Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

This is such a strange and necessary time to talk about education technology, to take a class about education technology, to get a degree in education technology because what, in the past, was so often framed as optional or aspirational is now compulsory — and compulsory under some of the worst possible circumstances.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Second, you can try to clean up on the assessment end if you’re still concerned that AI-generated content is in your students’ papers (which might be clear simply because of our usual teacher check-ins, drafting, etc.). Another colleague, P, recommended Copyleaks which doesn’t require a login like Turnitin. ChatGPT) well.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

April Millet, a learning designer at Penn State University, gave educators tips on how to do so last week at the 2018 OLC Accelerate conference in Orlando. To make clear what constitutes an academic violation, educators can add an academic integrity statement to their syllabi, or require students to take a quiz on the topic.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

The race to outsmart artificial intelligence is on as educators try to prevent the coming semester from devolving into, as one professor put it, a “ homework apocalypse.” Some of those instructors are using tools that attempt to detect text written by bots, such as GPTZero and a new tool by Turnitin.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

You might expect Turnitin ’s Vice President of New Technologies, Elijah Mayfield, to have a lifelong penchant for technology. In 2014, Turnitin acquired LightSide with a mandate to help shift Turnitin’s focus from academic integrity tools to those that emphasize student writing. EdSurge: Why do you do this?

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And therein lies the challenge for both educators and EdTech leaders – how can we best serve an industry that’s constantly evolving every nine months? But on the other, adding in a completely new mix of students you don’t yet know becomes more challenging for both educators and EdTech leaders. Measuring Success.

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Reading By Example

MAY 16, 2016

A tall order for even the most dedicated educator… That is why I am recommending Revision Assistant by Turnitin for secondary English teachers. I’ll briefly describe what it is, how it works, and why you should try it out. Criteria for assessing students’ work is always available for a student to review.

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Reading By Example

MAY 16, 2016

A tall order for even the most dedicated educator… That is why I am recommending Revision Assistant by Turnitin for secondary English teachers. I’ll briefly describe what it is, how it works, and why you should try it out. Criteria for assessing students’ work is always available for a student to review.

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Hack Education

JUNE 14, 2016

Tonight’s debate: “Public education has sold its soul to corporate interests in what amounts to a Faustian bargain.” ” Here are some of the remarks I made to the class about commercialization and education technology. Testing and assessment are the largest category of this market. Why do we test?

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 5, 2015

I used digital tools, like Turnitin to encourage academic honesty. Why is taking plagiarism on so important a task? Second, pedagogically, it prevents teachers from being able to properly assess what students know and the depth of that understanding. And, yet, alas, they did it still. This attack requires a cultural shift.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Why integrity? See our free Cyberbullying Toolkit for Educators for helpful tips and resources. Develop and demonstrate a plan that shows students when and why they should report bullying and how integrity means making tough choices. Model integrity through your own actions, and hold yourself accountable for mistakes.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Why Integrity? See our free Cyberbullying Toolkit for Educators for helpful tips and resources. Develop and demonstrate a plan that shows students when and why they should report bullying and how integrity means making tough choices. Model integrity through your own actions, and hold yourself accountable for mistakes.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Why Integrity? See our free Cyberbullying Toolkit for Educators for helpful tips and resources. Develop and demonstrate a plan that shows students when and why they should report bullying and how integrity means making tough choices. Model integrity through your own actions, and hold yourself accountable for mistakes.

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techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

Edtech tools are helping educators everywhere discover new possibilities for writing instruction. for Educators, students began listening to stories they couldn’t master yet and fell in love with books. She’s thrilled to see the progress when her students’ general education teachers show her copies of their writing. Using Epic!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Newsweek published its ballyhooed screed Why Johnny Can’t Write in 1975. This past summer, The New York Times chimed in with Why Kids Can’t Write. Legions of parents and educators have their eye on the problem. Turnitin , an Oakland, Calif.-based Patti West-Smith Twitter: @Turnitin Help teachers extend their reach.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Instead of reserving them for high-stakes assessments like final exams, some professors now use these tools for routine work like weekly quizzes. There are plenty of things students complain about, but no other educational technology has drawn as much organized protest in recent months. Yet they are quickly becoming mainstream.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2020

These were the days before TurnItIn and other plagiarism checking software were widely adopted by schools. But that’s how so much of the educational software that’s sold to schools to curb cheating seems to imagine students — all students: unrepentant criminals, who must be rooted out and punished.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” Via The Atlantic : “Does Trump’s Education Budget Even Matter?”

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Hack Education

JULY 22, 2016

. “The Republican Platform on Higher Education Is a Mess,” says New America. Via Edsurge : “ Republican Party Platform Addresses Education, Nods to Edtech.” Via The New York Times : “ Mike Pence ’s Record on Education Is One of Turmoil and Mixed Results.” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

.” Via NPR : “ Trump Budget Reduces Education Spending , Raises Funding For School Choice.” ” Also via NPR : “President Trump’s Budget Proposal Calls For Deep Cuts To Education.” “ The Office of Educational Technology Under DeVos” by Doug Levin. .”

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