Enjoy a day of CWP expertise and camaraderie. Start the day with a keynote speaker, then experience three rounds of resource- and strategy-packed workshops led by CWP teacher leaders that focus on, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Using writing to address issues of racial and environmental justice and to support the teaching of Ethnic Studies
• Growing students’ civic engagement by inviting them to research issues within their community and to propose solutions
• Connecting student interests and social engagement to academic studies, civic participation, college preparation, and career opportunity
• Developing students’ abilities to present arguments and use evidence and supporting student interaction with challenging texts, perspectives, and issues through strategic use of print, digital, and multimodal sources
• Tapping into digital tools that enrich teaching, writing, and learning
• Unleashing the power of writing for self-care

John Warner

Resist, Renew, Explore: Humans and Writing in the Age of AI

Now that we have easy access to technology which produces text with unmatched speed and fluency, we’re questioning the role writing plays in school, work, and society and how to maintain the integrity of writing in educational contexts. John Warner will explore the differences between “syntax generation” and writing; the experience of thinking, feeling, and communicating, and provide a framework that moves beyond policing student behavior in order to privilege student engagement and increase educational rigor so students see writing as the challenging and liberating experience we know it to be.

About the Speaker: John Warner is a teacher, writer, speaker, researcher, and consultant, with over twenty years experience of teaching writing at institutions of higher education (University of Illinois, Virginia Tech, Clemson, College of Charleston). Warner believes writing is both thinking—discovering your ideas while trying to capture them on a page—and feeling—grappling with what it fundamentally means to be human. He is the author of the books Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities and The Writer’s Practice:Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing. His new book, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI, calls for us to use generative AI applications like ChatGPT as an opportunity to reckon with how we work with words, breaking students out of the slumber of “schooling” and instead empowering them to develop enduring writing “practices.”

Morning coffee/tea and luncheon will be provided.

Preconvention registration is $215. Go to Online Registration to register for the preconvention.

You can find our program, which includes the Pre-Convention schedule and a hotel map here.