28. What do Students Need to Know about genAI (Summer Reflection Series, Episode 5)
As my start date for fall semester draws nearer, I’ve started thinking in more detail about the kinds of knowledge students need to help them with writing. The distinction Doug Downs and Elizabeth Wardle made in 2007 concerning the need to *learn about* writing–as opposed to *learning to write*–has resonated with me for a long time. And now, I’d argue that the same idea applies to AI–it’s not that writers need to learn how to write with AI, but rather that they need to learn *about* AI. With that in mind, I talk through a set of rhetorical skills, or knowledge about writing, that I typically bring to my writing classes and then reflect on what knowledge I can add about AI in the upcoming semester.
Show notes:
Downs, D. & Wardle, E. (2007). Teaching about writing, righting misconceptions: (Re)envisioning “First-year Composition” as “Introduction to Writing Studies.” College Composition and Communication, 58(4), 552-584.
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