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.
Archive for the ‘misc’ Category
Focusing on my health
Saturday, November 23rd, 2024Trying new things
Thursday, July 27th, 2023I’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.
Catching the carpool cheats
Monday, July 24th, 2023I’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
My TEDx talk
Monday, July 24th, 2023The 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.
Walking to work
Friday, July 21st, 2023My 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.
Talking about machine learning for kids
Saturday, September 18th, 2021I was lucky enough to be invited onto a couple of podcasts this month to talk about Machine Learning for Kids.
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Win a copy of my “Machine Learning for Kids” book
Saturday, April 24th, 2021I’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!
Machine learning workshop for school teachers
Friday, April 2nd, 2021
This week I ran a remote workshop for school teachers about machine learning and artificial intelligence. It was organised with University College London as part of a series of activities they are running to celebrate the CS Expo: 40+ years of UCL Computer Science.
It was quite a long session, as we wanted it to be a hands-on practical CPD (Continuing Professional Development) workshop rather than just me giving a short talk. In the 90-minute workshop, we made two separate AI projects, which was a chance to see and contrast a few different approaches.