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Artificial Intelligence poses unique opportunities--and challenges--for the composition classroom.Whether it's on unique ways to use AI to create a sense of belonging in your classroom, or suggesting academically responsible ways for your students to use AI in their assignments, Bedford/St. Martin's is here to help! Below is a comprehensive list of AI Coverage in our most recent editions included in the Bedford Bookshelf. And follow the link to find more resources for using AI in your classrooms today.
Look for AI Content in:
C1-a Build Your Academic Intelligence
Benefits and limitations of AI tools
How to use AI tools ethically and effectively
Crafting prompts
Acknowledging your use of AI
AI tips in other sections:
C: (C1-c) explore a subject; (C4-e) make a revision plan
A: (A4-g) anticipate and counter opposing arguments
R: (R1-a) get an overview of a research topic, (R1-b) generate research questions
M: (M2-a) strengthen language skills
Look for AI Content in:
Ch 1, a-head on Why Improve Your Reading and Writing Skills in an Age of AI?
Ch 5 reading selection, "How You Can Future-Proof Your Career in the Era of AI"
Ch 19 reading selection, "AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That Over End-of-Humanity Hype"
Ch 23, coverage within “Avoid Plagiarism” and “Document Your Sources”
“AI Exploration” activities:
Ch 3, Exercise 3.10, Playing with Tone
Ch 4, Exercise 4.1, Branching
Ch 5, Exercise 5.4, Evaluating Thesis Statements
Ch 6, Exercise 6.3, Practicing Paragraph Unity
Ch 7, Exercise 7.4, Writing Titles
Ch 20, Exercise 20.4, Identifying Opposing Viewpoints
Look for AI Content in:
Ch 2 in section on getting started when responding to an assignment: Use AI (paragraph)
Ch 4 in section on brainstorming: Use generative AI (paragraph) + figure showing ChatGPT prompt
Ch 10 multimodal project suggestion: poster session on how AI can augment human creativity
Ch 11 mention in Creating a Research Proposal on how some topics, like AI, are hardly researched yet
Ch 12 b-head on Using Generative AI as a Tool
Ch 13 b-head on How to Avoid Plagiarism When Using Generative AI Tools
Chapters 1-5:
Generating ideas and intro to chatbots
Plagiarism
Searching for sources
Design examples
Ch. 16: Chatbots & Plagiarism
Ch. 17: Chatbot callout box
Chapter. 8, Rethinking
Outlining, not writing to formula;
Practice Session: Playing with ChatGPT
Practice Session: Revising, Editing
Proofreading with ChatGPT
Chapter14: Contemporary Language Issues - Who's Afraid of ChatGPT?
Baron, “How ChatGPT Robs Students of Motivation to Write and Think for Themselves”
Grobe, “Why I’m Not Scared of ChatGPT”
Opening part (3pp) - Becoming a College Writer: Using Academic Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
AI tips in other sections:
(25b) generate research questions
(28c) avoid plagiarism; taking notes responsibly
(30d) citing sources
Chapter 2: How do monsters reflect their times?
Bruce Sterling, “AI is the Scariest Beast Ever Created”
Chapter 10: Writing with Sources section "Write Authentically and with Integrity: Use AI Tools Responsibly"
Research skills boxed feature: “Ethical Use of Chatbots”
The Bedford Serires for Technical and Professional Communication is an all-digital series included in the Bedford Bookshelf for Composition! Below are the series titles that address Afrtifical Intelligence in technical communication.
Look for AI Content in:
Chapter 3, Callout: Finding Model Texts
Chapter 4, For Discussion: Determine an appropriate revision strategy
Chapter 7, Callout: Experiment with different tones
Look for AI Content in:
Chapter 1, Exercise 1.1: Reframing Statistics
Chapter 2, "Not all stories are equally credible and ethical"
Chapter 3, "Generative AI and data visualization"; Exercise 3.3: Creating visualizations
Chapter 5, Exercise 5.1: Summarizing and averaging data
Chapter 5, Exercise 5.3: Turning complex data into a clear story
Chapter 6, Report qualitative data ethically
Chapter 8, Exercise 8.1: Interpreting data
Chapter 12, Exercise 12.1: Rating abstracts
Look for AI Content in:
Chapter 3, Step 2: Searching for alternatives and unintended consequences, James' research process example shows him working with generative AI tools
Exercise 3.2: Naomi’s search for alternatives and consequences
Exercise 3.3: Naomi’s engagement with low-power, high-resistance stakeholders
Exercise 3.6: Researching your own proposal
Chapter 6, Exercise 6.1: Reframing problems
Exercise 6.3: Turning problems into opportunities
Chapter 7, Exercise 7.1: Defining success
Chapter 10, Exercise 10.3: Writing your proposal’s front matter
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