Welcome to the Intentional Teaching newsletter! I'm Derek Bruff, educator and author. The name of this newsletter is a reminder that we should be intentional in how we teach, but also in how we develop as teachers over time. I hope this newsletter will be a valuable part of your professional development as an educator.
Now available: The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching
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I'm happy to share that the ebook version of The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching is now available! Visit your favorite online retailer to purchase a copy, and if you don't have a favorite, see Norton's listing for the book for options. The paperback version is still on track for a late September release, but you can dive into the digital version of the book right now. It is packed with ideas and inspiration for teaching with, without, and about generative AI, and my co-authors Annette Vee and Marc Watkins and I are eager to get it in the hands of readers--and to hear what y'all think of the book! To celebrate the launch of the book, we have several things happening... Our publisher, W.W. Norton, is hosting a virtual launch party for the book next week on Wednesday, July 8th, at 1:30pm Central. Annette and Marc and I will be there to introduce the book, share our favorite parts, and take questions. The launch party is free, and you can register for it here. Perusall is running an online book club from July 6th to August 2nd. They'll have the ebook available on their social annotation platform, and we'll have a reading plan for the four weeks. You'll be able to connect with fellow readers (and the authors!) through comments and questions anchored in the text itself. More info and registration can be found here. This week's episode of my Intentional Teaching podcast features an interview with the author team (Annette, Marc, and me) with special guest interviewer Stacey Johnson! Stacey is a friend and colleague and experienced podcast host. She asks really great questions! You can listen here or search for "Intentional Teaching" in your podcast app. For more interviews with the authors, check out our appearances on the Tea for Teaching podcast, the Future Trends Forum, and (just last week!) the Social Learning Amplified podcast from Perusall hosted by Eric Mazur! Finally, if you have adopted a Norton textbook in one of your courses, you may qualify for a free digital copy of the new book. Please inquire with your local Norton representative. And if you would like to order multiple copies for a campus reading group or some other faculty development effort, on orders of 10 or more print copies, Norton offers 50% off the list price and free domestic shipping. (Such orders must be on a nonreturnable basis.) To take advantage of this offer, contact Peter Wentz at pwentz@wwnorton.com with subject line “Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching.” |
Intentional Teaching with Derek Bruff
Welcome to the Intentional Teaching newsletter! I'm Derek Bruff, educator and author. The name of this newsletter is a reminder that we should be intentional in how we teach, but also in how we develop as teachers over time. I hope this newsletter will be a valuable part of your professional development as an educator.
One of the things I appreciate about designing and facilitating workshops for faculty is that doing so gives me the opportunity to take a few ideas and examples that have been bouncing around my head and turn them into a new argument of some kind. Having led eight workshops for various audiences in the last ten days, I've had no lack of opportunities to do that synthesis work! What follows is one of the new arguments I made during my workshops recently. Back in May, I wrote that it's time to...
You may have noticed this edition of the newsletter is coming out on a Monday instead of its usual Thursday or Friday. That's because, well, it's August! August is the busiest month of the year for those of us in educational development as we work to help our colleagues get ready for upcoming semester. I was running point on seven instructor-facing workshops last week, including a webinar for my publisher, W.W. Norton, on AI syllabus statements as invitations for conversations with students....
AI-Aware Teaching in Political Science The ebook version of my new book, The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, co-authored with Annette Vee and Marc Watkins, is out! To celebrate its release I’ve interviewed a few of the faculty whose AI-aware teaching we highlight in the book, and I’m excited to share another one of those conversations on the Intentional Teaching podcast this week. Eric Loepp teaches political science at UW Whitewater, where he helps students understand the complexities and...