NCTE and the United Way of New York City: Read & Write + Code Fellowship Webinar Series
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has been integral in United Way of New York City’s Read & Write + Code (RWC) Fellowship, which is dedicated to increasing educational equity through literacy innovation. RWC Fellows expand access to computer science for students who have historically been denied access by using computer science concepts and methods to deepen and expand the teaching of English.
NCTE is proud to partner with United Way of New York City for a second year to bring members of the NCTE and broader ELA communities a four-part webinar series. These webinars will feature industry-leading academics who help middle and high school English teachers reimagine what equity, literacy, and technology mean in their classrooms. As artificial intelligence and other computer science-related fields revolutionize the world around us, taking the time to reimagine the future is paramount.
Registration will close 90 minutes prior to each event.
The events in this series are free to NCTE members. Not an NCTE member? Join today!
Kick-Off Webinar
Ethics, AI, and The Future of Education
Navigating the age of AI in the classroom with Priten Soundar-Shah
February 26, at 4:30 P.M. ET
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Priten Soundar-Shah is the author of the AI & The Future of Education: Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Wiley, 2023), which was translated into Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, and Vietnamese, and the forthcoming book Ethical Ed Tech: How Educators Can Lead on AI & Digital Safety in K-12 (Wiley, 2026). He teaches courses on the Ethics of Ed Tech, Family & Society, and Epistemic Justice at College Unbound, a bachelor’s degree-granting institution focused on adult learners. Priten is a visiting researcher at the Harvard Department of Philosophy focusing on developing philosophically grounded yet practical approaches to teaching critical, ethical reasoning at scale for educators and students.
Purposeful Technology Use in the Classroom
How teachers can use today’s tools to support thinking, literacy, and meaningful learning with Meenoo Rami
March 17, 4:30 P.M. ET
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Meenoo Rami has spent her years in the classroom leveraging technology to benefit her students and her years in the tech sector advocating for teachers and students. She is a National Board Certified teacher and National Writing Project teacher–consultant who taught English at the Science Leadership Academy and other Philadelphia public schools for a decade. She helped teachers refine their practice as a Gates Foundation teaching fellow, led Minecraft Education, and supported teachers and schools at Microsoft. She has built and led education and AI products used by millions of learners, bringing a classroom teacher’s perspective to the design of technology that supports real learning. Meenoo is the author of A Teacher’s Guide to Using AI and Thrive: 5 Ways to (Re)Invigorate Your Teaching. She was awarded of the National Council of Teachers of English’s Conference on English Leadership’s first Innovative Leadership Award.
Stay tuned for announcements about our April and May speakers!