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From Connection to Critique: Evaluating an AI-Generated Essay

Assignments, critical thought and analysis, digital literacy, genAI, information literacy, Integrating sources, Process, research, rhetorical appeals and argument, secondary source research /

Abigail Michelini Assignments & Activities Archive Assignment Description This assignment brings generative AI into the writing classroom with the goals of learning about what it can and cannot do well, enhancing students’ ability to critique it, and engaging it responsibly without compromising critical thinking. The best place for this assignment is in the second half […]

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A Student’s Guide to Collaborative Writing Technologies

collaboration and group work, Volume 2, writing technologies /

Matt Barton & Karl Klint Volume 2 Chapter Description Collaboration is a vital part of learning; indeed, it’s a vital part of most professional careers, but many students struggle with group projects because the process can be chaotic and the results unpleasant.  With this chapter, you can help students explore a variety of free, easy-to-use

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A Student’s Guide to Collaborative Writing Technologies

collaboration and group work, Volume 2, writing technologies /

Matt Barton & Karl Klint Volume 2 Chapter Description Collaboration is a vital part of learning; indeed, it’s a vital part of most professional careers, but many students struggle with group projects because the process can be chaotic and the results unpleasant.  With this chapter, you can help students explore a variety of free, easy-to-use

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Googlepedia: Turning Information Behaviors into Research Skills

secondary source research, Volume 2, writing technologies /

Randall McClure Volume 2 Chapter Description How do you, as a teacher, help students in the process of moving into the virtual library for their research needs, while respecting and understanding the information behaviors they practice and prefer? Growing up in the digital age, students often come to our first year writing courses with a

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Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat: A Guide to Using Sources

secondary source research, Volume 2, writing technologies /

Cynthia R. Haller Volume 2 Chapter Description Teaching students to write well with sources involves much more than teaching them to summarize, paraphrase, quote, and provide documentation. You can use this dialogue, in which a college student seeks writing advice about using sources from an online professor, to help students understand what it means to

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