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AI
robot, by Terry Freedman One of the things I had intended to do was to provide you with some examples of schools using AI well. Unfortunately, the so-called cutting edge ones I've come across all seem...
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AI in education Conference
This conference takes place online on 29 February 2024. It looks quite interesting, and potentially useful. Sessions include how schools can use AI effectively, curriculum and teaching methods, and...
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I don't agree with Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). Here's Why (Updated with...
Reflecting, by Terry Freedman In this article… IntroductionA question: is Cognitive Load Theory another example of the emperor’s new clothes?What is CLT?One of the best explanations I’ve come across...
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AI discussion prompts from Wakelet
Discussion prompts from Wakelet AI generated image This resource comprises a number of prompts to kickstart a discussion in your classroom about AI and its effects in society. It's pretty simple, but...
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Review: Iterate: The secret to innovation in schools
Click the cover to see this on Amazon (affiliate link) Having endured some fairly dreadful ‘initiatives’ in my time, delivered from on high with the directive to ‘make it work’, I approached Iterate...
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Evaluation of a press release created by AI
I have a course coming up, one that I’m teaching. I asked an AI writer to draft a press release for it. Here’s what it came up with, with my annotations in italics and in square brackets. Image...
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Review: The Book at war
Click the cover to see this on Amazon (affiliate link) A title perhaps more at home in your school library than a specific department. That’s because The Book at War is a fascinating study of how...
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The 3,000 Part Computing Lesson Revisited
Every so often there comes along a new daft idea (or a newly-packaged old idea that has been mangled out of recognition (and thereby rendered useless) so that its “inventor” can be designated as a...
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Quick look: The Language of Deception
Click the cover to see this on Amazon (affiliate link) From a quick perusal (it came only recently), and as the title suggests, this book deals with the dangers of artificial intelligence insofar as...
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Teacher admin tasks: the ritual is alive and well
Photo by Terry Freedman In January 2024 the English Department for Education published its initial thoughts on teacher admin tasks, as in what teachers should not be expected to have to do.This is one...
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Mobile phones: Another ritual
Girl with phone, by Terry Freedman Every so often an Education Secretary announces a ban on mobile phones in school (which always turns out to be guidance, not mandatory). It's a sort of non-policy, a...
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Quick looks: The collaboration book
Click the pic to see this on Amazon (affiliate link) I’ve just sent Teach Secondary magazine my review of this book, so I can’t say much before that’s published. It’s a great dip-intoable book, with...
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How useful is AI for generating words?
Picture by Ideogram As it happens, I first addressed this question in 2012, and the first part of this essay, down to the part about robots, is taken from the notes I made then. My opinion hasn’t...
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Bad pitches
Something ain’t right, by Terry Freedman Today I had a great email. It started: "Hi [firstname]," and then went on to tell me how this product could make me loads of money. I should have thought the...
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12 Characteristics of a good Computing Scheme of Work
This is an updated version of a previously-published article. Update! Two additions have been made, these being characteristics that have come to light since the original article was published. These...
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Why you should collaborate on a Computing scheme of work (Updated)
In the article 12 Characteristics of a good Computing Scheme of Work I said that people should work with other people on their Computing scheme of work. Why?You know the old saying, many hands make...
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7 reasons that the FAIL acronym fails (Updated)
Picture generated by Ideogram It is fashionable these days to avoid the ‘F’ word – by which, of course, I mean “Fail”. This is not confined to the area of teaching Computing, but enough people in this...
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Get off of my lawn
Around 30 years ago I threw my rattle out of the pram, on three separate occasions. Trawling through the Freedman archives I’ve found two of these articles. Although they are about different topics,...
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I was a teenage geek (Updated)
This article is a bit autobiographical, but there is an objective point to it. Actually, it’s completely autobiographical, but there is still a point to it. Oh no! I really AM a geek! One day when I...
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The Joint Consultative Committee
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay When starting your own (free) school became a distinct possibility, I was very tempted to set one up. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I was far too...
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