Disrupting the Transaction: Humanizing College-Ready Writing in the Age of AI.
In collaboration with KQED.
Join us this summer from June 15th-18th for our second summer program focused on AI! We are excited to present Dr. Marie Heath as our keynote speaker. All teachers who register and attend will receive a complimentary copy of Dr. Heath’s new book, Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms – A Practical Guide for Cultivating Justice and Joy.
While the ubiquity of AI can raise fundamental questions about our role as teachers and the ethics of technology, its emergence also offers us an opportunity to question transactional writing practices that can undermine student learning and their sense of themselves as writers. In the age of AI, we suggest that it is essential to disrupt transactional approaches to writing in favor of those that center student process, authority, and voice.
We will partner with KQED on Tuesday, June 16th. Rachel Roberson will join us to share strategies for AI integration that center student voice and promote critical media literacy and awareness.
Our Summer Program invites these essential questions:
- How can we build classrooms that engage in humanizing pedagogies of “writing” and “rigor” and reduce students’ desire to outsource their work?
- How can we focus on a writing process more than a product?
- How can we cultivate and center student voice in the age of AI?
- How can we support student partnership with AI rather than their dependence on it?
- How can we promote critical media literacy perspectives in students and ourselves as we use AI technologies?
Who: Our Summer Session is for secondary teachers in grades 7 - 12. It is free for everyone. Spots are limited.
University Credit Options: You can purchase (up to) 3 units from San José State University for university credits that will fulfill expectations towards progress along teachers’ salary schedules.
When: June 15th - June 18th (Monday through Thursday), 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM with approximately 1-hour lunch break each day.
Where: San José State University campus, Sweeney Hall room 229
Please consult the Campus Map to find our location and suitable parking. We recommend that you enter the campus from the South Entrance (7th Street and San Salvador Street), and turn into the parking garage on your left.
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Highlights
- 4 hours 30 minutes
- ages 18+
- In person
Location
San José State University
1 Washington Sq
Sweeney Hall San Jose, CA 95192
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