Teaching Writing in College explores the connections between writing pedagogy and learning transfer. Episodes emphasize praxis--the relationship between the theoretical and practical--in an effort to understand how people learn to write and how educators might make the most of the time they have with their learners. The driving question is: How can instructors in higher education leverage theory, science, pedagogy, and craft most effectively to help their learners with writing?
44. Back to Class Reflection Series: Writing a Summary with AI
Now that we've covered the skill I was hoping to develop with my students (a basic knowledge of inductive reasoning) and several lesson plans that could help them develop that skill, in this episode I share the lesson plan I used to have them use AI as they write a summary of a piece of research that they would present in their project. This lesson plan is not only about prompting AI to make a summary, but also a few decisions they could make so that the summary fits into their larger project of a podcast monologue or transcript. I also provide some brief reflection on my teaching--that I just saw a new book in the field of writing studies about AI prompts as a genre of writing. I'd like to come back to that soon in a later episode to see if I can use it to strengthen my own teaching around AI.View episode 44 on YouTube: Vhttps://youtu.be/1iloIIg_ROYTeaching Writing in College is available:YouTube Playlist (video): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWbbrcygqkZvxqdPCqhuzu0yyx5trJUwApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-writing-in-college/id1667922309YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWbbrcygqkZvxqdPCqhuzu0yyx5trJUw&si=ZnTI_Q3dItN5rodfSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TxG7hTN6qaJHN9euDBIZU?si=ur3jQve0TdyeSLKVyLsNgwSocials:Email: teachingwritingincollege@gmail.comFacebook: Teaching Writing in CollegeBluesky: @teachingwriting.bsky.socialYouTube: @teachingwritingincollegeMastodon: mastodon.social/@teachingwritingincollege
23 Sept 2026
43. Back to Class Reflection Series: Copying a Model Summary in Class
In this next installment of the Back to Class Reflection Series, I walk through the lesson plan I used to show students what inductive reasoning might look like in writing. The lesson plan includes further modeling of inductive reasoning built on previous work with students. The main activity is to have students copy, by hand, a sample summary that I wrote, complete with color coding for introducing the source, explaining the specific examples, and paraphrasing the general conclusion. The summary can serve as a reference point in their notes for their own summaries, which can also be adjusted to fit the genre they were working on at the time. (They were developing a podcast monologue or transcript that explains a cause and effect relationship related to their field of study). This episode also includes a little bit of commentary about technology--that we really need to cut through the "noise" of learning management systems, gradebooks, notifications on phones or laptops, and other distractions to maintain a focus on practice.View Episode 43 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YbEUS7Yqao0Teaching Writing in College is available:YouTube Playlist (video): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWbbrcygqkZvxqdPCqhuzu0yyx5trJUwApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-writing-in-college/id1667922309YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWbbrcygqkZvxqdPCqhuzu0yyx5trJUw&si=ZnTI_Q3dItN5rodfSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TxG7hTN6qaJHN9euDBIZU?si=ur3jQve0TdyeSLKVyLsNgwSocials:Email: teachingwritingincollege@gmail.comFacebook: Teaching Writing in CollegeBluesky: @teachingwriting.bsky.socialYouTube: @teachingwritingincollegeMastodon: mastodon.social/@teachingwritingincollege
16 Sept 2026
42. Back to Class Reflection Series: Getting Students Ready for Research
In this follow-up to episode 41, I share the second lesson plan I used (in which I prepare students to find a piece of research to report on). At the same time, having stumbled across Jay Caspian Kang's "The Despair of the Professor in the Age of AI" in the New Yorker (May 26, 2026), I've been reflecting on the "despair" that professors face in higher education these days. After sharing a few details from a reflection by one of the professors Kang highlights in his article, I offer some brief commentary on how learning is still possible (even though it often feels like it's not). My hope is that this series is a demonstration of that.I came across it a little late, but I highly recommend Kang's article: https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/the-despair-of-the-professor-in-the-age-of-aiView Episode 42 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fgTles9_rEwTeaching Writing in College is available:YouTube Playlist (video): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWbbrcygqkZvxqdPCqhuzu0yyx5trJUwApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-writing-in-college/id1667922309YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWbbrcygqkZvxqdPCqhuzu0yyx5trJUw&si=ZnTI_Q3dItN5rodfSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TxG7hTN6qaJHN9euDBIZU?si=ur3jQve0TdyeSLKVyLsNgwSocials:Email: teachingwritingincollege@gmail.comFacebook: Teaching Writing in CollegeBluesky: @teachingwriting.bsky.socialYouTube: @teachingwritingincollegeMastodon: mastodon.social/@teachingwritingincollege
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