Terry Freedman's ICT & Computing in Education blog — ICT & Computing in Education

9 uses for checklists in education technology

August 23, 2016

A checklist is one of the handiest tools at your disposal, and won't cost you a penny. How might you use checklists in your Computing or ed tech lessons?

7 articles about ebooks

August 17, 2016

Here is a short selection of articles I've written about ebooks, self-publishing and related matters.

Education hashtags

August 16, 2016

Here's a link to a post containing a comprehensive list of Twitter educational chats, compiled by Simon Johnson.

Articles on Ed Tech: Retrospective #3

August 15, 2016

Here are 5 articles from last week that you may find interesting, covering writing, blogging and education technology.

Hubris in the world of education technology

August 12, 2016

I believe that there's a fine line between letting people know you're an expert, and displaying too much self-regard. If keeping on the right side of that line proves a bit of a challenge, here are three "rules" that could help.

Articles on ed tech: Retrospective 02

August 8, 2016

A selection of articles on education technology you may have missed, from last week, last year, and the Digital Education newsletter.

24 must-have features of computer labs

August 4, 2016

If you still have, or are planning to have, a computer lab, then these 24 things are essential to include.

70 kinds of educational blog posts -- offer

August 3, 2016

I've created a crib sheet of 70 types of blog post. These ideas have been selected on the basis of how well they can be adapted to educational blogs -- either the teacher's or the school's.

Read on to find out how to get it.

What if "she" decided whether or not you got the job?

7 ideas for story-writing in Computing

August 2, 2016

Here are 7 ideas for encouraging pupils to write stories on Computing and related topics -- and the announcement of a brilliant new and free resource: 70 Kinds of Blog Posts.

Photo by Anna Demianenko https://unsplash.com/@annademy

Articles on ed tech: Retrospective #1

August 1, 2016

Here are links to some articles about Computing and ICT from last week, and one from last year and also information about an article on the subject of teaching Computing in our newsletter.

Recent book reviews

When AI can write as well as this, I'll worry! Plus a prize competition.

To paraphrase what Arthur C Clarke said about teachers, any writer that can be replaced by a computer probably should be.

Review: The Shortest History of Music -- two reviews in one!

The music programme of study requires students to possess an understanding of the music they perform and that which they listen to, as well as a grasp of music history, and an appreciation of different musical styles.

Review: The Art of Uncertainty (two reviews in one)

The Computing department would find the section on facial recognition interesting, because apart from possible ethical concerns, the fact is that even if the system has high accuracy, most of its identifications will be wrong.

Review: The Newsmongers: A History of Tabloid Journalism (two reviews in one!)

I was intrigued to discover that a popular news magazine of the sixties had been anticipated by Defoe.

Quick look: AI For Educators

There are some good ideas here, especially for prompts.

Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich -- Extended review

Nearly a hundred years after the Nazi phenomenon people are still asking the question: how could apparently ordinary or, in some cases, highly cultured, people commit such terrible crimes.

Education book reviews of 2024

This pdf contains the reviews of mine that were published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024.

Review: How I review books on edtech

My views on what constitutes a book on edtech are fairly catholic. Indeed, it would me more accurate to denote the books I review as books for teachers of ICT, Computing, digital literacy etc etc,, rather than books on edtech. The latter tend to have titles like “How to teach Computing”, or “How to use Excel in the classroom”.

Review: Nuts and Bolts: How Tiny Inventions Make Our World Work

It's rather disconcerting when one considers that buildings like The Shard are essentially held together by nuts, bolts and washers.

Review: Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry

Like, I suspect, many people, I have never knowingly come across an isosceles triangle in my life, and wouldn’t know what to do with it if I did. However...

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