Resist, Renew, Explore: How to Think About Human Writing and Learning in the Age of AI

Next Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 4:30pm ET in Dana Auditorium and on Zoom*   We are excited to welcome author and educator John Warner to Middlebury this Tuesday, March 11, 2025 for a special presentation titled “Resist, Renew, Explore: How to Think About Human Writing and Learning in the Age of AI.” Now that we have easy access to technology that 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 to privilege student engagement and increase educational rigor.   John Warner is a longtime teacher of writing and author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI (published February 2025), Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities and The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing. He is also The Biblioracle for the Chicago Tribune and a regular contributor to Just Visiting on Inside Higher Ed.   PLEASE RSVP HERE FOR THIS EVENT   Attendees who RSVP will be entered for a drawing to win a copy of John Warner’s latest book, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.   This event, hosted in Dana Auditorium, is open to members of the Middlebury, VT campus and community who can attend in person. *A Zoom attendance option can be provided only to individuals with a middlebury.edu email address, per our contract with John.