@LachM
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#MTBoS #ITeachMath #EdTech and #NBA among other things.
Adelaide, South Australia
Joined February 2009
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Interesting poem about the challenge and power of collaboration in teaching from Peter McFarlane:
Your Attention Please (1981)
Sorry to interrupt
break the spell of activity in the room
but we have to arrive at a decision here
now
on what to do
on what to report to the others – at Adelaide, South Australia
Not sure if this account is still on but please have a go at my daily word puzzle game playfluorescent.com and let me know if you like it or have other feedback ✌️ – at Adelaide, South Australia
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
The 2026 Winter Olympics figure skating ⛸️ free dance was scored by 9 judges
The French judge gave Beaudry & Cizeron 🇫🇷 a 137.45 but only gave Chock & Bates 🇺🇸 a 129.74
All other judges were relatively close in their two scores 🤔
Judge No. 4 was just in a bad mood overall
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
NEW: IT'S NOT JUST THE UK!
🟢The UK is 14th OECD country to become coal-free.
🟢OECD coal power falls to less than HALF of its peak in 2007.
🟢All but 5 OECD countries have seen falls of at least 30% from peak coal power
(lovely dataviz from @C_BruceLockhart) 🧵
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
Just fed the text of a book—Student Assessment, co-authored with Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher—into Google's Notebook LM (HT @emollick) and it produced a ten-minute podcast as well as a list of FAQs and a study guide. As Ethan says, "Seriously, just listen": bit.ly/47EtlYf
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
An interesting chart on the age distribution of athletes at the Paris Olympics.
Youngest- Skateboarding, gymnastics
Oldest- Equestrian, Triathlon
It's kind of wild how young swimming skews compared to its close athletic cousins (track, triathlon, cycling)
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
this will be one of my favorite moments ever not just because it secured gold. nor because of the difficulty. because he is the only person on earth who not passing to one of these two, wide open, is acceptable.
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
A short summary of my basic principles of behaviour management. Feel free to share to anyone who might find it useful.
“But sir, I only used AI a little bit. The Turnitin checker must have turned up another false positive.”
The actual submitted work:
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
What’s happening with artificial intelligence jobs? My speech to the ABS-RBA Human Capital Conference, based on joint research with @MattCowgill ministers.treasury.gov.au/mi… #auspol #ausecon #ai
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
Again, much of the conflict about math pedagogy is a disagreement about:
a) whether math is a set of secret codes or something accessible on a concrete, sensory level.
b) whether students have valuable knowledge to build on or not.
This all gets easier if you get that.
ALT One person tweets: "Isn't part of teaching deciding when and how to respond to children's ideas?" Another person responds: "Why would you respond to their ideas? If they already know the maths then they don't need a tutor."
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
The Economist: "China has become a scientific superpower"
Rare for me - maybe even unprecedented - to praise the Economist but this might be the seminal article on the current status of China's scientific might.
Let's take a look 🧵
economist.com/science-and-te…
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
What an awesome #NoticeWonder prompt!
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
The ABC analyses the headshots and hairstyles of all AFL players in the 2024 season to definitively answer: is the mullet back? ab.co/3QWkBWu
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
AI detection in school is a losing game.
AI detectors have high flaw positives & teacher intuition seems to work even worse: “Here we show in two experimental studies that novice and experienced teachers could not identify texts generated by ChatGPT among student-written texts.”
Lachlan McFarlane retweeted
#AFLCrowsPower Final xScores:
ADEL 76 from expected 59.7 (+2 rushed)
PORT 46 from expected 68.8 (+2 rushed)
The final xscore will be 🤣
#AFLCrowsPower Q3 29:29 xScore update:
ADEL 56 from expected 40.5
PORT 28 from expected 44.3
Current: ADEL Win 85.9% 19.7pts
Pregame: ADEL Win 35.6% -11.8pts
**Up to 1 shot(s) missing**
