Michael Smyth

Biology teacher and Deputy Head at @StMarysCalne. “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”

[Gladiators zone @Gladiatorszonee]

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Great to have the @toughestrow transatlantic rowing boat raising money for @UKLyme at @StMarysCalne Founders’Day #WinYourOwnRace

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@SASHerts Such sad news. Mick was a great man and will be dearly missed.

[Michael Smyth @tlamjs]

Sunshine makes a huge difference… Roll on the Summer Term.

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

A favorite quotation from Danny Kahneman: "Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it." (Except Danny.)

[Work Chronicles @_workchronicles]

Working long hours

[Michael Smyth @tlamjs]

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbours, and let every new year find you a better person.” Benjamin Franklin

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

My 23 favorite insights from 2023:
https://t.co/oGLnRbtIap

[Dr Jill Berry @jillberry102]

"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." – Anne Lamott

How are you doing this holiday?

[Michael Smyth @tlamjs]

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[Michael Smyth @tlamjs]

“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are. And continue to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.”

An excellent Maya Angelou quotation from @RealGeoffBarton in this Friday's @ASCL_UK newsletter.

[Michael Smyth @tlamjs]

Feeling a little hypocritical reading @PepsMccrea’s excellent thread on smartphones on my smartphone on social media... Must claw back my attention and divert to other tasks!

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

Teachers: smartphones are eating your (student) attention.

Here's the lowdown:

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[George Mack @george__mack]

How to spot high agency people:

1. Weird teenage hobbies - Teenage years are the hardest time to go against social pressures. If they can go against the crowd as a teenager, they can go against the crowd as an adult.

2. Energy distortion field - If you meet with them when you're tired and defeated, you leave the room ready to run a marathon on a treadmill with max incline. Low agency people do the opposite.

3. Golden question - If you're in a 3rd world prison cell and had to call someone to get you out, who would you call? That's the highest agency person you know.

4. You can never guess their opinions - The boxer that writes poetry. The advertiser obsessed with the history of war. The beauty queen who reads Nietzsche. If their beliefs don't line up with their stereotypes, they've exercised agency.

5. Immigrant mentality - If they've moved from their hometown, that's a good sign. If they've moved from their home country, that's an even greater sign.

It takes agency to spot you're in the wrong place, resourcefulness to operationalise a move and a growth mindset to start from zero in a new location.

6. They send you niche content - Low agency people look at the social engagement of content before deeming its quality. High agency people just look at the content. They spot upcoming trends very early.

7. Mean to your face but nice behind your back - The social incentives are to be nice to people's faces and gossip behind their backs. To do the opposite requires agency because they're swimming against the social tide.

[David James @drdavidajames]

Oxford University says it will not base admissions on botched online tests | University of Oxford | The Guardian https://t.co/pjXATKkc2s

[Michael Smyth @tlamjs]

What an amazing privilege it is to work in education.

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@AndyLewis_RE @TeacherTapp I think Hulk Hogan might rack up a few Low Level Concerns in that outfit...

[Michael Smyth @tlamjs]

This made interesting listening. Not sure I can really comprehend the future of online meeting spaces like this, but it looks like we will see much more of them in the coming years #Metaverse

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Here's my conversation with Mark Zuckerberg, his 3rd time on the podcast, but this time we talked in the Metaverse as photorealistic avatars. This was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. It really felt like we were talking in-person, but we were miles apart 🤯 It's hard to put into words how awesome this was for someone like me who values the intimacy of in-person conversation. It gave me a glimpse of an exciting future with many new possibilities and fascinating questions about the nature of reality and human connection ❤

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:52 - Metaverse
15:27 - Quest 3
30:16 - Nature of reality
34:54 - AI in the Metaverse
51:51 - Large language models
57:49 - Future of humanity

[Michael Smyth @tlamjs]

@Positivteacha See you on the other side!

[Miss @missdcox]

Do you use Google Forms to write quizzes for students?

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