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Plagiarism Checkers: The Benefits Students Fail to See

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor Serhii Tkachecnko, CEO at Unicheck, shares his thoughts on how educators can teach students about the benefits of plagiarism checking. But when it comes to plagiarism checking, most students feel hostile. Instead of being intimidated by plagiarism checking, why not educate students on its benefits?

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AI writing tools can be disruptive–here are 5 ways to counteract their influence

eSchool News

Key points: Educators should clearly communicate rules and expectations for AI It’s also worth keeping an open mind and learning a bit more about how AI tools work The discussion around the influence of AI writing on education has never been so active – all thanks to the launch of ChatGPT last year.

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Inspiring Your Students to Write, Cite, and Avoid Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

There may be no more serious issue for a student than facing an academic conduct hearing because of plagiarism. Faculty, however, often struggle with creating approaches that focus on why and how academic writing and the associated documenting guidelines enhance a student’s ability to communicate their thoughts and ideas.

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Adding AI to your K-12 digital citizenship curriculum

eSchool News

Does the way in which you communicate with a bot yield different results?” “Is Tips for integrating AI into your K-12 digital citizenship curriculum In order to start integrating AI into your existing digital citizenship curriculum, let’s consider four main pillars of digital citizenship – safety, communication, literacy, and ethics.

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How to combat misuse of AI in student writing

eSchool News

Teachers should include an AI use chart (like this one from Ditch That Textbook ) with their course descriptions and have clear-cut discussions with parents and students about when AI use is and is not acceptable.

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The 9 essential elements of digital citizenship

eSchool News

Digital communication: How to make appropriate decisions when faced with so many different digital communication options, such as when (and how) to send an email versus a text message or casual social media connection. Digital literacy: “Learners must be taught how to learn in a digital society,” Ribble writes.

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Inspiring Your Students to Write, Cite, and Avoid Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

There may be no more serious issue for a student than facing an academic conduct hearing because of plagiarism. Faculty, however, often struggle with creating approaches that focus on why and how academic writing and the associated documenting guidelines enhance a student’s ability to communicate their thoughts and ideas.