David Monis-Weston
@informededucation.com
AI Lead @ PurposefulVentures.org; Co-lead of MathsHorizons.uk; Formerly Founder/CEO TeacherDevTrust.org; former physics/maths teacher, Trustee teachingawardstrust.com. 🏳️🌈 (he/him, cis)
http://www.informededucation.com/about/
http://www.informededucation.com/about/
This means everything to me. I’m only alive today due the miracles of medical science and my donor’s (and donor’s family) unbelievable generosity to donate a liver to me in 2009 to cure a rare disease. #WorldLiverDay organdonation.nhs.uk
April 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This means everything to me. I’m only alive today due the miracles of medical science and my donor’s (and donor’s family) unbelievable generosity to donate a liver to me in 2009 to cure a rare disease. #WorldLiverDay organdonation.nhs.uk
I drew this cartoon 7 years ago. Still feels relevant…
February 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I drew this cartoon 7 years ago. Still feels relevant…
So proud of my sister in law @bardymum.bsky.social whose _fabulous_ new children’s poetry book Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It has been recommended by @theguardian.com - it’s such a witty and clever book, thoroughly recommended.
November 23, 2024 at 8:58 AM
So proud of my sister in law @bardymum.bsky.social whose _fabulous_ new children’s poetry book Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It has been recommended by @theguardian.com - it’s such a witty and clever book, thoroughly recommended.
This was *fantastic* - thoroughly recommended.
September 27, 2024 at 9:15 PM
This was *fantastic* - thoroughly recommended.
Just read a summary and it sounds interesting. My guess is that it’s possibly a bit contested too! Have you read Dehaene’s How We Learn? Fascinating account of the roles of top down and bottom up processing.
September 26, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Just read a summary and it sounds interesting. My guess is that it’s possibly a bit contested too! Have you read Dehaene’s How We Learn? Fascinating account of the roles of top down and bottom up processing.
In other news today I’m delighted to join @headsroundtable.bsky.social as an advisor.
September 20, 2024 at 3:59 PM
In other news today I’m delighted to join @headsroundtable.bsky.social as an advisor.
Great to be here tonight at an NFER, meeting school, trust and sector leaders and discussing sector challenges and research.
September 19, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Great to be here tonight at an NFER, meeting school, trust and sector leaders and discussing sector challenges and research.
September 18, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Lovely little puzzle. Found on Threads shared by www.threads.net/@tjtt123
September 5, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Lovely little puzzle. Found on Threads shared by www.threads.net/@tjtt123
Well, it is an underrepresentation and the stats on progression are certainly concerning. Hard to argue there isn't a significant disparity and a significant issue, I would suggest.
August 23, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Well, it is an underrepresentation and the stats on progression are certainly concerning. Hard to argue there isn't a significant disparity and a significant issue, I would suggest.
Bloody hell this is good. Harrowing. And she certainly has a strong story to tell about the “pens debate”! Still only halfway - what an absorbing read.
August 22, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Bloody hell this is good. Harrowing. And she certainly has a strong story to tell about the “pens debate”! Still only halfway - what an absorbing read.
I’m getting this - but I’d love to read this!
August 15, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I’m getting this - but I’d love to read this!
Quick tip - seen a long YouTube video and wondering if it's worth the effort? Go into the part of the description, click 'transcript' and highlight+copy+paste the text into Claude.AI and ask it to summarise in long-form bullets with quotes. Bingo.
August 15, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Quick tip - seen a long YouTube video and wondering if it's worth the effort? Go into the part of the description, click 'transcript' and highlight+copy+paste the text into Claude.AI and ask it to summarise in long-form bullets with quotes. Bingo.
10 years ago! This tweet sparked an extraordinary fortnight of TV and radio appearances which let to me setting up OutTeacher, a network for sharing stories and ideas about being out in the classroom that later became LGBTed.
August 14, 2024 at 6:39 AM
10 years ago! This tweet sparked an extraordinary fortnight of TV and radio appearances which let to me setting up OutTeacher, a network for sharing stories and ideas about being out in the classroom that later became LGBTed.
Repost with the first album that you bought with your own money.
August 13, 2024 at 6:06 AM
Repost with the first album that you bought with your own money.
What a delight to see the extraordinary Sifan Hassan sporting her hijab in a beautiful and gentle critique of France’s very weird ban on them for its own athletes. 🇳🇱
August 11, 2024 at 8:10 PM
What a delight to see the extraordinary Sifan Hassan sporting her hijab in a beautiful and gentle critique of France’s very weird ban on them for its own athletes. 🇳🇱
First really decent allotment haul of the year, with a little help of generosity from our lovely allotment neighbour.
August 10, 2024 at 2:14 PM
First really decent allotment haul of the year, with a little help of generosity from our lovely allotment neighbour.
Initially, 32% of ChatGPT hints contained errors. Researchers used a "self-consistency" technique to reduce this: generating multiple answers and choosing the most common one. This dropped error rates to near 0% for algebra and 13% for statistics. 🧵(4/5)
August 9, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Initially, 32% of ChatGPT hints contained errors. Researchers used a "self-consistency" technique to reduce this: generating multiple answers and choosing the most common one. This dropped error rates to near 0% for algebra and 13% for statistics. 🧵(4/5)
Worth noting: participants were Mechanical Turk workers, not traditional students. Still, results suggest ChatGPT has potential as an educational tool. Study used GPT-3.5 with remarkably simple prompts - just the math problem text itself. 🧵(3/5)
August 9, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Worth noting: participants were Mechanical Turk workers, not traditional students. Still, results suggest ChatGPT has potential as an educational tool. Study used GPT-3.5 with remarkably simple prompts - just the math problem text itself. 🧵(3/5)
The study showed ChatGPT hints led to a 17% learning gain, statistically significant compared to the control group. Human tutor hints resulted in an 11.62% gain (not statistically significant vs control). Both hint types were equally effective. 🧵(2/5)
August 9, 2024 at 5:49 AM
The study showed ChatGPT hints led to a 17% learning gain, statistically significant compared to the control group. Human tutor hints resulted in an 11.62% gain (not statistically significant vs control). Both hint types were equally effective. 🧵(2/5)
Interesting paper from @zpardos and @ShreyaB82657013, "ChatGPT-generated help produces learning gains equivalent to human tutor-authored help on mathematics skills" that finds ChatGPT can be as effective as human tutors for math help. 🧵(1/5)
August 9, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Interesting paper from @zpardos and @ShreyaB82657013, "ChatGPT-generated help produces learning gains equivalent to human tutor-authored help on mathematics skills" that finds ChatGPT can be as effective as human tutors for math help. 🧵(1/5)
I'm looking forward to speaking about "AI for Teacher Development: Exploring possibilities and tools" at the World Education Summit, on the Training Stage, Thursday 21st March. #WorldEdSummit worldedsummit.com
January 11, 2024 at 8:40 AM
I'm looking forward to speaking about "AI for Teacher Development: Exploring possibilities and tools" at the World Education Summit, on the Training Stage, Thursday 21st March. #WorldEdSummit worldedsummit.com
Amazing family New Year’s Day walk just outside Amsterdam
January 1, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Amazing family New Year’s Day walk just outside Amsterdam
Very proud to see Teacher Development Trust on this list of organisations offering equal parental leave. TDT offers 6 months fully paid for maternity, paternity and adoption leave for employees with us 2+ years.
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October 30, 2023 at 2:23 PM
Very proud to see Teacher Development Trust on this list of organisations offering equal parental leave. TDT offers 6 months fully paid for maternity, paternity and adoption leave for employees with us 2+ years.
www.linkedin.com/posts/elliot...
www.linkedin.com/posts/elliot...