This is my new favourite metaphor for some educational fads; - it’s simple - it feels revolutionary - it’s seductive - it doesn’t make a difference My new book - “Turning the Straw Upside Down”

The only thing which has improved since Brexit is the average IQ of EU citizens.

Saw this earlier today in London. Nice pic for demonstrating “survey” is not a synonym for “questionnaire”.

We will randomly select 1 follower per week through to September 1st for retweeting this post to receive a free TFFB device😃 #teachertwitter #teacher

A new Pi to inspire our teachers with? #ebenana they say, maths education says "Singingbanana" aka James Grime

Clever eh? Watermarked 400pt breadboard 😁 He thinks of everything!

"The Gallium Man" - a new fork of the Stone Man saga Luke Smitherd ;-)

Fascinating thread - one for Fortean Times about how ancient artifacts are reinterpreted which in turn alters our interpretation which in turn.....

Before mathematicians used modern symbolic algebra, they would reason geometrically. For instance, these figures show the equation (𝑎 + 𝑏)² = 𝑎² + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏². quantamagazine.org/the-scandalous…

Anders Nielsen's Simple Universal Modem saves your vintage computer's data to almost any audio device: bit.ly/3z1Y2FU

What a talented artist - perfect thoughts for #curriculumforwales

Wanting to use the DataHive Green (from Redfern Electronics) as part of a coding activity (JavaScript) - have questions: (1) Can I use the JavaScript libraries from you web site please? (2) Will "logging" be available or will I need to roll my own (see 1)? part 1/2

part 2/2 (3) Will they be available to buy? (4) Any chance I can access the data via Circuit Python on a Raspberry PI Pico - would make a great part of a standalone logger. Redfern Electronics

Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, from 1995. From The Demon-Haunted World

Can someone explain to me (in a non partisan way and without blame storming Russia / Covid ) how/why we as a "mature" democracy can allow Energy companies to make £billion profits whilst people plunge into poverty? GOV.UK Welsh Government? #losttheplot

Reality shatter. Our illusory world. The psychology of perception. These boxes are not moving. (GIF by じゃがりきん) x.com/pickover/statu…

Pause for thought:

As we go back to school....

Which (all?) of the five proficiencies does this show? Excellent activity for Curriculum for Wales. Welsh Government Education #cfw #curriculumforwales