You are invited to attend the IEW Annual Educators’ Conference and join parents and teachers from all over the globe for this inspiring day of workshops, online for free. Not only will the day provide encouragement and an opportunity to collaborate with others, but also Andrew Pudewa will offer insights and a host of ideas to enhance your teaching.
9:00 AM Conquering Corrupt Culture by Raising Christian Communicators †
Today, many of us have an intuitive sense that major changes are coming. When this happens, our lives may become very different in ways not necessarily convenient or comfortable. At the same time, we must live each day as though things will continue pretty much as they are. Resolving this cognitive dissonance requires that we carefully contemplate our circumstances because we are in a cultural war, fighting the “non-gospel” of aesthetic and moral relativism on three fronts: personal, familial, and social. What should our priorities be? How can we prepare our children to be culture warriors?
10:30 AM Full, Ready, and Exact: How to Become a Better Thinker
“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.”— Francis Bacon, On Studies
Because artificial intelligence is now able to instantly do extensive research, create content with sophisticated vocabulary and reliably correct grammar, and even act as a proxy for individual thought, is it less—or more—important to cultivate these distinctly human arts of language in our students today? If the latter is true, why? And, how can we do so while recognizing that our students live in a brave new information economy that will undoubtedly continue to expand its capacity to atrophy the skills it replaces? Andrew Pudewa explores the vital roles of reading, conversation, and writing as tools to foster curiosity, creativity, ethical decision-making, and meaningful interpersonal communication.
1:00 PM Hacking High School . . . and College! (with Dr. Nicholas Ellis)
Most of us have presuppositions about what high school is based on our own experience. Times are changing, and the opportunities for home educating high schoolers have grown rapidly. Many of these opportunities will save time, help your family avoid higher education debt, and give your teens a head start on their next decade of life. Join Andrew Pudewa and Nick Ellis for a lively, challenging look at alternatives for motivated young adults.
2:30 PM AI or RI: Should We Even Teach Math, Spelling, and Writing?
Technology will atrophy the skill it replaces. While this is not a new problem, it seems to now be a controversy on steroids. What tasks should we delegate to artificial intelligence, and what should we retain as real intelligence? Why? Join Andrew Pudewa as we look at some basic things humans have taught and learned for years while we contemplate some possible answers to this rapidly growing question: When and how should students begin using AI?
Guest Speaker Bio
Dr. Nicholas Ellis, a visionary and strategic thinker, is a second-generation homeschooler and founder and CEO of Christian Halls International (CHI). He is passionate about returning the responsibility for student formation to families and churches. His work with CHI focuses on building a global network of local, mentor-led communities of Christ-centered higher education that are academically excellent, debt-free, and discipleship-focused. He has a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Oxford, where he taught New Testament and Greek at Wycliffe Hall.
† Contains distinctly Christian content
