It’s Thanksgiving, so time to reflect on what I’m thankful for.
Okay, I’m not American… but I work for an American company and have a lot of American colleagues, so this week has been quieter than usual – that helped put me in a thankful mood! I thought I’d share some of the stuff I got this year that I have loved more than I expected.
TLDR: I’ve been getting healthier this year. It’s gone well, and I’m pleased… so pleased that I feel the need to look back at what I’ve done.
I’m a fan of trying unusual things. In this post, I thought I’d share some examples of things I’ve done in the last year or so, in case it gives you an idea of something you might want to try.
I’ve added a new project worksheet to Machine Learning for Kids, based on the idea of a traffic camera in a carpool lane.
Students create training examples by labelling pictures of cars with random passengers in.
recording of creating the training examples at youtu.be/KtDrKcAwECU
The videos from TEDx Winchester 2023 are now live on YouTube – including a recording of my talk. This feels like a good point to look at back at what the experience was like.
My commute changed a few weeks ago – from a short drive, to a cross-country walk. I had to return my company car as we don’t do them any more, and I chose not to replace it. So now I’m starting and ending my day with a walk.
I was lucky enough to be invited onto a couple of podcasts this month to talk about Machine Learning for Kids.
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I’m running a competition to win a copy of my book, “Machine Learning for Kids”.
I mentioned a few months ago that I’ve written a book: “Machine Learning for Kids“.
I’ve got some spare copies of it that need a good home, so I thought it might be fun to run a competition!
I’ve got five copies that I’m going to give away in this competition.
To enter, I’m looking for new ideas for teaching children about AI and machine learning.
This could be an idea for a new machine learning project worksheet. You can see machinelearningforkids.co.uk/worksheets for examples of the sorts of thing this could cover. You could contribute a new worksheet, or if you’d prefer, you can just explain your idea for a new project worksheet and what students would learn from it.
This can include an idea for a new feature or capability on the Machine Learning for Kids website. You could contribute a design for the new capability, or you can just explain how it would work and what students would learn from it.
To take part, email your ideas to competition@machinelearningforkids.co.uk by 4th June 2021.
I’ll choose my five favourite ideas, and post a free paperback copy of my book to each of the five winners.
Full details and terms below, but please note the really big one: UK residents only, please. Sorry, but I don’t want to get into international shipping – so please only enter if you’ve got a UK address I could post a book to!