Week 1 · Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · 9:30 to 11:00 AM
Writing With AI: Your New First Draft
Meet the AI tools that draft, edit, summarize, and reword text, and see how they build writing one piece at a time.
What we cover
- How an AI language model generates writing by predicting what comes next, explained in plain terms anyone can follow.
- Practical ways to use it for everyday writing: emails, thank-you notes, trimming a long letter, or softening a touchy message.
Hands-on
On your phone or laptop, you will open a free AI assistant and have it draft a short email or note, then ask it to make the same text friendlier, shorter, or more formal, and we will compare results around the room.
Slides
The projector slides, with Joel’s notes.
Try it
For the hands-on part of class. The class code is on the card at your seat.
Revise:
Further reading (optional)
One article or short video, added after class.