This Semester's Workshops
New Spring Workshop Title
With xxx xxx, Department of xxxxx
While the use of generative AI (GenAI) is being heavily promoted in practically everything
these days, including in student writing classes, many writing instructors are taking
a thoughtful and principled stance of "GenAI Refusal" (McIntyre et al., 2025). This
workshop is for writing teachers from any discipline who share or are curious about
an AI-resistant stance in teaching writing. It is particularly geared towards the
context of business writing, computational linguistics, and similar disciplines where
we might expect the highest interest in and adoption of such technology. We will learn
about the rationale behind refusing GenAI in writing classes, and explore strategies
and teaching methods that support this stance.
In this 75-minute workshop, we first discuss the "why" behind refusing GenAI. Some strategies for making this avoidance feasible (and even rewarding) in the context of teaching writing will be presented. Participants will then break into smaller groups to discuss their own experiences and ideas. To wrap up, we will share back ideas and insights with the group. We could create a compiled resource list of resources for future use and/or plan a follow-up meeting if there is interest.
Workshop Dates and Times:
Monday, September 15, 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Thursday, September 25, 12:00noon - 1:15pm
Friday, October 3, 12:00noon - 1:15pm
Spring 2026 Generative AI For Writing Instructors (Offered On Campus, In Person Only)
A special grant-funded, intensive workshop on AI and its potential uses in writing
and writing-intensive classrooms. With $2,000 stipend.
With Seher Vora, SJSU Writing Center, and Tom Moriarty, Director of Writing Across
the Curriculum
Please join us for a special 8-week, intensive workshop on AI and its possible uses
in the classroom, made possible by a CSU AI Educational Innovations Challenge Award
grant. For the first four weeks of the workshop, participating faculty will play the
role of students in an AI-infused writing classroom, where you will learn how to use
a variety of AI tools – particularly ChatGPT Edu, which is available to all CSU students
and faculty, and Google's Gemini, which is available to all San José State students
and faculty – and use them to complete a short writing assignment.
For the second four weeks of the workshop, we will critically reflect on our experience
and brainstorm ways to incorporate AI tools into our own classrooms. We will revise
course syllabi and develop new and innovative writing assignments that teach students
how to ethically and productively integrate AI into their own writing processes. Two
Writing Center tutors, undergraduate students themselves, will join us in the workshops,
where they will work alongside us to complete the short writing assignment and provide
critical feedback from a student perspective on our ideas for integrating AI into
our own courses.
This workshop will meet in person on Wednesday afternoons, for a total of eight times. It will meet on the following dates:
Wednesday, February 25
Wednesday, March 4
Wednesday, March 11
Wednesday, March 18
Wednesday, March 25
Wednesday, April 1 -- Spring Break (No Meeting)
Wednesday, April 8
Wednesday, April 15
Wednesday, April 22
Participating faculty will receive a $2,000 stipend. Participating faculty will be expected to attend and participate in all workshop meetings; write and revise a short essay using AI tools; revise a syllabus and 2-3 writing assignments from a writing or writing-intensive course; and complete all data collection activities (which includes three short surveys and two short interviews).
