Tim Hewitson, OCT (he/they)

📚 I’m a K-12 Educator in #OntEd supporting #HWDSB students 🇨🇦 • MEd Student • Constantly (un)learning

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

So many ways to say “welcome”!
Beautiful additions to my school. #OntEd @PeelSchools

[Tim Hewitson, OCT (he/they) @ITeachTim]

According to @TorontoStar, @JillDunlop1 to assume the role of Ontario Minister of Education after Todd Smith steps down. #onpoli #onted

[Jeff Adema @jademahwdsb]

@HWDSB_WeHelp expanding and soon to be a New Feature for HWDSB students Exploration trailer and Robotics automation @HWDSB_HR #STEM education watch as we transform our new trailer where education is accessible and tangible:) Love my Job :)

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

NEWS

Scarlett Johansson has just issued this statement on OpenAI.

I have confirmed its authenticity directly with her publicist.

"Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system. He told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and Al. He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.

After much consideration and for personal reasons, declined the offer.

Nine months later, my friends, family and the general public all noted how much the newest system named "Sky" sounded like me.

When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference. Mr. Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single word "her" - a reference to the film in which | voiced a chat system, Samantha, who forms an intimate relationship with a human.

Two days before the ChatGPT 4.0 demo was released, Mr. Altman contacted my agent, asking me to reconsider. Before we could connect, the system was out there.

As a result of their actions, I was forced to hire legal counsel, who wrote two letters to Mr. Altman and OpenAl, setting out what they had done and asking them to detail the exact process by which they created the "Sky" voice. Consequently, OpenAl reluctantly agreed to take down the "Sky" voice.

In a time when we are all grappling with deepfakes and the protection of our own likeness, our own work, our own identities, I believe these are questions that deserve absolute clarity. I look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected.”

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

I think you need to take a minute away from your doomscrolling to watch a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.

You’re welcome.

[Caroline Alphonso @calphonso]

Ontario classrooms struggling with lack of supports, large numbers in destreamed courses, according to new @PeopleforEd report https://t.co/lUVjsIxH61

[Jenny Brooks @MsBrooksWRDSB]

I want to print and laminate this so I can post it in my classroom. It is so good and such a great visual of #GrowthMindset

[Tim Hewitson, OCT (he/they) @ITeachTim]

Looking forward to more nights like this 🌅 #HamOnt #Throwback

[PinkNews @PinkNews]

This International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we've put together this thread, to create awareness about micro-aggressions against the LGBTQIA+ community - which people don't realise are harmful #IDAHOBIT (1/7)

[Tim Hewitson, OCT (he/they) @ITeachTim]

Geeking out with some new (to us) classroom tech! Many thanks to some awesome community members who donated this to us!

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

Two education unions, including #ETFO, are pushing back on the Ford government’s request for private mediation, saying the process has yet to reach a breaking point.

Here, @ETFOpresident⁩ explains: https://t.co/uSU94NJhwJ

[Tim Hewitson, OCT (he/they) @ITeachTim]

@kaludo2 @kristinfarr @GuyBrown_HWDSB

[Tim Hewitson, OCT (he/they) @ITeachTim]

More progress on our DIY board games @GuyBrown_HWDSB

[Tim Hewitson, OCT (he/they) @ITeachTim]

Thank you to our volunteers! @LearnDiverse

[ONTSpecialNeeds @ONTSpecialNeeds]

This! #homework