Archive - The Important Work

Writer Come Home

A college student and her high school teacher talk AI

Jun 19 • Aadya Gattu and Jennifer Tannous

What Happened When My Students Used AI To Generate Personal Narratives

"I feel so cliché"

Jun 12 • Nathaniel Myers

As Generative AI Speeds Up, I Stay Slow

AI doesn’t listen to you with curiosity.

Jun 3 • Allan Reeder

May 2026

What Are Students Actually Looking for When It Comes to AI and Writing?

We have this supposedly world-changing technology, and everybody just kinda ... hates it?

May 29 • Jennifer Trainor

Experiencing Revision (and Writing) in the Classroom

In a writing class, what could be more important than writing?

May 19 • Devin Donovan

April 2026

What Altering Historical Images Can Teach Us About History

AI cannot produce historical images, only simulations

Apr 7 • Mary Lewis

March 2026

What Does It Mean If Your AI Position Statement Was Written by AI?

Mar 31 • Alexa Garvoille

What Happened When I Used ChatGPT to Help Me Read Shakespeare

I learned a few things, but our students deserve better

Mar 24 • Marcus Luther

What happens when a course goes from using AI to unplugged and back again?

Writing in class is a very human activity

Mar 17 • Mark Marino

How I'm Teaching About Generative AI

Every choice I make about how to discuss GenAI with my students is predicated on trusting them

Mar 3 • Cate Denial

February 2026

For many college students, the pull toward artificial intelligence is irresistible

I've decided to go in a different direction

Feb 24 • Gabriel Wu

What to ask when AI vendors show up on campus

These procurement decisions are coming, whether or not they benefit student learning

Feb 10 • Katie (Kathryn) Conrad