Last year I was invited to talk to a group of school students aged 16-18 years on the subject of keeping yourself safe in online social networks. An easy task, you might imagine, except that it has two main difficulties.
In The Picture: Stop!
I quite like this picture of a street near the Barbican, London, at night, mainly because it has that three o'clock in the morning feel to it. All that's missing is a newspaper billowing down the street and the sound of a lone saxophone.
Friday Photo: Fans
I took these photographs of a domestic fan – one in colour, the other in black and white – simply because I liked the look of the pattern.
Review of the Dell Latitude 2110
“Oooh!” “Ah!” “Oh my!”. Such were the collective gasps emanating from the Freedman household when I unpacked the Dell Latitude 2110 Netbook I’d been sent to review. Slim, striking and silent (but enough about me), the Latitude certainly makes the grade as far as aesthetics are concerned. But how does it actually perform?
Is ICT in Schools Damaging to the UK’s Economic Health?
This is the gist of the question posed by the Royal Society, which, as promised in a previous article, has just launched a call for evidence.
Kids Aren’t Stupid
I overheard a great conversation yesterday. Two girls were chatting behind me in the queue in the Post Office. From their discussion about school options and examinations, I’d say they were around 14 and 15 years old. Here’s part of the conversation, it really made me smile.
In The Picture: Help!
I’m a firm believer in helping youngsters (and colleagues) to become as self-sufficient as possible. As well as being healthy, in my opinion, it is also a requirement of some examination courses.
25 Features of Outstanding ICT Lessons
What should you look for in an ICT lesson? What would make an ICT lesson wonderful, as opposed to boring?
Also on the web: 08/20/2010 (a.m.)
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Lane Fox launches review of Directgov • The Register
Martha Lane Fox is conducting a review which covers not only how central Government could deliver its online services better, but also which services SHOULD be delivered by central government, and which by other agencies. Sounds good to me.There are just four questions in the survey: * Question 1: Central Government’s objectives in digital delivery * Question 2: Who should do what? * Question 3: Sharing the platform * Question 4: Trends in digital deliveryI think it's important for ICT teachers and leaders to take the survey: there's a lot of good stuff being produced by people whose work deserves a wider audience.The link above takes you to the article in The Register about it, but if you want to go straight to the survey copy and paste this URL into your browser:http://directgovreview.readandcomment.com/
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Friday Photo: Ship in a Bottle
A ship in a bottle may not sound interesting to you if you’re not of a nautical bent. But one weighing 4 tons?
Also on the web: 08/19/2010 (p.m.)
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Britons spend half their waking hours using technology, finds Ofcom - Telegraph
I'm not sure where these "new figures" come from, but I recall reading something very similar last year. Basically, we Brits spend a lot of time (around half our waking lives) with technology.Is that good, bad or indifferent?Of course, that's just the technology we use directly. We "use" (ie interact with, or are affected by) a lot more without even knowing about it.
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10 Ways to Evaluate Blogs
Now that the new school year has started, or is about to start, we all want to have fresh insights into how to do the things we’re paid to do.
Read MoreInterview with Melendy Lovett
I recently interviewed Melendy Lovett, President of Texas Instruments’ worldwide education technology business, about the state of STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education. I put it to her that in the UK there are fewer and fewer people taking up Computer Science at university, because of the emphasis on 21st century skills and ICT, ie the study of how to use programs rather than how to create them in the first place.Discreet ICT?
The BT Tower in London is being opened again for the first time in thirty years.
In The Picture: The Press Association
What sort of technology might you discover on the premises of a media organisation? The answer is not entirely as obvious as you might think…
Industrious Waste
I spent the day clearing out paper related to educational technology. Erm, exactly. So how many black sacks do you think I managed to fill?Friday Photo
Helping to get a new series off the ground is a photo of a great advertising hoarding from the London tube. How could you use it in your ICT/educational technology classes?Is Google Invading Our Privacy?
Why Are ICT Lessons Boring? The Start of the Lesson
In The Picture: Information Underload
Just because a signpost doesn't have anything on it, doesn't mean it contains no information! How can "nothing" be useful in education?
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