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
This is awesome - it's made it really easy to generate charts that can be imported into documents to form the basis of a discussion
You can now copy our charts to the clipboard for easy sharing!
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is awesome - it's made it really easy to generate charts that can be imported into documents to form the basis of a discussion
Reposted by Tom Button
You can now copy our charts to the clipboard for easy sharing!
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
You can now copy our charts to the clipboard for easy sharing!
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
Reposted by Tom Button
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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Do your students see maths as just an answer‑finding exercise? With the right approach using their calculators, we can shift that mindset. Dive into how teacher modelling can spark deeper understanding. education.casio.co.uk/blog/how-mod...
How modelling calculator use boosts student learning - Casio Calculators
We explore how demonstrating calculator use in real time helps students build confidence, learn multiple strategies and see maths in new ways.
education.casio.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Do your students see maths as just an answer‑finding exercise? With the right approach using their calculators, we can shift that mindset. Dive into how teacher modelling can spark deeper understanding. education.casio.co.uk/blog/how-mod...
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In #mathstoday our team did some training on using Desmos to teach using one of these lovely webinar recordings from @tombutton.bsky.social and @sarahdenisonmei.bsky.social.
amsp.org.uk/teachers/tea...
amsp.org.uk/teachers/tea...
Teaching with Desmos webinars - AMSP
amsp.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In #mathstoday our team did some training on using Desmos to teach using one of these lovely webinar recordings from @tombutton.bsky.social and @sarahdenisonmei.bsky.social.
amsp.org.uk/teachers/tea...
amsp.org.uk/teachers/tea...
Reposted by Tom Button
Next term we'll be running a version of our popular 'Maths into Data Science and AI' course for non-A level Maths students.
This 9-session online course is ideal for students of Core Maths or A level Computer Science.
You can sign your students up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
This 9-session online course is ideal for students of Core Maths or A level Computer Science.
You can sign your students up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Next term we'll be running a version of our popular 'Maths into Data Science and AI' course for non-A level Maths students.
This 9-session online course is ideal for students of Core Maths or A level Computer Science.
You can sign your students up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
This 9-session online course is ideal for students of Core Maths or A level Computer Science.
You can sign your students up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
Reposted by Tom Button
Our popular PD course for #ALevelMaths teachers: 'The Maths of Data Science and AI' is now recruiting for the spring term
It's 5 online sessions and a study day (with a £350 bursary to attend the day)
You can sign-up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b23514...
It's 5 online sessions and a study day (with a £350 bursary to attend the day)
You can sign-up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b23514...
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Our popular PD course for #ALevelMaths teachers: 'The Maths of Data Science and AI' is now recruiting for the spring term
It's 5 online sessions and a study day (with a £350 bursary to attend the day)
You can sign-up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b23514...
It's 5 online sessions and a study day (with a £350 bursary to attend the day)
You can sign-up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b23514...
Our popular PD course for #ALevelMaths teachers: 'The Maths of Data Science and AI' is now recruiting for the spring term
It's 5 online sessions and a study day (with a £350 bursary to attend the day)
You can sign-up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b23514...
It's 5 online sessions and a study day (with a £350 bursary to attend the day)
You can sign-up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b23514...
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Our popular PD course for #ALevelMaths teachers: 'The Maths of Data Science and AI' is now recruiting for the spring term
It's 5 online sessions and a study day (with a £350 bursary to attend the day)
You can sign-up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b23514...
It's 5 online sessions and a study day (with a £350 bursary to attend the day)
You can sign-up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b23514...
Next term we'll be running a version of our popular 'Maths into Data Science and AI' course for non-A level Maths students.
This 9-session online course is ideal for students of Core Maths or A level Computer Science.
You can sign your students up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
This 9-session online course is ideal for students of Core Maths or A level Computer Science.
You can sign your students up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Next term we'll be running a version of our popular 'Maths into Data Science and AI' course for non-A level Maths students.
This 9-session online course is ideal for students of Core Maths or A level Computer Science.
You can sign your students up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
This 9-session online course is ideal for students of Core Maths or A level Computer Science.
You can sign your students up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
Reposted by Tom Button
Wrapping up from a lovely few days meeting colleagues and researchers from all over the world. #ICTMT17London Love spending time with so many people who are working to improve maths education!
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Wrapping up from a lovely few days meeting colleagues and researchers from all over the world. #ICTMT17London Love spending time with so many people who are working to improve maths education!
Great to see @meimaths.bsky.social up among the sponsors at #ICTMT17London
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Great to see @meimaths.bsky.social up among the sponsors at #ICTMT17London
Reposted by Tom Button
Here's the more traditional #DataViz plot!
The data is this week's #TidyTuesday data from the @metoffice.gov.uk, where I focused on hours of sunshine per day in Leuchars! 🌤️
#RStats #ggplot2
The data is this week's #TidyTuesday data from the @metoffice.gov.uk, where I focused on hours of sunshine per day in Leuchars! 🌤️
#RStats #ggplot2
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Here's the more traditional #DataViz plot!
The data is this week's #TidyTuesday data from the @metoffice.gov.uk, where I focused on hours of sunshine per day in Leuchars! 🌤️
#RStats #ggplot2
The data is this week's #TidyTuesday data from the @metoffice.gov.uk, where I focused on hours of sunshine per day in Leuchars! 🌤️
#RStats #ggplot2
Reposted by Tom Button
Reposted by Tom Button
We've also got a version of the course for students who aren't studying A level Maths - ideal for Core Maths or A level Computer Science students.
amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
Event - AMSP
amsp.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We've also got a version of the course for students who aren't studying A level Maths - ideal for Core Maths or A level Computer Science students.
amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
amsp.org.uk/event/b08828...
Reposted by Tom Button
The spring Maths into Data Science and AI (for #ALevelMaths Maths students) is now open for booking.
11 online sessions about data science, machine learning and AI.
The autumn courses filled up really quickly!
amsp.org.uk/event/91a508...
11 online sessions about data science, machine learning and AI.
The autumn courses filled up really quickly!
amsp.org.uk/event/91a508...
amsp.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The spring Maths into Data Science and AI (for #ALevelMaths Maths students) is now open for booking.
11 online sessions about data science, machine learning and AI.
The autumn courses filled up really quickly!
amsp.org.uk/event/91a508...
11 online sessions about data science, machine learning and AI.
The autumn courses filled up really quickly!
amsp.org.uk/event/91a508...
The spring Maths into Data Science and AI (for #ALevelMaths Maths students) is now open for booking.
11 online sessions about data science, machine learning and AI.
The autumn courses filled up really quickly!
amsp.org.uk/event/91a508...
11 online sessions about data science, machine learning and AI.
The autumn courses filled up really quickly!
amsp.org.uk/event/91a508...
amsp.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The spring Maths into Data Science and AI (for #ALevelMaths Maths students) is now open for booking.
11 online sessions about data science, machine learning and AI.
The autumn courses filled up really quickly!
amsp.org.uk/event/91a508...
11 online sessions about data science, machine learning and AI.
The autumn courses filled up really quickly!
amsp.org.uk/event/91a508...
Reposted by Tom Button
Indeed AI - machine learning type - won a Nobel prize last year
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 was divided, one half awarded to David Baker "for computational protein design", the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper "for protein structure predi...
www.nobelprize.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Indeed AI - machine learning type - won a Nobel prize last year
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
Reposted by Tom Button
But this is not actually a critique of AI - it’s one of LLMs. AI is much much more than that. And maybe this particular version doesn’t stick - like we’ve moved on from massive reels of magnetic tape to streaming, but one has built on the other alongside other changes in technology.
October 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM
But this is not actually a critique of AI - it’s one of LLMs. AI is much much more than that. And maybe this particular version doesn’t stick - like we’ve moved on from massive reels of magnetic tape to streaming, but one has built on the other alongside other changes in technology.
Reposted by Tom Button
Check out my new article: vitalstatistics.kareemcarr.com/p/a-simple-e...
October 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Check out my new article: vitalstatistics.kareemcarr.com/p/a-simple-e...
Reposted by Tom Button
Tomorrow, I'm showing off MENACE at the Association for Science and Discovery Centres' Members' Forum. Tickets are free and looks like they're still available. www.sciencecentres.org.uk/events/octob...
October Members’ Forum: Engaging audiences with AI
October Members’ Forum: Engaging audiences with AI
www.sciencecentres.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Tomorrow, I'm showing off MENACE at the Association for Science and Discovery Centres' Members' Forum. Tickets are free and looks like they're still available. www.sciencecentres.org.uk/events/octob...
Reposted by Tom Button
Explore the data on life expectancy for individual countries: ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...
Life expectancy
An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.
ourworldindata.org
October 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Explore the data on life expectancy for individual countries: ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...
Reposted by Tom Button
Wondering if you can outsource your data viz work to ChatGPT? 📊
I tested out a few different generative AI tools, giving them prompts to visualise two different data sets. If you're interested in the results, you can read them here: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/gen-ai-...
#RStats #Python #DataViz #GenAI
I tested out a few different generative AI tools, giving them prompts to visualise two different data sets. If you're interested in the results, you can read them here: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/gen-ai-...
#RStats #Python #DataViz #GenAI
Generative AI for Data Visualisation – Nicola Rennie
Can generative AI create good data visualisations? This blog post compares the performance of ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini when presented with a generic request to visualise a dataset.
nrennie.rbind.io
October 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Wondering if you can outsource your data viz work to ChatGPT? 📊
I tested out a few different generative AI tools, giving them prompts to visualise two different data sets. If you're interested in the results, you can read them here: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/gen-ai-...
#RStats #Python #DataViz #GenAI
I tested out a few different generative AI tools, giving them prompts to visualise two different data sets. If you're interested in the results, you can read them here: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/gen-ai-...
#RStats #Python #DataViz #GenAI
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Ritangle 2025 is here!
Answer question 1 (please DO NOT give away the answer below!) then head over to buff.ly/lchWXbU to register your team.
A level maths teachers, don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity for your students!
#ALevelMaths #Ritangle2025
Answer question 1 (please DO NOT give away the answer below!) then head over to buff.ly/lchWXbU to register your team.
A level maths teachers, don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity for your students!
#ALevelMaths #Ritangle2025
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ritangle 2025 is here!
Answer question 1 (please DO NOT give away the answer below!) then head over to buff.ly/lchWXbU to register your team.
A level maths teachers, don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity for your students!
#ALevelMaths #Ritangle2025
Answer question 1 (please DO NOT give away the answer below!) then head over to buff.ly/lchWXbU to register your team.
A level maths teachers, don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity for your students!
#ALevelMaths #Ritangle2025
Reposted by Tom Button
Have you visited the Casio Resources Centre lately? It's had an upgrade. education.casio.co.uk/all-resources/
Resources Archive - Casio Calculators
Welcome to the Casio Resources Centre where you can find, view, save and download over 200 resources, created by teachers for teachers. Below you will find our most popular collections. Simply use…
education.casio.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Have you visited the Casio Resources Centre lately? It's had an upgrade. education.casio.co.uk/all-resources/