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karenshancock

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Maths teacher, lapsed mathematician, fibre arts fiend (knitting, spinning, crochet and thinking about weaving), cyclist and papercrafter.

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Looking to teach myself Python. Any recommendations for a online course? (free or paid)

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It's half term break. How many cups of coffee in bed is too many to have before finally getting up? (I have my knitting and an hour of my audiobook left)

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Following on from a discussion on misconceptions in Maths on Friday, gauging if there is any appetite for me finally publishing my self explanation prompts for worked examples. It'll be a slow process, but if I'm going to start the holiday is the time to start! (Poll in next post)

A worked example with self explanation prompts on generating sequences.
A worked example on reverse percentages with self explanation prompts

karenshancock,
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Poll - would you use them for reference (pictures only), as a resource (editable files) or not all bothered (probably wouldn't use or refer to them)? (see pictures above)

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@ColinTheMathmo Thank you for the boost. It's got a bit of traction. As with everyone these days, working out which platform one's audience are frequenting is become harder work.

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And it fits. 😁 #knitting #FibreCrafts #FiberCrafts #KnittersOfMastodon

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My new skill for 2024. Sashiko/Visible mending.
Adding some wears to some worn out jeans and embellishing a charity shop purchased pair too. #visiblemending #visiblemend #sashiko #sustainablefashion #stitching

A repair to a worn patch of jeans. Small crosses are stitched over the area in a blue and purple variegated cotton thread.
A repair to a hole and worn patch in a pair of jeans. The edge of the hole is stitched in whip stich and the entire area is embroidered with stars on a regular pattern. The thread use is a variegated turquoise.

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Just me wondering if the rain will stop before I need to leave for work... Wondering how late I can leave the departure time... #CommuterCyclist

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A tree full of handmade goodness. Every year I add to the collection a d so have to retire some. There's a handful of snowflakes that need restiffening this year and so aren't yet on the tree. #handmade

An artificial Christmas tree with a plethora of handmade ornaments on it.
An artificial Christmas tree with a plethora of handmade ornaments on it.

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My first attempt at watercolour on my own sketch. #watercolour #painting

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Making myself some randomly generated Christmas socks this year from a selection of motifs.
Poor colour choice but I'm running with it.
If you fancy having an input then provide an ordered pair (x,y) x, y∈ℕ, 1≤x≤4,1≤y≤25

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In today's highlight of banks needing better staff.
Today they need better programming staff.

I had to upload some documents (they had already told me what documents) and it wouldn't let me proceed to save because "I hadn't completed all the required actions on the page".
After a minute or two of scrolling the only button left on the page was to download the pdf listing the acceptable documentation.

So I thought I'll click that download button see if that solves the problem, fully expecting it to not.

Turns out you have to click every action button on the page before you can click "Save and Next"

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I am unexpectedly at Euston station in an hour from now, for about 90 mins ... Anyone want to say hi?

Or just say hi here ...

karenshancock,
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@ColinTheMathmo I am expectedly at home. So I'll just say hi from here. ;-)

karenshancock, to knitting
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So they are done. Christmas socks for all the family. #knitting #HandknitSocks #FibreCrafts #FiberCrafts #KnittersOfMastodon

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This isn't a request for an answer ... I can look it up. It's a question about your experience.

So in your experience, will Daisy look sweet on the seat of a bicycle built for two or a bicycle made for two?

Please vote, and then reply in the comments if you're content to share your answer and rough geographical origin.

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@ColinTheMathmo Well I had to sing it all the way through - and I wished I'd sung it before I read your post... Not 100% certain I picked the one we sung when I was little.
London or Yorkshire roots for nursery rhymes I expect given what I know of family history... That's quite an option though! (I went for 'made')

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Hello all, It's been a busy half term at school. Nearly there. So a bit of brain space for social media.

karenshancock,
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@christianp Gosh, yes, it's certainly a long term this year. Is Christmas later? 😉

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Any A-Level teachers in interested in watching a video and giving me some feedback? It's a career talk, really ... how is A-Level maths used in my "career".

Let me know and I'll send you a link.

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@ColinTheMathmo Happy to oblige. 😁 Send the link by the easiest means of the many communication methods you have. 😊

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#MathsJam ticket purchased (coming Friday night).
Craft table offered for Saturday.
Now to order some spindles and fibre.
Also bringing my electric spinning wheel this year. 🙂 @MathsJam

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My neighbour has decided to entertain her teenage brothers by letting them reverse her car the length of the cul-de-sac and then drive it back into the parking space... Just waiting for them to hit one of the cars parked in the car park.

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Survived on only one cup of coffee a day whilst away, so trying to keep this up at home... It's harder when the coffee machine is just there.
#musings

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Planning a unit on geometric mean yesterday for the GCSE Statistics course and CHatGPT and Bard had some interesting ideas on questions.
#EduTooter #MTBoS

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Woke up and saw that bbc news is doing live coverage of the Rubik's cube world championships!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-66505078

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@christianp That's good - thanks for the heads up.

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#airfryer question...
I do most of my cooking in my top gas oven. Single shelf.
Would an airfryer actually make much difference to my energy usage or my cooking time?

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@christianp Thank you. 😁

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