@edgreig

Chief Disruptor at Deloitte, falling in love with problems, not solutions. Using new tech to help our clients & ourselves. He/Him. @edgreig@mastodon.social

 London, England
Joined March 2009
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AI can now generate a unique textbook for every child based on their interests, which is genuinely impressive. But interactive whiteboards were genuinely impressive, and they didn't help learning. The classic failure mode of ed tech is the solution in search of a problem - the genuinely impressive technology that does not solve any of the actual problems schools face. substack.nomoremarking.com/p…

Why personalising education based on student interests doesn’t work

You can't learn everything through the medium of Taylor Swift

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Fantastic to see @xkcd and @standupmaths on stage at the Theatre Royal talking about What If. Delighted that my favourite question, about Yoda's power output, got a mention at the end!
Matt Parker and Randall Munroe on stage at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

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🎥We are proud to introduce another of our Directors, @EdGreig, Chief Disruptor at @DeloitteUK Ed has a strong connection to #CSC... watch to find out more... He is also a co-lead of our Fundraising Committee👏 #CSCGlobalAlumni #OurBoard #CommonwealthLeadershipMatters
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I thought you might like this ⁦@rhipratchett⁩ ! I know the current owner, my neighbour, is not a Discworld fan (I’ve encouraged her to start though) but she thinks the previous owner must have been.
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For those asking, this is a ref to Roo Beer in the Last Continent. It may not be everyone's fave but as someone who grew up watching Crocodile Dundee on loop & because Pterry actually signed my copy (“No bloody worries, mate”) it will always hold a special place in my ❤️
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The title page from Terry Pratchett’s The Last Continent, signed by the author “To Edward, No bloody worries”

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Welcome to Love AIsland, the world’s first Totally Artificial Reality Show, my quick-fire Future Of Media prediction this week! youtu.be/EVanrK7A0Oc?si=25e6… I don’t think this is a good idea BUT it's a very plausible consequence of the trends outlined in the thread below: (1/11)
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To create this I used: #ChatGPT to write the script and storyboard @midjourney to create the visuals and the contestants (Including the version of @sjtidmarsh) @D_ID_ to animate the characters @pika_labs, @LeiaPix and @runwayml to animate the images... (10/11)
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@stableaudio to create the music @elevenlabs to generate the dialogue @auphonic to clean up the audio + @Adobe Audition and Premiere to put it all together. (11/11)
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Ange Postecoglou speaking brilliantly on mental health
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Big day.
A badge marking a 1000 Day Language Streak on Duolingo, showing the Duolingo owl, Duo, on fire

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It would be good if sharing widgets (for @X and other social platforms) allowed the hosting site or app (In this case @duolingo) to have pre-filled #alttext #inclusivedesign #accessibility
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