Marking, by Terry Freedman
Here is a short exposition of the changes I made in order to reduce the amount of marking I had to take home with me.
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Editor at work!, by Terry Freedman
There are four books to be won in the next issue of Digital Education. There are also a few pretty useful articles and bits of information. Read on to find out more.
Read MoreThis article contains details of 8 reports and 4 sets of resources concerning e-safety.
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The most fascinating thing for me about the Future Decoded conference was the present!
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My (somewhat jaded) view of most high-profile Government ed tech initiatives
A possibly cynical take on government-funded initiatives for education technology in schools.
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research reading, by Terry Freedman
Read this article for a review of this book — and a nice surprise!
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The Homework Excuse Management System, by Terry Freedman
You can use a spreadsheet to solve even relatively trivial problems — but why should you do so?
Read MoreAs a complement to my series of articles about my worst training days, I’ve started a series about my best ones. I believe we can learn from both sorts. In this article, I relate an experience of running a twilight training session for a secondary school science department.
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Here is a short review of this book about algorithms.
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