Ai-Enhanced Literacy: Practical Steps for Deepening Reading and Writing Instruction

Teach students to use AI tools in a thoughtful, critical, and ethical way during reading and writing instruction.

The relationship between AI and literacy education isn't simple. Every tool that makes work more efficient also requires careful consideration. In this measured look at the powerful capabilities of artificial intelligence, literacy experts Mary Ehrenworth and Philip Seyfried take K-12 teachers on a tour of what's possible when AI tools are seamlessly integrated into literacy teaching and learning.

Each chapter examines AI's potential to expand literacy instruction, deepen student understanding, and make the teacher's role more interesting and satisfying. You'll find both theoretical approaches and practical examples to help you - Understand and feel at ease with current AI tools. - Create AI-enhanced spaces in your classroom. - Harness AI as a writing coach. - Develop students' reading comprehension with digital texts and tools. - Extend multilingual competencies using AI-powered translation tools. - Build and use engaging text sets. - Teach students to think critically about and with AI.

Using AI tools to improve reading and writing instruction can feel overwhelming, but it is a critical skill for today's literacy teachers. AI-Enhanced Literacy illuminates a strategic and successful path toward wise and seamless AI use--your own and your students'.

Mary Ehrenworth, EdD, co-led a think tank on global literacy at Teachers College, Columbia University, for 20 years. She now runs Ehrenworth Literacy Innovations, working nationally and globally to empower teachers and students through critical literacies and collaborative inquiry. She is the co-author of AI-Enhanced Literacy: Practical Steps for Deepening Reading and Writing Instruction.

Ehrenworth's degrees include a BA in history and literature from Harvard and an MA and EdD in curriculum and teaching from Columbia University. Her most recent research fields are AI and literacy and vocabulary acquisition.

Philip Seyfried is a doctoral student in curriculum and teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, focusing his research on the intersection of digital literacy and artificial intelligence in education. With more than a decade of experience as a middle school language arts and literature teacher, he now supports schools and edtech companies as a literacy and digital literacy consultant. Seyfried is the co-author of AI-Enhanced Literacy: Practical Steps for Deepening Reading and Writing Instruction.