A joy to read, from both perspectives, and a reminder at a meta level, I think, that this work around AI's intersection in education has to be conversational. So much value in this format—and it goes without saying, I hope, wisdom from both writers. 🙏
This was so beautiful to find in my inbox this morning! Insightful, wise, and present, from two writers I know well and deeply value. Keep shining, Aadya. You are a brilliant writer, and don't lose that part of your identity to a machine. And keep shining, Jen. You are a brilliant teacher, strategist, and writer alongside students. This interwoven thinking will be valuable to many readers and teachers I'm sure, especially as we think of our students writing into the wide world away from the high school teachers who know their voices well.
I think that phrase “knowing their voice” gets to the very heart of it. Why sacrifice our linguistic ‘genius’ - to use the word in its old fashioned sense - to a de-natured, faux interlocutor.
A quiet pressure here is students feeling that they need to be time efficient, and I’m wondering how colleagues out there have communicated to their students that going to the brain gym actually is the right move for time management and savings.
A joy to read, from both perspectives, and a reminder at a meta level, I think, that this work around AI's intersection in education has to be conversational. So much value in this format—and it goes without saying, I hope, wisdom from both writers. 🙏
This was so beautiful to find in my inbox this morning! Insightful, wise, and present, from two writers I know well and deeply value. Keep shining, Aadya. You are a brilliant writer, and don't lose that part of your identity to a machine. And keep shining, Jen. You are a brilliant teacher, strategist, and writer alongside students. This interwoven thinking will be valuable to many readers and teachers I'm sure, especially as we think of our students writing into the wide world away from the high school teachers who know their voices well.
I think that phrase “knowing their voice” gets to the very heart of it. Why sacrifice our linguistic ‘genius’ - to use the word in its old fashioned sense - to a de-natured, faux interlocutor.
This is wonderful--thank you both so much for sharing this exchange!
Yes, this is a lovely essay and exchange.
A quiet pressure here is students feeling that they need to be time efficient, and I’m wondering how colleagues out there have communicated to their students that going to the brain gym actually is the right move for time management and savings.