Simon Lorimer

My first #pencilsketch in a long time. The last of the pickles. I skipped trying to add contents to the tupperware. The main shape needed more time

Iffy ChatGPT arguments in today's Times. thetimes.co.uk/article/intern… 1. As ChatGPT is so good at essay writing, students should focus on things ChatGPT can't do. But this won't work, because in order to get good at the things robots can't do, we must learn the things they can do.

@tamwol @iborganization blogs.ibo.org/blog/2023/02/2…

@lorimersimon @iborganization There is a public blog post

“If an AI programme can indeed convincingly answer an exam question in the style of an 18-year-old student, why not take advantage of that fact in today's teaching and learning?” Read more about the IB's views on AI 👇 bit.ly/3m93MLk

@UnseenJapanSite What does it mean to say he was sacked? Does that mean he's out of a job now, or has he just temporarily lost a title and is still in a similar position of influence?

UPDATE: Kishida just sacked secretary Arai Masayoshi over these comments. "They're unforgiveable," he said. This is the I've-honestly-lost-track-teenth shuffle in Kishida's inner circle in the past year. unseenjapan.com/kishida-secret…

Just days after his boss threw cold water on national marriage equality, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's secretary makes blatantly anti-LGBTQ+ comments: "There are lots of people put off by same-sex marriage. I don’t want them living next to me either." unseenjapan.com/kishida-secret…

@TheSolarCan A more dramatic version! The wonders of Snapseed.

My school is having a post-it art event so I thought this would be a good opportunity to try out the @TheSolarCan puck to make an entry. This is a sunnyish weekend on campus. Maybe it was windy for part of it and I didn't mount it very securely.

Happy New Year

Inspired by our @YIS_ELC here is the result of some play with Grade 9 students making rollercoasters. Some air time and a successful landing! #yislearning #play #playislearning

Tonight's total #EclipseLunar

That was fun. Thanks to you and the kids for coming over to play!

UK Teachers! Interested in how new tech is being used for mental health? Have opinions about "chatbot therapists" or monitoring tools? Want to chat about school mental health in general? Read more + sign up: oxneurosec.com/projects/menta… #edutwitter #teachertwitter

@flippitynet Impeccable timing for the start of school on Monday - thanks!

Flippity Random Name Picker has a new spreadsheet option that allows for multiple classes and doesn't need to be published (names are contained in the URL): flippity.net/RandomNamePick…

Today's #pencilsketch - a sculpture of a Zimbabwe bird.

Been a while since my last #pencilsketch This one is from some guinea fowl statuettes. Would like to get more volume in the shapes.

#firefly pictures again. This time some people on a bridge watching the fireflies and the river below. A little surreal

@Dr_Luke_Tyas @zanzane @TheSolarCan They expressed it relative to an object in the image as this is a familiar approach to them. The next step would be to convert this into angular sizes so that it can be compared to expected values as you suggest.

@zanzane @lorimersimon @TheSolarCan I don’t understand this. How is there a 12m Delta on sun height for an object 96 million miles away? Surely there’s just an angular separation between the lowest and highest arc?

100 days of sunshine using @TheSolarCan at our new school campus. Very happy to be able to pick out details of the building! Next time we will mount it at a steeper angle to catch the summer sun better. #yislearning

@zanzane @TheSolarCan That's neat. We should set up another one from the summer solstice. We can use this to predict the best angle to mount it at.

@lorimersimon @TheSolarCan The grade 10 students gave modelling a try. They averaged the difference in height of the Sun as about 12 m between the lowest and highest recording:

#Firefly pictures are hard! This one has some nice action though.

@guentheralex I'm reading your tweet just after listening to an hour long radio documentary on why OK Computer is the best album ever. Evolving into floaty jazziness fits the thesis. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…