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

MARCH 3, 2021

And why stop at two funds? These include “a huge change in assessments and how people demonstrate mastery” in ways other than through standardized testing, she notes. Among them: Turnitin, the plagiarism checker acquired for $1.75 Over the past couple years, GSV Ventures has been expanding its horizon beyond the U.S.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

" Even the notion of "what works" should prompt us to ask all sorts of questions about "for whom," "in what way," and "why." That is, we are less likely to use ed-tech to rethink assignments or assessments than we are to use ed-tech more closely scrutinize student behavior.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

If several students submitted the same work for an assignment, educators can give the rest of the class an overview of what happened, and reiterate why it’s important for them to do their own work. Faculty should also consider using more authentic assessments. Faculty can also shake up how they assess students. One option?

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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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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

Some of those instructors are using tools that attempt to detect text written by bots, such as GPTZero and a new tool by Turnitin. Getting students to write something has always been such a solid form of assessment — probably one of the bigger tools we have in our toolkit,” he says. “We

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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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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Either way, the teacher will need assess how best to approach learning with their students on a group or individual level. This year, it’ll be Turnitin. Many teachers, especially those new to a district or grade, know all too well they might not have much data to lean on at the start of the school year.

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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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Hack Education

JUNE 14, 2016

Testing and assessment are the largest category of this market. Testing and assessment remain the primary reason why schools buy computers; these are also the primary purposes for which teachers say they use new technologies in their classrooms. Why do we test? Why do we measure? Why has this become big business?

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Why integrity? Develop and demonstrate a plan that shows students when and why they should report bullying and how integrity means making tough choices. As you learn about another culture, have students self-assess whether they're showing global responsibility by portraying themselves honestly and authentically. Checkology.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Why integrity? Develop and demonstrate a plan that shows students when and why they should report bullying and how integrity means making tough choices. As you learn about another culture, have students self-assess whether they're showing global responsibility by portraying themselves honestly and authentically. Checkology.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Why Integrity? Develop and demonstrate a plan that shows students when and why they should report bullying and how integrity means making tough choices. As you learn about another culture, have students self-assess if they're showing global responsibility by portraying themselves authentically. The Knotted Line.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Why Integrity? Develop and demonstrate a plan that shows students when and why they should report bullying and how integrity means making tough choices. As you learn about another culture, have students self-assess if they're showing global responsibility by portraying themselves authentically. ELA NowComment.

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techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

Why not just stay with what I know—print out the paper and mark it by hand,” he concluded. Raugust also wants to explore sharing his comment library with colleagues to see if it’s worthwhile using with common assessments and shared rubrics. But, he says, “the essays still just sit there, waiting to be marked.”

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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. I was an early critic of the proctoring industry, and it’s why I created Proctorio.” This might be a good opportunity to rethink assessment,” he says.

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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. Turnitin , an Oakland, Calif.-based Patti West-Smith Twitter: @Turnitin Help teachers extend their reach. The caterwauling about the inability of U.S. Patti West-Smith.

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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. Guilty until TurnItIn proves you innocent. Why do we have so much "cop s**t" in our classrooms, Jeffrey Moro asks in his essay. I think this is one of our most important challenges in the months and years ahead.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Why are video-taped lectures so “revolutionary” if lectures themselves are supposedly not? (As According to one student, he had asked why he wasn’t required to take any classes, and he’d been told by the recruiter that he could still earn credits through working. TurnItIn (and the Cheating Detection Racket). billion.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Here’s why.” Via The New York Times : “In Her Words: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Assesses a Year on the Job.” ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Why Startups Fail : Lessons for Education Companies.” TurnItIn has acquired Vericite. Kaleidoscope Group has raised $1.3

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Hack Education

JULY 22, 2016

” From the Republican National Convention: TurnItIn was pleased , I’m sure, to be invoked many times following Melania Trump ’s convention speech, which plagiarized passages from Michelle Obama ’s 2008 speech. New Project Aims to Tell Why No One Seems Eager to Find Out.” Spoiler alert : capitalism.).

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” Via Education Week : “Market Is Booming for Digital Formative Assessments.” ” There’s more from Slate in its series on online credit recovery programs : “Why Bad Online Courses Are Still Taught in Schools.” ” Via The NYT : “As Pollen Counts Rise, Test Scores Fall.”

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