
So There!
Grandpa Randy, I can already hear you saying, “It’s easy to criticize.” And fair enough — I do criticize. A lot. But before you accuse

AI Balloons: Tech booms, guardrails, and responsibility
Prompts to OpenAI’s Sora: create a visualization of financial investment in AI bursting open as a balloon create a visual depicting guardrails guiding the movement

AI Balloons: I told you so
Grandpa Randy, I went to a children’s birthday party over the weekend, and I blew up so many balloons my cheeks hurt for hours after.

Numbers 2: AI, Water, & The Matrix
Grandfather Michael, one trillion of anything is mind-boggling! I cannot imagine what a thousand “thousands” looks like, let alone one million “millions”. And then the

Numbers 1: AI & WTF
Grandpa Randy, I am going to ask you to close your eyes…not right now, Grandpa. Finish reading this part. I would like you to visualize

Legacy: What Next? A sobering look at career prospects for the next generation
Legacy What Next? Last week I spent some time with my grandchildren and, typical of most adults when chatting with their grandchildren, I asked
Conversations with our grandchildren
Spitballing from the balcony
Grandfather Michael & Grandpa Randy
A combined century of education experience
Spitting ideas, not wads of paper.
About – These posts are simply a conversation—an honest, reflective exchange between two educators who have lived through fifty years of the evolution of schooling and find ourselves at the edge of a new frontier: the age of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
We invite you, the reader, to consider our writings as provocations, challenges, and, we hope, as a spark for the conversation that education so desperately needs.
Disclaimer – The opinions expressed in these articles and podcasts are those of the individual authors and do not represent the opinions of the CANeLearn board, advisors, members, or others involved in our network.
About – Dr. Michael Canuel was a founder of CANeLearn and served as the board chair over much of the organization’s existence. Dr. Randy LaBonte continues to serve as CANeLearn’s first and only CEO.
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