Tom Button
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Tom Button
@tombutton.bsky.social
Director for Data Science and Mathematics Technology at MEI - interested in using technology for learning maths, #ALevelMaths and #DataScienceEd - all views are my own or someone else's
Yes - all the sessions are recorded and available to teachers who sign-up.
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
There are 4 tickets that I bought this summer that weren't used. The admin fee they'd have charged to refund them was the same amount as the cost of the tickets!
January 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
... but, once the understanding has been developed then the 'by hand' version doesn't have much more use and technology will often be quicker and more accurate
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I think a good distinction is whether it supports greater understanding - e.g. multiplying two two-digit numbers by hand helps understand place value; whereas, the algorithm for finding square roots gives very little insight, so it's best done by technology ...
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I'd did a great project once with a group of sports studies who had to learn the normal distribution. We devised our own scoring system for the decathlon.
January 14, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Similar - none for ages then 20 over the weekend. ???
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Reposted by Tom Button
Come for the maths and stay for the ethical discussions. :)
January 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
"shine" and "than" here, but with a stress on "th"
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM