{"id":4325,"date":"2021-04-02T12:52:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T12:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dalelane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4325"},"modified":"2021-04-02T13:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T13:22:50","slug":"machine-learning-workshop-for-school-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dalelane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4325","title":{"rendered":"Machine learning workshop for school teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I ran a remote workshop for school teachers about machine learning and artificial intelligence<\/a>. It was organised with University College London<\/a> as part of a series of activities they are running to celebrate the CS Expo: 40+ years of UCL Computer Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I’m still finding online remote workshops very challenging to run – it’s hard to pace things when you can’t see people’s reactions, and despite saying that I’d answer questions at the end I was continually distracted by answering questions I saw pop up in the Chat. But it is still fun. I got some really interesting questions, and it was satisfying to see how many teachers managed to make working projects.<\/p>\n