John Warner
@biblioracle.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
Yes, chalk to whiteboards to "smart boards" these are all meaningful, I think. I didn't really recognize the way they'd influenced me except with significant hindsight.
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yes, chalk to whiteboards to "smart boards" these are all meaningful, I think. I didn't really recognize the way they'd influenced me except with significant hindsight.
I'd love something that covers the shift from analog to digital over time and the impact of the arrival of these technologies. A lot of it seems unexamined, particularly things like PowerPoint and the LMS which I think have had profound effects on how we teach.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I'd love something that covers the shift from analog to digital over time and the impact of the arrival of these technologies. A lot of it seems unexamined, particularly things like PowerPoint and the LMS which I think have had profound effects on how we teach.
It's not quite what you describe, but Justin Reich's "Failure to Disrupt" gets at some of this.
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's not quite what you describe, but Justin Reich's "Failure to Disrupt" gets at some of this.
Yes, this is a deeper, longer problem. I saw it happening over a 20 year period teaching college and seeing the attitudes of students coming into my first-year writing classes.
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Yes, this is a deeper, longer problem. I saw it happening over a 20 year period teaching college and seeing the attitudes of students coming into my first-year writing classes.
Students I talk to worry that there is an inevitable AI "future," but they don't necessarily want it. They also don't want to feel like they're being punished by the system for doing their own work. It requires some rethinking of school and assessment, but it isn't beyond our capabilities.
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Students I talk to worry that there is an inevitable AI "future," but they don't necessarily want it. They also don't want to feel like they're being punished by the system for doing their own work. It requires some rethinking of school and assessment, but it isn't beyond our capabilities.
Students desire engaging, meaningful learning experiences, but school is often not oriented around those things. This doesn't mean we can't change, though. Rather than rushing headlong into the arms of AI we have to focus on what matters as humans. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
More Than Words
A veteran writing teacher makes a “moving” (Rick Wormeli) argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Students desire engaging, meaningful learning experiences, but school is often not oriented around those things. This doesn't mean we can't change, though. Rather than rushing headlong into the arms of AI we have to focus on what matters as humans. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
It was a wonderful time! themorningnews.org/i-write-cami...
I Write Camille Paglia’s Next Column so She Doesn’t Have To, Vol. 1: The UFC - The Morning News
For those who still don’t grasp the subtext, reifications of Anna Nicole, Ultimate Fighting, and Eddie Murphy.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It was a wonderful time! themorningnews.org/i-write-cami...
Oh my god, you gave me a flashback. Was that Hildi? The low budgets for the redo created great chaos.
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Oh my god, you gave me a flashback. Was that Hildi? The low budgets for the redo created great chaos.
Can I ask, what's the nature of the reflection? This is the part I had to experiment with the most. I had issues with students writing "justifying arguments" rather than learning reflections, which then formed the material for a collaborative conversation about the assessment.
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Can I ask, what's the nature of the reflection? This is the part I had to experiment with the most. I had issues with students writing "justifying arguments" rather than learning reflections, which then formed the material for a collaborative conversation about the assessment.
What if I were to say the words, "Genevieve Gorder"?
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What if I were to say the words, "Genevieve Gorder"?
The reasons for enthusiasm among the students suggest limited interest in learning as opposed to just getting shit done. Interesting what their majors are.
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The reasons for enthusiasm among the students suggest limited interest in learning as opposed to just getting shit done. Interesting what their majors are.
Yep. It's all probabilities, but as I was admonished back in my market researcher days, individuals are not averages.
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Yep. It's all probabilities, but as I was admonished back in my market researcher days, individuals are not averages.