Formative
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Since around mid-June 2025, my usual posting rhythm, whether it’s longer blogs or the odd random thought on LinkedIn, has pretty much ground to a halt. But it’s for good reason, I started a Master’s in Education Technology back in June. The shortness of this post probably says it all, the workload has been huge…
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With the looming opening of the first occupational specialism assessment window for my T-Level Digital Support Services students nearing, I’ve taken a moment to reflect on how significantly the options for computing education have changed and diversified since I completed my Level 3 IT Practitioners course back in 2012. This reflection was partly spurred by…
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Plickers is an amazing tool for assessing understanding in the classroom in a very unique way. Think Mentimeter but with individual answer tracking for each student.
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Current arguments for an exclusively examination-based education prevalent in England and contrast it with the variety of assessment techniques employed in the Flanders region of Belgium