AI in the Writing Workshop: Finding the Write Balance

We're poised at a stunning point in human history: the advent of generative AI. As writing teachers we are faced with this profound question: Can we evolve alongside this technology, and bring it into our classroom in ways that enhance rather than harm the integrity of our work?

Find the "write balance" with AI in the Writing Workshop, a blueprint for teachers to navigate this new terrain while preserving the essence of creative struggle and critical thinking. Dennis Magliozzi and Kristina Peterson provide a detailed look at how to ethically integrate AI into writing units across the school year, including personal narrative, poetry, analysis, and research. Their ready-to-use exercises, activities, and prompts give you a framework of best practices. Your students will learn to critically evaluate AI-generated content and engage with AI as a collaborative thinker rather than simply accepting what AI produces.

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Dr. Dennis Magliozzi has been teaching high school English since 2008. He has an MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of New Hampshire. He has supervised teachers in the UNH Learning Through Teaching (LTT) program and teaches in UNH's Writers Academy. He is co-developer of "Arts in Action," winner of a 2023 New Hampshire Governor's Arts Education Award. He is also a co-founder of Bookshelf Diversity, a statewide grant project designed to get diverse books into the hands of New Hampshire students.

Kristina Peterson has been teaching high school English since 2008. She has a master's degree in teaching and serves the educational community as a new teacher mentor and the Secretary of the New Hampshire Council of Teachers of English. She also teaches in the University of New Hampshire's Writers Academy and Learning Through Teaching program. She is an Ambassador to the award-winning Arts in Action program through NH's Racial Unity Team, and cofounder of Bookshelf Diversity, a statewide grant project that provides diverse books to New Hampshire classrooms.