The things teachers should never do with technology* No. 1
*but all of us do The slight difference between ‘show’ and ‘tell’ A few years ago, I was asked by the a Dean of Education…
Computing would be a lot lighter on integrity without him...
Complete Champions
This is for everyone: This is the World Wide Web
This ‘Complete Champion’ post celebrates the achievements and values of the WWW creator himself. Teaching computing would be a lot lighter on examples of integrity and inspiration without him.
Only the BBC could make a tablet look like a clunky toy from the 70s source: BBC Bitesize
Comment and Opinion
It is high time to tell the truth about ICT
As the ICT GCSE arrives in its final year, voices supporting this creative and rewarding subject are at last being heard. The false perception of ICT as a dull and lifeless subject masked the lack of expertise in schools to deliver it fully. As history repeats we find there is a lot to accept and learn from the ICT story.
Internet Research: Things teachers should never do with ICT*
Computing Complete bestows a “things teachers should never do with ICT* award” to internet research; in honour of every teacher (not that are any) who has hurried their class into the pre-booked IT suite imagining they could now catch up on some overdue marking while their class grazes in vast meadows of knowledge and creates ‘fact files’ of astounding quality…
The late, great Brian Cant and his choice of browser, no... window .
Comment and Opinion
Browser Blind or Browser Wise? How to diagnose and cure browser blindness in your school.
Is your school Browser Blind? Once, a children’s TV programme asked children which window they would look through each day. Today’s kids have a similar choice, although in this case the window influences what you see and some children don’t even know that it is there.
The candy cane world of 2DIY is deceptively perilous.
EdTech Essentials
Inspiring IT: In recognition of the 2DIY application by 2Simple Software.
In this ‘Inspiring IT’ post I recall how 2DIY took my school by storm and wonder why it has gone without anywhere near the recognition it deserves. 2DIY’s game making suite was a mini-revolution, and fine example of how we can teach pupils to solve problems with technology.
Why computing teachers still really need PowerPoint
For so many reasons, PowerPoint came to represent all that was dull and boring and fruitless about ICT in schools and it is still viewed as a poor substitute for learning. Now we are teaching computing, it seems PP is welcome no more. But wait… The red P actually offers a very simple and elegant solution to one of the most difficult aspects of teaching the new curriculum…
Shame, no dog today!
Comment and Opinion
Information Technology? It’s what you do with IT that counts!
Just a bit jealous I’m a bit jealous! I’m at the lovely Flatford Mill Field Centre in Constable Country with my geography-teaching colleague and a…