eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key points: Technology works in service of teaching, not the other way around Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators Leveraging edtech to help students, teachers stay connected through illness For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Artificial intelligence brings opportunities and questions to classrooms worldwide.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2025

This evolution has revised, if not totally disrupted, the playing field, positioning all of us as digital immigrants navigating to a new rapidly changing landscape of capabilities and ethical complexities. Asking learners to revise assignments or draft an outline with the help of AI are good places to start.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Key points: Edtech tools can be a valuable resource to build media literacy skills Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators How to help students build critical success skills For more news on media literacy, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Media literacy has emerged as a critical skillset in today’s digital landscape.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

So the students began, first reading The Crucible , relying only on their human intelligence. Going from zero to hero Just days before our fall semester started, I learned that I’d been assigned mythology—a subject I’d not taught before and one without a syllabus. Now prove me wrong.” What would be the implications?

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English Syllabus Intelligence Assignments 337

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

AI’s rise in popularity has brought with it questions about ethics, skills students will need for workplace success, and how to balance negatives with positives when it comes to teaching with this new generative tool. Here are five insights around AI in education: What is the best AI tool for teachers? How can AI be used in teaching?

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Edsurge

JUNE 3, 2025

Technology may pose solutions, too: some counselors say they are changing how they connect with students and are testing out artificial intelligence platforms. Or you could also look at it and itll say, Hey, this kiddo is not quite understanding the assignment. Might need to check on them, said Kemble.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some believe it will cripple the education system and replace human workers ; others denounce ChatGPT as a free essay-writing and test-taking tool that makes it laughably easy to cheat on assignments, while the validity of responses generated by ChatGPT has also been called into question. What is ChatGPT?

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 338

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not new. I created this article not to discuss potential legal and ethical issues surrounding AI, but rather to share my observations from a broad perspective. This was often for written assignments or take-home quizzes and tests. My initial encounters with this rising AI were biased.

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Balch & Blanck, 2025; Butulis, 2023; Parks & Oslick, 2024) and to provide their students with instruction and practice in using AI in productive and ethical ways (e.g., In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. Faculty Focus.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

While ChatGPT seems to have sprung up overnight to dominate current headlines, legislative discussions, and professional debates—ranging from doomsday predictions to practical celebrations related to improved efficiency with menial labor tasks—the introduction of this online Artificial Intelligence (AI) program can be traced back to 2018.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

In many schools, computer science instruction is assigned to teachers based on availability rather than expertise. To be intellectually ethical, computer science education should equip students with comprehensive knowledge about AI. Computer science curricula should be turnkey, ready for any educator to pick up and teach.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes.

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Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 115

Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Students regularly shared they were not interested in using a generative intelligence site to complete their work—they were not ready to trust AI with their learning, and more specifically, course grades.

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Intelligence Critical Thinking Learning Assignments 128

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

While it may seem logical for teachers and professors to clearly disclose when they use AI to develop instructional materials, just as they are asking students to do in assignments, Watkins points out that it’s not as simple as it might seem. She imagines teachers might use AI in the same way to create assignments or lesson plans. “No

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Many coaches note that AI tools assisted in grading assignments, offering real-time feedback, and supporting differentiated instruction. Despite its advantages, instructional coaches identified several challenges and ethical concerns. Several ethical and privacy concerns were mentioned.

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Coaching Ethics Academic Integrity Plagiarism 200

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes.

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Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Students regularly shared they were not interested in using a generative intelligence site to complete their work—they were not ready to trust AI with their learning, and more specifically, course grades.

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Intelligence Critical Thinking Learning Assignments 110

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

And as someone who is also a former journalist and editor for EdSurge, I recognize that we should never plagiarize, and that artificially-intelligent chatbots are very, very capable of responding to prompts like “Write me a 500-word essay on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.” So how can that work? Ultimately, the underlying approach is not new.

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Plagiarism Essay Instructors Intelligence 218

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

As artificial intelligence, and in particular ChatGPT, infiltrates higher education, faculty remain on edge. How much bot input should be allowed while completing assignments? Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

As artificial intelligence, and in particular ChatGPT, infiltrates higher education, faculty remain on edge. How much bot input should be allowed while completing assignments? Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not new. I created this article not to discuss potential legal and ethical issues surrounding AI, but rather to share my observations from a broad perspective. This was often for written assignments or take-home quizzes and tests. My initial encounters with this rising AI were biased.

Intelligence 111

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 111

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2018

Do anthropomorphized forms of artificial intelligence serve students better than hidden bots? How do we create frameworks for the ethical creation of artificial intelligence? The chat started with a healthy dose of skepticism about the potential misuses of artificial intelligence. Now that's an idea.

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Intelligence Ethics Education Instructors 101

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

This change reduces writing assignment stress and time pressure, improving productivity and learning. However, when leveraging such tools for school assignments, it’s crucial to ensure the work remains authentic because teachers always check AI% in Turnitin or other detectors.

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Writing Essay Ethics Plagiarism 187

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

The unusual idea seems in some ways like a publicity stunt to call attention to a the academic major it offers in artificial intelligence — and local TV news stations pounced on the notion that nonhuman classmates would be participating side-by-side in hybrid college classes with T-shirt-clad young people.

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Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 213

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

PowerNotes+ is a reading, research, and writing platform that helps educators and institutions have control and confidence using artificial intelligence (AI)—and addresses questions of intellectual integrity using transparency and evidence, not suspicion. And it’s constantly changing.

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Writing Ethics Plagiarism Academic Integrity 161

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

This article explores the role of metacognition in enhancing learning outcomes for ELLs and demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support metacognitive growth. The answer lies in two transformative strategies: metacognition and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). Machine learning and human intelligence.

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Essay Ethics Feedback Languages 166

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

I predict two issues will take center stage- artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. 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. Immediate feedback also helps students develop self-efficacy.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Since the public release of ChatGPT in December 2022, educators have faced the challenge of effectively integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their teaching. Strategic Approaches to AI Integration One effective strategy is to intentionally redesign classroom activities and assignments to incorporate AI tools.

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Ethics Plagiarism Intelligence Education 116

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

To answer that question, faculty at The New School have developed a suite of interdisciplinary classes such as “Anthropology of Networks,” “Generative Media and Artificial Intelligence,” and “An Interactive History of Computers Doing Bad Things,” which covers viruses, botnets and ransomware.

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Art Interdisciplinary History Essay 213

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

There’s no universal answer,” says Alexis Peirce Caudell, a lecturer in informatics at Indiana University at Bloomington who recently did an assignment where many students shared their experience and concerns about AI tools. Peirce Caudell, of Indiana University, says her students have raised ethical issues with using AI tools as well.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Enter artificial intelligence (AI)–a powerful tool that transforms storytelling into an accessible and engaging experience for every student. Additionally, students should be encouraged to credit AI-generated content appropriately to foster ethical use.

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English Critical Thinking Writing Languages 236

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2025

But she says its important to remember that students are only human, and that some humans have always cheated in certain situations especially young people still figuring out their ethics and values. Remembering that most students arent looking to be cheaters can take down the temperature so that instructors dont get so worked up about it.

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Academic Integrity Instructors Ethics Students 192

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

Yet she imagines scenarios in which students could be misidentified, such as when students turn in assignments on time but in alternative ways (like in paper rather than digital form), leading to false matches. That’s basic research ethics—inform the students about the way their data is being used,” she notes. Absolutely.”

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Ethics Coaching Writing Intelligence 183

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Changing attitudes toward demonstrating learning : There is a rising groundswell of discussion around assessing, documenting, communicating and assigning value to student learning. Ethical innovation centers on the why of change, aligning efforts with educational goals like fostering growth, equity and responsible digital citizenship.

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Ethics Intelligence Communication Motivation 198

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Amid the technological advancements shaping education, the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and conversational agents like ChatGPT have further expanded the possibilities for learning and communication (Alam, 2023). Adjust prompts and fine-tune as necessary.

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Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 135

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

How can educators prepare students for an evolving future influenced by artificial intelligence? They articulated how they would and would not use [AI-assisted text generators] at school and built the ethics with their understanding and discussion. I also asked my students to devise a pledge to use [AI-assisted text generators].

Education 197

Education Learning Intelligence Coaching 197

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As educators seek innovative methods to engage students and enhance the learning experience, artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to be an invaluable asset. Try using it to simplify some of the things that you're spending a lot of time on, like writing directions to assignments. Before you introduce AI to students, try it out.

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Writing Art English Students 205