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Creating custom GPTs, or Boodlebox Bots, Perplexity Spaces, Google Gemini GEMS, Claude Projects is a lot of fun. In this short walkthrough, I’ll share tips for crafting a Bot using Ollama and Page …

While watching Sarah Gibson’s 5 Things I Love About BoodleBox video, the first in her series (definitely worth counting down the reasons with her), and I had an idea. First, here’s the …

Creating custom GPTs, or Boodlebox Bots, Perplexity Spaces, Google Gemini GEMS, Claude Projects is a lot of fun. In this short walkthrough, I’ll share tips for crafting a ChatGPT Custom GPT. The pr…

Creating custom GPTs, or Boodlebox Bots, Perplexity Spaces, Google Gemini GEMS, Claude Projects is a lot of fun. In this short walkthrough, I’ll share tips for crafting a Google Gemini Gem. N…

Anyone who knows me realizes what admiration I have for people who can sketch and draw. My mother, who passed in 2017, was a mathematician, a teacher, and could draw with great detail. I still reme…

BoodleBox launched a new Bot, Mike. I was still a little hazy on how an individual could apply a promotional code, or a school district could get BoodleBox AI accounts. So I asked Mike bot, and it …

BoodleBox has turned on web search for all models. You no longer have to rely solely on Perplexity or Semantic Scholar for web searches then switch to another model for analysis, etc. As wonderful …

It’s a fast way to get into an app. Sure, you could hit the icon on your smartphone, but sometimes, your hands are full, and you need quicker access. It would be great if BoodleBox had an aud…

Note: This is a guest blog from my friend and colleague, Judy A., sharing about her experience with BoodleBox AI. Judy is a high school writing teacher at a local school. It has been slightly edite…

On Mastodon this morning, I stumbled across readbeanicecream’s post, asserting: As many schools struggle with how to handle the emergence of “AI” (actually LLMs), it may be time t…

Stop getting random results from AI tools and start building systems that consistently deliver for your classroom needs. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn to create powerful custom instr…

An account of #Bot creation for a High Yield Strategy Derby game focused on high-effect size instructional strategies and matching them to Gen #AI uses.

BoodleBox Optimization List My BoodleBox Bots BoodleBox Posts BoodleBox University Getting Started Step by Step Guides After testing numerous AI platforms, I consistently return to BoodleBox. …

Have you wondered what happens to deleted chats in Gen AI models? I simply figured that they would hang around forever. The short answer? BoodleBox safeguards your privacy on deleted chats better t…

Do you know what one of the advantages frontier models like ChatGPT Custom GPTs and Gemini Gems had over Boodle Box Bots? The power of the underlying model. Gemini Gems leveraged Gemini 2.5 Pro, wh…

I missed the announcement of Z.ai, but it’s a friendly AI, if a bit verbose. I like this chart it generated when I asked, “What formats can you export to?” Z.ai also offers a vari…

A short time ago, I had a fun conversation with Clyde ISD’s Saicy Lytle and Mike Neal. They are the hosts of the Ruff Draft podcast. We had a chance to discuss a blog entry I wrote about bot …

It was inevitable, just like Thanos in the Marvel movie where he says that. Gen AI, no matter the promise, is coming for your data. Claude creator Anthropic has given customers using its Free, Pro,…

Who has your back when it comes to data privacy? Every single Gen AI provider (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Copilot, etc.) is unable to safeguard consumer data. It’s a simple thing,…

Someone on Facebook asked: I am trying to build a unit that introduces/previews California 4th graders to the essential reading literary terms. We follow the 2017 McGraw-Hill Wonders 4th grade curr…

I saw this image, Best AI Tools for the New School Year (below), making the rounds from EducatorsTechnology.com and wondered, “Is it accurate? Are those tools really ones educators SHOULD be …

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present to a group of folks. Like many of the folks I present to, there’s an expectation that you can protect data privacy with free Gen AI tools. I may ha…

What we are seeing now with data privacy policy changes is a bait-n-switch. First, we’re promised our data is safe. Then, after we use the tool and find it indispensable, the policy is change…

Today, no advancement in technology (save for cell phones, which are now facing widespread, warranted bans) has shred through the fabric of our classrooms like AI has. (source: Clayton Kistner…

Are you a Texas public school librarian with questions about the new laws? You’re not alone. This past week at the Sun City Ed Tech Conference in El Paso, Texas, I shared a new custom GPT I p…

What we talk about when we talk about using AI

Humanities as a CAPTCHA Test in the Age of AI

The Cult of Human Exceptionalism

The AI Assessment Scale (v2) has officially been published in the open access Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice (JUTLP). Read more here!

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