Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In the end, it’s a balance between empathetic decisions made by educators and less biased decisions made by the software. Solutions like Turnitin and Unickeck help both teachers and students check assignments for any traces of plagiarism. There are some differences between the two, as Turnitin can also check the originality of images.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Summary: Patti West-Smith, an expert in pedagogy from Turnitin, explains that with a bit of up-front guidance, rubrics help students become self-directed learners who see exactly how to improve before turning in their paper or assignment. About the Author: Lynda Van Kuren is a freelance education writer based in North Carolina.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2017

Lack of focus plagues almost every aspect of education. Why are schools struggling with complexity and what are some solutions? Turnitin has a new tool, Revision Assistant. Turnitin’s new tool, Revision Assistant automates the process and delivers personalized, immediate feedback. There are too many apps.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

With an investment fund, a conference and a constellation of advisory services, GSV may be the closest thing to an omnipresent brand in education investing. We think those markets have a lot of raw talent of entrepreneurs, and a rising middle class that makes for a strong underpinning” for education and economic growth.

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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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Neo LMS

MARCH 1, 2018

Most education systems fail to emphasize the importance of data mining. Unless it is a seat in exam, there is no reason why your students shouldn’t make use of readily available tools to get better at their writing. To check for plagiarism, they could use platforms like Turnitin. Data mining. Identifying the right tools.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

When it comes to the business of education, the teenage years of this century are going out with a bang. And topping the charts is a story about educators marshalling forces against a telecoms giant. Over the following days, we’ll be sharing the top stories of the year in K-12 and higher education readers. Here’s why.

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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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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The plagiarism checker Turnitin has developed a filter in its similarity report that notes the percentage of AI-generated phrases with 99% accuracy. Another colleague, P, recommended Copyleaks which doesn’t require a login like Turnitin. Certain tools have been created specifically to help people identify AI-generated content.

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MindShift

APRIL 21, 2017

Encourage original work and give feedback with Turnitin, where students submit writing assignments and the site detects plagiarism and improper citation. Discuss the importance of originality, giving credit to others, and the consequences of plagiarism in education and pop culture.

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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. What do students think?

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

With so many choices on where to build your digital classroom, the questions often arise: “Why do I need a learning management system? Why consider Schoology? Why would students want to use Schoology? These include, but aren’t limited to: Google Drive, Turnitin, Respondus, Quizlet, Playposit and more! Google Classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

So far this year, the wheeling and dealing has clustered around higher education and workforce development, observes Kelly Fuller, a director at BMO Capital Markets who covers the education technology sector. Then Francisco Partners acquired Renaissance Learning and Discovery Education to enter the K-12 market. Absolutely.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

Writing is a conversation, and that’s why it matters for students to give feedback to one another, and use that feedback to improve their own writing.” Other companies like Turnitin and WriteLab have turned to machine-learning technology to automate writing feedback.

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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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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. "I don't even know why we study history. Narratives about the “factory model of education” and whatnot.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2017

So why should students fork out hundreds of dollars for them? That’s the question Top Hat has been hearing from college students and faculty, and why the Toronto company has decided to take on the publishing business. He was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list in Education in 2014. million from Leaders Fund.

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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. Why should I use Revision Assistant? What is Revision Assistant?

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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. Why should I use Revision Assistant? What is Revision Assistant?

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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? Fourth, prevention requires a system-wide approach; one educator on a crusade will quickly find it is ineffectual. I would teach students how to cite, when to cite, and how to quote and paraphrase.

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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. 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? 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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MindShift

APRIL 10, 2019

“So you can maybe see why students could get drawn into the contract cheating world.” “Yes, just like the little birdie that’s there to help you in your education,” explains April Short, a former grade school teacher from Australia who’s now based in Philadelphia. ” advises another.

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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

There are plenty of things students complain about, but no other educational technology has drawn as much organized protest in recent months. I was an early critic of the proctoring industry, and it’s why I created Proctorio.” But the level of outcry is unusual for an edtech product. Yet they are quickly becoming mainstream.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. Peilian.com (music education): $150 million. Coursera (online education): $210.1 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

This is one of the reasons why I failed English—because I can’t write.’ Embrace the technology “For the last two years, I’ve been using Revision Assistant , an automated feedback tool that comes from Turnitin , and I just absolutely love the program,” DiMichele says. I said, ‘Tell us why. And I said, ‘Wait a second.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Several months ago, I started to jot down ideas about what I'd cover in my annual review of what's happened over the course of the past 12 months in the field / industry /promotion of education technology. Coming soon: the Hack Education Ed-Tech Decade in Review). My hope for the new decade is we can keep the lies out of their mouths.

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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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

There was a Presidential Debate this week, but – no surprise and perhaps even a bit of a relief – education wasn’t much of an issue. ” Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts. .” ” Education in the Courts. ” Maybe or maybe not education-related.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 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. From the US Department of Education ’s Press Office : “U.S. Fines Google $5.1

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 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. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Education Politics. Secretary of Education John B. Board of Education.” ” Via The Atlantic: “ The Challenge of Educational Inequality.” Education Department said this week it will make Pell Grants available to 10,000 high school students who are enrolled in courses at 44 colleges.”

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