CANeLearn’s Grandfather Michael and Grandpa Randy’s podcast series on AI for Education.
Join Dr. Canuel & Dr. LaBonte as they chat about their current thinking shared in blog posts, and occasionally interrupted by two cheeky chatbots, Annie and Lily.
A conversation exploring how the AI backlash is an age-old human resistance to disruption, arguing that AI can either reduce thinking by providing easy answers or foster better thinking.
Accompanied by a blog post on this topic: https://canelearn.net/2026/09/21/why-bother/ AI-generated chatbots comment using human-supervised, AI-created sarcastic remarks.
Once we started thinking about our grandchildren, we realized they weren’t the exception. They were giving us a glimpse of the future. And frankly, we don’t think most adults have noticed yet.
AI in education and what to expect next. The guest speaker is Annie, a chatbot – our first podcast about our reflections on K-12 education.
The disconnect between educational goals and outdated assessment. While critics increasingly emphasize loss of critical thinking, traditional assessment prioritizes memorization.
A discussion about how schools are not preparing students for the workplaces that exist now, let alone in the future.
Podcasts are human-generated and controlled, based on ideas from the two authors.
Generative AI tools were used to create images and animate them.
AI tools were also used to co-create some of the wording in the podcasts, including supporting editorial tasks, brainstorming alternative wording, improving clarity, organization, and identifying areas where additional explanation might strengthen the wording.