Takeaways from Six Conversations on Teaching and AI
With this month’s double header, the Intentional Teaching podcast has now devoted six episodes to the topic of teaching with and about …
Assignment Makeovers in the AI Age: Essay Edition
This post is getting some traction, so I wanted to let readers know that I run a newsletter and podcast called Intentional …
AI as Answer Machine? Or Wordsmith? Or Something Else?
Last month on the blog, I floated the idea of thinking about generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Bing, and Bard as technologies …
Chatbot as Audience: A Conversation with Chad
After weeks of reading about other college educators having conversations with ChatGPT, the new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot from OpenAI that uses …
In-Class Activities for Teaching Writing
I’ve been teaching my first-year writing seminar on cryptography off and on since 2010, and yet I still feel like a rookie …
Teaching Cryptography, Writing History
Cross-posted from Wonders & Marvels. When you teach mathematics, it’s not every semester that a major motion picture is released that’s squarely …
First Person Singular
Your first paper assignment asks you to make an argument drawing largely on your personal experiences and perspectives. Did you have writing …
Highlights from Carleton College’s Visual Learning Conference (Part 2)
In my first post on Carleton College’s Visual Learning Conference, I shared a few highlights from the opening keynote by Scott McCloud …
The Role of Writing in the Teaching of Mathematics (Part 1)
Last week while visiting Elon University, I had the opportunity to participate in a number of interesting conversations about the role of …
Lessons Learned by a First-Time Writing Seminar Teacher
This is final (planned) post reflecting on my experiences this fall teaching a first-year writing seminar on the history and mathematics of …