Tricia Friedman

My cast of bot characters to learn with

In the past year I’ve built over 100 different chatbots in order to learn when they are, and when they are not helpful in a learning journey.

My cast of bot characters

A timeline of purpose-built bots to try out.

Skim by theme below. Each card links directly to the bot.

Futures

Signals → Scenarios → Preferred moves

Foresight

Your Time Traveling Student

From 2030, nudging preferred-future practices and foresight prompts.

ScenarioSignalsAgency
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Perspective

Perspectives Swap for Futures Literacy

Perspective-taking drills to widen what tomorrow could be.

SignalsScenarios
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SEL

Practice moves with low risk

Role-play

Conflict Simulator

Rehearse research-backed approaches to conflict with low stakes.

Role-playFeedback
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Inclusion

Strengths-based views

UDL

Neurodivergent Nexus

Spot strengths: pattern recognition, flexibility, novel strategies.

UDLStrengths-based
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Home

Bridge school ↔ family

Caregivers

Eleanor: Bringing EF Home

Strengths-based routines for planning, working memory, and more.

CaregiversEF
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Meta-AI

When to use (and not use) AI

Strategy

Glitch: Learning Moves

Help students reason about when to use—and not use—AI.

EthicsStrategy
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Systems

Upstream > downstream

Root-cause

Getting Upstream

Practice upstream thinking to address root causes, not symptoms.

Root-causeDesign
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Policy

Drafts, compare, guardrails

Templates

AI in Education Policy Helper

Draft, compare, and discuss sensible AI policy components.

TemplatesCompare
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Civics

Rights, responsibilities, action

Consumer

Protecting Ontario’s Consumers

Know your rights when big business turns away.

ConsumerOntario
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