Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

It’s a fair question given the widespread concern in the field about students using AI to write their essays or bots to do their homework for them. Watkins is a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing, an optional program for faculty. “We

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

I used to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to teach a preschooler in China how to read, write and speak English. Through a headset and webcam, I learned that he loved space. This online learning model doesn’t work for every child, but it is right for some.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

When our school buildings closed, districts and teachers were tasked with creating remote learning plans for their students. And we learned quickly that barriers to fruitful distance learning were greater for some students than others. First, educators had to rethink infrastructure. It’s a lot bigger now.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

It was really in the ‘80s and the ‘90s that the first satellite distance learning programs came up,” she adds, meaning students could sit in classrooms connected via interactive satellite TV. Experts in online teaching have been debating and researching the question of synchronous versus asynchronous for decades.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The US History Interactive and World History Interactive programs create an active, inquiry-based learning environment that engages students by having them question, investigate, and explore history from multiple viewpoints. Hook & Inspire!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

25 on the personal website of Roger Billings, the founder and chairman of Acellus, the company’s courseware development team writes that “about a dozen Acellus lessons have been tagged as racist or as having sexist content. Still, decisions about distance learning programs in Hawaii are made at the school level.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Students, especially in the middle and high school years, have more opportunities than ever to cheat using AI tools, such as writing assistants or even text generators. While AI itself isnt inherently problematic, its use in cheating can hinder students’ learning and development. Formative assessment can provide the answer.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Across the region, schools have moved classrooms to the cloud in what’s become a massive experiment in distance learning, impacting local and international schools alike. However, teachers can run the risk of assigning too much work or feeling pressured to spend too much of their time connecting with students. Well, sort of.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Families are making choices about what to prioritize during distance learning while navigating unique demands of work, family and health. search, open, download, read and listen) digital content and complete assigned work tasks for review.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

In the early stages of the Darfur crisis in Sudan, I watched children led by an adult volunteer gather regularly under a tree or jerry-rigged tent to sing songs, play games and learn about how to stay safe in a new environment. Studying math, reading and writing was not the top priority; it was slowly integrated over time.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2020

They highlight the philosophies we use to determine teacher assignments and course offerings. Or, conversely, students struggling with writing might show improvements after longer English composition classes. Transcripts show the courses we offer and whether (and which) students had the time (and opportunity) to take them.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Even for students who like to write on paper, they can take a picture of their work and immediately upload to Free Math. It’s much faster for grading, feedback and assessing learning for teachers, regardless of environments. This has been extremely beneficial, especially during distance learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Machado had the student tell the story of the journey through an assignment and took the story to a local dentist’s office where his wife worked as a dental assistant. Pedro Trivella, an ESL educator at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in New Jersey, won for designing and writing his district’s ELL/bilingual K-8 curriculum.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2020

Lessons of the Spring Distance Learning Scramble The spring scramble to homeschooling and remote learning shows that parents want and will pay for a better digital learning experience. Speaking from personal experience and as education technology “experts,” this year’s digital learning experience failed to impress.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2024

After all, students quickly spread the word on TikTok and other social media platforms that with a few simple prompts, a chatbot could write an essay or answer a homework assignment in ways that would be hard for teachers to detect. I’m reading more than just what they’re telling me.”

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

During the first week of distance learning, she tried sitting, but her feet swelled up. Around him in the room are his vinyl record collection, his guitar, his dog, a stationary exercise bike and a bin full of his writing—poems and short stories among them. For Merrick, the setup itself is an improvement.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

However, educators should make sure to translate the accommodations they’ve likely already made in the classroom into their distance learning plans, Del Tufo says. Most learning management platforms have built-in tools for students who need accommodations. Tools for Project-Based Learning.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2018

-based 21st Century Cyber Charter School (21CCCS), teachers and administrators rely on learning tools such as Edmentum’s Study Island , Blackboard Collaborate and Moodle to identify student needs and trends. It also helps us differentiate assignments. It helps with grouping students so we can make recommendations and move their path.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Coming from educational publishing, there was a strict division between writing and editing and graphic-design work,” says Anagnoson. So when grant funds did become available, Anagnoson volunteered to write it on her own. Now it’s my job.” We spent a lot of time making sure it was a solid outline,” she says.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 17, 2023

Seeber in The Slow Professor write that faculty are in a state of “time poverty” (2016, p. Faced with the stress of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to design assignments to outwit ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can write essays, or figure out how to get students to come to virtual office hours.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how mobile devices are proving to have a positive impact on K–12 learning. The video camera can be used for distance learning or teleconferencing ; the IR works with Windows Hello to support automatic logins using facial recognition in any light , and automatic logouts whenever authorized users leave the area.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 17, 2023

Seeber in The Slow Professor write that faculty are in a state of “time poverty” (2016, p. Faced with the stress of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to design assignments to outwit ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can write essays, or figure out how to get students to come to virtual office hours.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Online Collaborative Writing Tools: Platforms like Google Docs or Microsoft Word Online enable collaborative writing projects, fostering teamwork, peer editing, and real-time collaboration among students. Distance learning tools ensure educational continuity, enabling students to access resources remotely.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Knowing the results of their efforts shortly after completing an assignment lets students know both when they have mastered a concept and where they need to do additional work. Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 7, 2025

Weve included tips for classroom use and a range of subjects to interest every writer in your classroom, no matter their writing skills. Write a short note to a music artist about something they should change about their music. Write a paragraph to convince someone in class to try an activity you love. What about the worst?

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 27, 2025

When people hear online school, many immediately picture a child sitting alone, mindlessly clicking through assignments on a computer without real instruction, interaction, or depth. In a proper online school, licensed teachers lead the instruction, deliver the lessons, assign the work, and grade the assessments. Absolutely!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Knowing the results of their efforts shortly after completing an assignment lets students know both when they have mastered a concept and where they need to do additional work. Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Wong Baesa’s district did not meet in person again after that, and there was no live instruction during remote learning. Instead, her middle school assigned a different subject for each day of the week. Right: The intro slide for a day of remote learning in Frazier’s class. Courtesy of Mikia Frazier) Mikia D. that was hard.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

They’d need to make do with haphazard plans for distance learning through the end of the school year — perhaps longer. Students would write me notes telling me how much they loved having me as their teacher. Around this time four years ago, a seismic event was rippling across education.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

They logged into a learning management system, which displays personal profile information, homework assignments and professor office hours. Other tools, like breakout rooms and an interactive white board that everyone can write on, are designed to decrease the sense of distance among students, the instructor said.

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