Google Gemini CLI is a game changer. Free, with ridiculous context memory and generous memory But (warning)… Read the T&C. github.com/google-gemin... If using the free model, they store your questions, responses and code for training (think env files!) Use. But use with caution ⛔️

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... I know you are a fan of these 😂 @themathsbazaar.bsky.social

Project #reddwarf talkie toaster update. Running well on #raspberrypi with #ollama #llama3.2. Speech recognition and TTS currently online, but I do have a (less accurate) offline version too. Next job is to hollow out the innards of an old toaster! 🍞 Anybody like any toast???

Happy Spring Point of Inflection Day! Download the powerpoint from www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xxr8n...

Never seen this method before. I think I like it!

Great idea for core maths teachers!

A revision activity for Core Pure Further #ALevelMaths. Any suggestions for any more?

Re: AMSP funding. I wrote to my MP expressing concerns about the cuts to AMSP funding; she wrote to the DfE, and this is the reply she has forwarded on to me. #ALevelMaths

Hopefully some good news for the AMSP… schoolsweek.co.uk/government-m...

Meet Isaac 😍 #cupra

Teacher pension rates increase to maintain scheme sustainability With the third pay increase on the way, check which band you belong to The bands are also rising, all by 1.7%, to help offset the effect of the pay increases

Wow! @desmos.com now has a new feature that if you take a random sample it shows you the values

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Project talkie toaster update: Finally got around to starting this using an offline LLM The code is almost ready, just need to stop it getting into an endless loop listening to its own responses and answering itself Stack Raspberry pi 5 8gb Deepspeech OLLAMA with llama 3 Coqui TTS

Ofsted. -Give all schools 3 targets following every inspection -Assign an officer post inspection to collaborate as a case worker in a supportive manner to help schools attain -It will be obvious how good the school is to the general public due to the nature of the targets Solved it

Lightbulb moment… found out it is possible to install a LLM chatbot onto a raspberry pi and run completely offline. There is only one thing for it… ✅offline speech recognition ✅local LLM ✅TTS Build a fully functional talkie toaster from red dwarf

Very sad news about the AMSP today 😢 Without a doubt the some of the most impactful CPD I have ever been part of has come from them TFM, Core maths, and subject leader network meetings Thank you to all involved over the years. You really made a difference to maths education 👏

A worthwhile proof by induction 😄

Today Y13 were studying collisions of spheres and wanted to know “why, in the spec, do spheres need to be of equal radius?” A good occasion to teach the general lesson that sometimes, by simplifying problems, you lose important features. Here the Impulse isn’t parallel to the plane. #MathsToday

Things I learnt today… My old MySpace page still exists myspace.com/danwilson282 albeit without my sweet custom css, or well anything I added There is evidently an existing bylaw I am not aware of that means you don’t have to pick up your dog 💩 if there is snow on the ground 😤

Why didn’t I think to do this sooner?

Just realised the first iteration of amPIL is 8 yr old today. Starting off on an out of control excel spreadsheet, through a MS access app, then migrating to a PHP web app, and is now a modern VueJS/Laravel supporting 67 schools. Only seems like yesterday as an idea from a corridor conversation

Some free Casio webinars for students coming up on using the fx-CG50. Thursday 16th January and Wednesday 29th January, both at 7pm. Worth advertising to students who have them, especially if it's just a few using them and not the whole cohort... education.casio.co.uk/webinars/ #ALevelMaths

I’ve decided to make this my permanent new home. Reason: I counted the latest 30 posts on my feed on each. On one platform , 7 were right leaning political posts and 5 were ads. Only 3 were education based. On the other, no political posts, no ads and the non edu posts were interesting to me :)

📢 New vacancy! We’re looking for a Chief Examiner for GCSE English Literature – a role that ensures fair and reliable assessments for many thousands of students nationwide. Application deadline is 6 January. Interested? Go to www.aqa.org.uk/join-us/seni...

This is a beautiful post from Tom Francome about a wonderful project to digitise Don Steward's rough notes. blog.lboro.ac.uk/cmc/2024/11/... I have loved just reading through the notes over the last few days and already grabbed quite a few things to use in lessons. @lborodme.bsky.social

Accepting new signups again… Our servers have the capacity to accept new schools again. amPIL will allow students to submit their own RAG feedback, generate feedback sheets, and predict topics students might need help with from a SoW. Find out more www.amPIL.co.uk Btw it’s 100% free for teachers 😍

…and breathe. Bit late in joining this party, but hoping this community is as I remember the old place :)