Spotlight on Generative AI
From writing hacks to big questions about voice and ethics, this three-part series, led by ASU Faculty, dives into what generative AI means for writers today!
AI as a Writing Tool
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 2:00 pm
In this workshop, Heather Hoyt, Associate Teaching Professor with the Department of English, will provide beginner strategies for how students can develop comfortability with effectively and critically developing prompt engineering skills, as well as how to evaluate the responses they receive from generative AI writing tools.
Register today at asuasn.info/AIWritingTool
Voice and Generative AI in Writing
Friday, April 25, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.
In this workshop, Georgette Briggs, Associate Teaching Professor and Honors Faculty Fellow with Barrett, The Honors College, will provide students with strategies for responsibly integrating AI tools into their writing process and will discuss how students can ensure their voice is present in their writing as they receive, review, and revise feedback from these tools.
Register today at asuasn.info/VoiceGenerativeAI
Leveraging AI as a Professional
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 12:00 pm
In this workshop, Elisa Kawam, MSW Program Coordinator with the School of Social Work, will explore how students can use generative AI tools for writing in the workplace. In particular, this workshop will consider how writing tool usage might take place in the workplace and how to engage with tool feedback more critically.
Register today at asuasn.info/LeveragingAIasaProfessional
Featured Past Workshops
Reading Assignment Descriptions and Brainstorming Strategies
Learn about the essential skills for analyzing your assignment descriptions as well as brainstorming strategies you can use to get started on your course papers.
Topics include:
1. Reading Assignment Descriptions: Understanding the Prompt
2. Reading Assignment Descriptions: Types of Assignments
3. Reading Rubrics
4. Brainstorming
To view the recordings in this video series, please visit: asuasn.info/SpotlightBrainstorming
Critical Reading & Engaging with Sources
This session will review ideas, considerations, and strategies that you can employ to help you read and analyze a variety of texts in your college courses.
Topics include:
1. Evaluating Sources
2. Approaching Critical Reading
3. Critical Reading Strategies
4. Using Sources
To view the recordings in this video series, please visit: asuasn.info/SpotlightCriticalReading
Tips for Revising & Editing Final Papers
Review strategies for assessing and revising thesis statements, word choice, tone, and evidence integration.
Topics include:
1. Revision v. Editing
2. Revising Thesis Statements
3. Voice in Writing
4. Reviewing Transitions
To view the recordings in this video series, please visit: asuasn.info/SpotlightFinalPapers.
APA Citation Style
Review the importance of citing your sources when you engage in research. Discover the aspects of a paper that APA formatting emphasizes and the source information that APA citations value and prioritize.
Topics include:
1. Importance of Citations and APA
2. Formatting Your Paper
3. In-Text Citations
4. Reference Pages
To view the recordings in this video series, please visit: asuasn.info/SpotlightAPA.
