Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Thank you for this keynote. I really appreciate the connections that you have made between many siloed disciplines, to outline a vision of a loving learning environment, one that values humanity over boxed efficiency. And to counter the dark clouds, here is the sunny view out my window now. 010
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Ever since @jmoenig.bsky.social said they were "trying to find a pedagogical entry point into all of this" about building Neural Network models (in this talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9W0...) I have been thinking about it for the age group that I am interested in (4-10+). Part of my thinking 1/?youtube.comWhat's new in Snap! 11 - Data - Extensions - Neural NetworksYouTube video by Jens Mönig 152
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Heading to @fosdem.org now from Ottawa. First they have to clear some snow off the runway. 161
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Bookmarks embroidered using @turtlestitch.bsky.social are all ready to go to @fosdem.org . Looking forward to meeting the people behind and supporting these beautiful creative software environments @jmoenig.bsky.social @microblocks.bsky.social @petermathijssen.bsky.social @4pip.bsky.social 2115
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney giving an historic speech. A must watch! m.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98... And to think that just last September I shook his hand and spoke with him (briefly) while enjoying an outdoor concert for over an hour. Standing right next to him. Only in Canada… 021
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 09/01/2026When I saw this, I immediately said to myself “…one of my favourite papers…”. However, I can say that about many, many more. He had such incredible vision at a time when the technologies we now take for granted were only in his imagination. 031
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Another incredible use of this tutorial is classifying 25 notes on a piano. Using a 450-50-26 model (I include a backgrounds sample), the results are mind-boggling!! In the list I show the note and how many times out of 331 samples it is predicted. My testing method is in the video. Next I need 1/2 311
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 24/10/2025@jmoenig.bsky.social I tried the MNIST data using a 10000 record csv. I used only 200 items to train in 784-100-10, and got through around 50 epochs before my computer hiccuped (likely memory?). It was enough to have what I consider to be a great start. 110
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Branford Marsalis quartet closing out Ottawa Jazzfest tonight. Accompanied by a giant dragonfly removing the pesky mosquitoes. It flies too fast to photograph. 010
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 22/06/2025It was Mavis Staples night tonight at Ottawa Jazzfest. 010
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Beautiful evening at singingout.com Iconique show @ Koerner Hall Toronto. Such a caring and loving community of humans. @deonandan.bsky.social you would like the Bowie tune. 120
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I spent a lovely day yesterday at NGMPS messin’ around with micro:bits. The grade 4/5 students made good use of @4pip.bsky.social book “Invent to Learn with the micro:bit” @garystager.bsky.social @sylviamartinez.bsky.social and are captured by their teacher at www.instagram.com/reel/DKNVpj-... 052
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 01/05/2025I forgot to tag people @sylviamartinez.bsky.social @garystager.bsky.social 110
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 01/05/2025I’ve been wanting to get a thermal camera going. I tried online tutorials and such but I don’t really want to learn Python and HTML in great detail. I finally got it going “Ken Kahn style”. Chatted back and forth with Gemini. Very much like with a real personality. Even called it a moron once! 000
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 31/03/2025@deonandan.bsky.social do you know people in the Ed faculty? 000
Reposted by Glenn BousteadCatherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Dear Americans: Please stand up for the rule of law. Especially every judge, lawyer and law student. It’s a thing. 414723
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 15/03/2025So I can now share the video that goes with this post @jmoenig.bsky.social @kgiori.bsky.social 041
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025The new speech blocks are fun to use. I got the finch to do some basic moves. My daughter wanted a backflip. Not today. But the patterner in me is satisfied. @jmoenig.bsky.social @kgiori.bsky.social there is so much more fun to come! (It won’t let me post video - I’ll work on that) 020
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Thanks! With only a few minutes to try it it works perfectly. I can’t wait to get right into it and add some physical devices to control and converse with. It also spelled my name correctly - that must be related to synchronization with other data on my computer??? 011
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 08/03/2025This book is filled with ways for children to learn and create WITH an AI entity (chatbot) rather than simply ABOUT it. Teachers are always looking for better ways to connect to the curriculum (that they must follow). Each chapter has brilliant ideas for rich open-ended activities for all learners. 011
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Thanks for this. I wasn’t in school for Kennedy but I remember the day. All the rest hits home. 000
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 04/03/2025This is a fantastic book. Written in a straightforward and concise manner by someone who knows what we need to hear about AI and learning. My copy arrived a few days ago, along with another yellow book. Both wonderfully calming and inspiring to read given the brain-cycle stealing current events. 031
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025This is essential viewing for anyone interested in how language models work. Especially to help children become acquainted with these ideas. You can also watch @jmoenig.bsky.social demonstrate these ideas at 32:00 in www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ft0... and @garystager.bsky.social both add to Kens bookyoutube.comRobolotCon24 | Roblot 2024 | Programa matiYouTube video by Robolot Team 020
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 01/03/2025My book has arrived! Excited to get into it after a morning ski. @garystager.bsky.social 130
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I met Ken Kahn at the Constructionism conference in NYC 2023. We had some interesting conversations about learning. I can’t wait to get my hands on this book! 101
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I asked deepseek r1:1.5b (local on a Raspberry Pi 5) to be president of the USA and respond to the question: will you visit the crash site? As a compassionate human being, it gave a decent response, even as a tiny model. It was not able to descend to the depths of a psychopathic narcissist. 030
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Great article! Everyone needs to learn some programming these days. What you need to do is somehow extend these ideas to all of the adults who think they are done with learning and sign them up for book club style programming sessions. They choose their interest and add a dash of computation to it. 211
Glenn Boustead @gbottawa.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I’ll be there! Very excited for this first in a lifetime opportunity. Our children are born into a world filled with computation. As educators, we must ensure that their learning environments allow them to flourish and grow with these technologies as integral parts and not simply add-ons. 121