The Arts of Language Podcast

Questions are swirling around the topic of AI and its role in education. Teachers and parents are wondering when and how students should use it and whether using AI is beneficial for students. Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker while they revisit this topic that leads to frequently asked questions as Andrew visits homeschool conventions around the country this summer.
 
Referenced Materials
“Writing Maketh an Exact Man” by Andrew Pudewa
“Back to Basics?” by Andrew Pudewa
Episode 492: Academic Integrity with Dr. Steven Hales
Episode 376: A Necessary Conversation about Artificial Intelligence
Episode 483: How AI Affects Thinking
Episode 513: Who Should Use AI and How?
“AI – Not a Virtual Thinking Cap”
“I'll never use this, why should I learn it?”
Episode 499: A Conversation about Critical Thinking with Jennifer Mauser
​​“Encyclopedia Dad” by Andrew Pudewa
Transcript of Podcast Episode 544
 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined by Robert Bortins, CEO of Classical Conversations, to discuss how parental involvement is the best indicator of student success. They talk about the history of American education and the variety of educational options that have become available to parents.
 
Referenced Materials
Robert Bortins
Woke and Weaponized: How Karl Marx Won the Battle for American Education, and How We Can Win It Back by Robert Bortins and Alex Newman
Classical Conversations
“Homeschooling and the Social Life of Families and Communities”
VELA Funding
Reece Report
Transcript of Podcast Episode 543
 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker for an exciting announcement about a new digital tool—IEW Writing Companion. They are joined by Heidi Thomas, who worked with Joseph Tabenkin to create IEW® Writing Companion. She describes how IEW Writing Companion solves common problems and provides the assistance that students need to successfully “do what they check and check what they do” as Andrew always encourages. Don’t miss this episode!
 
Referenced Materials
IEW Gradebook
Episode 421: Announcing IEW Gradebook
Episode 512: IEW Gradebook – Why Teachers Love It
“Simplify Grading with IEW Gradebook”
IEW Writing Tools App
“The Writing App Every Student Needs”
IEW Writing Companion
Try IEW Writing Companion
Structure and Style® for Students
Writing Across the Curriculum
Frontiers in Writing
Frontiers Writing Companion
Wonders of Science Writing Lessons
Wonders of Science Writing Companion
Transcript of Podcast Episode 542
 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker review Andrew’s article “Process versus Product” from However Imperfectly and discuss why the process of learning is just as or even more important than the student’s finished product. 
 
Referenced Materials
“Process versus Product” by Andrew Pudewa
“Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing” by Andrew Pudewa
However Imperfectly: Lessons Learned from Thirty Years of Teaching by Andrew Pudewa
            Book
            Article
Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com

Do you allow kids to look back at the source for spelling while they write? What are the pros and cons of Structure and Style® for Students versus a Writing Across the Curriculum course? Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss these and other questions and share a couple new jokes in another Ask Andrew Anything episode. You never know what you might learn!
 
Referenced Materials
IEW Practical Printables
Misplaced Modifiers Booklet
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
Structure and Style for Students, Year 3 Level B
Structure and Style for Students, Year 2 Level B
Structure and Style for Students, Year 2 Level A
Writing Across the Curriculum
IEW in Writing Series 
EZ+1: IEW's Step-by-Step Teaching Method
Episode 417: Using IEW through the Years
Magnum Opus Magazine
Transcript of Podcast Episode 540
 
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com