Are you unsure of how generative AI (GAI) tools can be used to challenge students to think more deeply about content and application of their literacy skills? The goal of this session is to workshop ideas of how to incorporate GAI and evidence-based comprehension and writing practices in K-12 classrooms.

In this interactive session, we will explore how classroom discussion facilitators can lead meaningful conversations about race (and other tough issues) in this current age of generative AI. We’ll use real-time case studies to examine the specific benefits and weaknesses of tools like Chat GPT, specifically its ability to make meaningful discussion prompts. We’ll discuss how AI stands to benefit (or compromise, if we are not careful) our real-time discussion facilitation.

Perhaps the most powerful use case of Generative AI is personalized learning. For writing instruction, there is potential to develop prompts based on student interest, to emphasize creativity while reducing barriers to communication, and to affirm identity. In this workshop, we will dive into personalized writing instruction using Gemini while investigating how we value creativity and syntax as human skills. 

Panelists from four intergenerational writing communities share how their partnerships with youth reframe relational approaches to writing, inquiry, and reflection. Capturing insights on how educators can reimagine writing practices, we share strategies that sustain our partnerships, empower coalitional writing, and inform meaningful change within and beyond schools. 

Participants in this interactive session will gain an understanding of Poetry Inside Out (PIO), collaborate in the act of translation using the curriculum's tools, and hear from current PIO practitioners and PIO Teaching Fellows. This session will also be a refresher for School District of Philadelphia teachers previously trained in PIO.