Terry Freedman

Apparently, students are abandoning Computer Science in droves.

It takes quite some doing, I think, to take a vibrant, exciting subject like ICT and Computing and reduce it in many people's minds to a male-oriented, geeky and basically boring coding-fest.

We discussed how to get the most out of#iste17or any other conference you might be attending.

There are lots of interesting things to mull over in the report, but one that has struck me and several other people is who schools take notice of when it comes to product recommendations.

In my opinion, every teacher should be a researcher.

Not everything is miles away in a different state or somewhere up in the cloud. Sometimes, it’s right under your nose.

Look, don't worry about getting fully dressed or anything. Just tip out of bed and put a top on.

What does this subject matter have to do with teaching computing and ICT?

In education teachers too often demur when it comes to asserting their own expertise.

I attended a seminar run by theSociety of Authorsearlier this month.

It challenges us to think about how much data we are prepared to give away.

If, like me, you like theideaof MOOCs (massive open online courses) but find them a little haphazard or without much in the way of educational foundations, you might be interested inFutureLearn.

Called 'Our lives in data', it looks at how the data that we provide in various ways is used in planning decisions

An article in The Guardian reports that scientists have developed an emotional chatbot.

How do you know if it will work though, ie in the sense of extending or deepening pupils' knowledge?

The following is a generic list of points to consider when trying to decide whether or not to buy/adopt a particular product.

One of the problems facing the education technology community is institutional memory loss.

I think it's well known that there is a teacher retention crisis as well as a recruitment crisis -- not just in the UK but across the world.

Everything people say about barriers to implementing the use of educational technology across the school is correct, but I also believe that part of the problem is our willingness to make allowances.

I always found that a day spent doing the following was time well-spent.

I thinkallteachers should blog, as I said in7 reasons educators should blog. It's a good way of reflecting on your practice.

Teachers don't want to read academic research papers that boast 20 pages of methodology. They want practical solutions.

Last week I ran a day's training course in assessing Computing.

According to a survey, a fifth of Americans never do a backup.