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Plagiarism Checkers vs. Human Grading: A Comparative Analysis

PlagiarismCheck

Plagiarism Checkers vs. Human Grading: Which is Better for Assessing Student Work? A Comparative Analysis Let’s compare the effectiveness of plagiarism checkers and human grading of similarity in assessing student work, considering factors such as accuracy, efficiency, and fairness. Assessing Student Work: The Pros and Cons of Plagiarism Checkers vs.

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Female Coaches Reveal Best Practices for Middle and High School Esports

EdTech Magazine

April Coats never envisioned herself as an esports coach, but when her EAST students used their project-based learning assignment to research and advocate for a team at Northside High School, she knew she had to step in. The timing of the students’ endeavor aligned perfectly with the Arkansas Activities Association signing a contract with the PlayVS esports platform, which led to a natural transition to bring esports to Fort Smith Public Schools.

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ChatGPT Teacher Tips  Part 4 – Teacher Writing Assistant

EdTechTeacher

[INTRO: A recent national report by the Watson Foundation found that teachers are using ChatGPT more than students and are using it to create new lesson ideas. To help out all of our teacher friends, we are offering a series of posts focused on practical ways that you can use ChatGPT to assist with own lesson design! ( Check out our first tip here! ) Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers.

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IT Leaders Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with Shoutouts

EdTech Magazine

Teachers in K–12 education today suffer from the highest burnout rates in the country, and it comes as no surprise. They’re helping students work through mental health lows while trying to manage their own stress from the pandemic. They’re fielding questions and uncertainty about new technologies such as artificial intelligence tools. At the same time, they’re championing integrated technology, personalized learning and online safety.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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How My Lunch Table Became a Space for Community Among Multiracial Students

Edsurge

Picture of me at seven years old. Photo courtesy of Natasha Akery. I didn’t know I was biracial when I was a kid, but I knew I was different. I grew up on the coast of South Carolina with church steeples on the horizon and Spanish moss hanging from large live oak trees. I wasn’t your typical Southern girl. My father is white and an American G.I. who met my Korean mother while stationed overseas.

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Alabama doesn’t want early childhood teachers talking about bias. Researchers say they need to.

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Late last month, Alabama Gov.

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Forget AI. Sharing Human Intelligence in Education Could be Gamechanger

techlearning

An award-winning educator from California is on a mission to create open online educational resources that help pool existing teacher expertise

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3 ways to ensure kindergarten readiness for all children

eSchool News

Ensuring that children are developmentally ready for school on day one of kindergarten is critical. The better prepared children are for kindergarten, the more successful they are likely to be in their school experience. Kindergarten readiness involves more than just a child’s age and academic abilities. It also encompasses social-emotional competencies, including whether children can follow directions, regulate their own emotions, and get along well with others.

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Support High-Quality Science Instruction with Gamification and Automation

edWeb.net

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Gamification is the integration of game-based mechanics and design elements into a non-gaming environment to motivate and engage people. While the concept has been around for decades, it is increasingly being used in K-12 education to not only motivate and engage students but also to help them master concepts and content.

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Frog Street Pre-K Curriculum Linked to Improved School Readiness

eSchool News

DALLAS (PRWEB) — Frog Street , an early childhood education company designed around the latest science in early brain development, has announced the results of a study conducted by the Johns Hopkins School of Education evaluating the efficacy of the Frog Street Pre-K curriculum with students in Texas. The study found that using Frog Street Pre-K curriculum was associated with positive gains in critical early learning domains and increased kindergarten readiness.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Students positive towards AI, but uncertain about what counts as cheating

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

Students are positive towards AI tools such as ChatGPT in education, but 62 percent believe that using chatbots during exams is cheating. However, where the boundary for cheating lies is highly unclear.

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Renaissance Launches Art Contest for Students to Help “Shine a Light on Bilingualism” in America

American Consortium for Equity in Education

Students who submit an original artwork to the contest can win up to $500 and see their work featured by Renaissance during Hispanic Heritage Month Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today launched the second annual “Shine a Keep Reading Renaissance Launches Art Contest for Students to Help “Shine a Light on Bilingualism” in America The post Renaissance Launches Art Contest for Students to Help “Shine a Light on Bilingualism” in America appeared first on Equity in Edu

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Fridays with Chief Trawick: A New Blog Series on Campus Security

Gaggle Speaks

Gaggle has partnered with Chief Thomas Y. Trawick, Jr. (Ret.), CEO and Founder of Reimagined Campus Security, LLC , for a new six-part blog series titled “Fridays with Chief Trawick”. With more than 40 years of experience in campus safety and security, Chief Trawick is on a mission to assist colleges, universities, and K-12 campuses in enhancing their security measures, practices, and processes for sustainable continuous safety and security growth.

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Circle.so Tutorial: Building a Circle Community Step-By-Step

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Circle.so (or Circle) is one of the most popular platforms for creating online communities. And if you want to learn … Circle.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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Paycom Donated Nearly $300,000 To Local Public School Districts

eSchool News

OKLAHOMA CITY – Paycom Software Inc. (NYSE:PAYC), a leading provider of HR software , celebrates the end of the 2023 school year by awarding grants to four local public school foundations. These two-year commitments will provide Edmond, Millwood, Oklahoma City and Putnam City with funds needed to support ongoing and new educational programming specific to each district.