Sketchbook Tags
A way to browse the AI Sketchbook laterally rather than by section. Useful when the pattern you care about is something like writing, fabrication, archives, or source evaluation rather than whether a sketch started in teaching or research.
Below are the tags currently in use across sketchbook post pages. As the sketchbook grows, this should become a more useful way to move across related ideas.
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Argument Audit
Key questionHow can AI help sharpen writing skills instead of replace them?
ActivityStudents use AI-generated objections to test whether a thesis is vague, vulnerable, or genuinely persuasive.
What students learn- the difference between tone and analytical precision
- what makes an objection substantive vs. generic
- how vague writing produces vague critique
Citation Test
Key questionHow can AI output help students learn scholarly integrity?
ActivityStudents verify AI-generated citations one by one and turn fabricated sources into a lesson about evidence and authority.
What students learn- why polished prose is not evidence of accuracy
- how hallucination happens and why it's convincing
- verification is a scholarly habit, not a library ritual
Generate 3D Prints from 2D Drawings
ExperimentAI can transform a historical line drawing into a 3D-printable file, adding a tactile dimension to research that images alone can't provide.
Results- generated 3D-printable files from 2D historical images
- reconstructed material culture objects for research
- incorporated tactile elements into research presentations
Historical Source Evaluation
Key questionHow do filter bubbles affect the way a LLM chatbot writes historical analysis?
What students learn- how context shapes historical interpretation
- what filter bubbles look like in practice
- the difference between pronouncing and puzzling about sources
Medieval Handwriting Recognition Workflow
ExperimentTo create an AI agent to work with Gemini and Claude to bulk process 300 images of archival documents and enable full-text search of medieval handwriting.
Results- built an agentic pipeline for bulk document processing
- combined multiple LLMs to improve transcription accuracy
- enabled full-text search of handwritten archival sources
Photos to Map Pins
ExperimentCreate an interactive map with pins for hundreds of photos, using GPS metadata already embedded in your phone's images — in under an hour.
Results- extracted GPS metadata from image files
- built a map visualization with AI-assisted coding
- presented geolocated data in a public-facing format
Remixing Plato
Key questionHow can AI help translate ideas into contemporary culture?
ActivityStudents remix a Platonic dialogue into modern garb using AI to investigate how conversations of authority evolve over time.
What students learn- what AI can and cannot preserve in philosophical argument
- how form and genre reshape meaning
- that prompting requires the same clarity as writing
What Does Cilantro Taste Like?
Key questionHow to introduce students to the basics of AI output differences?
What students learn- AI is a spectrum of models, not one fixed thing
- how temperature, token limits, and sampling shape output
- what training data has to do with what a model knows
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