eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Several key areas highlight the transformative effects of technology on education: Access to Information: The internet has become a vast repository of information, providing students and educators with unprecedented access to a wealth of knowledge. As with all innovations, there are positive and negative effects of technology on education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

From basic computer proficiency to critical thinking in evaluating online information, there are diverse types of digital literacy. Information literacy: This type involves the ability to locate, evaluate, and use digital information critically. What are the 5 essential digital skills?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

Debates help students grasp critical thinking and presentation skills, including: abstract thinking. analytical thinking. citizenship/ethics/etiquette. critical thinking. thinking on their feet—if evidence is refuted, students must ‘get back into game’. how to use the internet.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 202

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. As such, many students enter college and the workforce not having enough practice in key critical thinking skills that they need to be innovative problem-solvers and effective communicators.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2018

Like good hygiene, good digital citizenship is a set of responsibilities all internet users should practice. For K–12 students, lessons on how to use the internet safely and be effective online citizens are likely part of receiving any new classroom device. Cyber Hygiene Habits Foster Good Internet Use for Life. Pull Quote.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2018

Like good hygiene, good digital citizenship is a set of responsibilities all internet users should practice. For K–12 students, lessons on how to use the internet safely and be effective online citizens are likely part of receiving any new classroom device. Cyber Hygiene Habits Foster Good Internet Use for Life. Pull Quote.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2023

Six months out from when it broke the internet, ChatGPT — and its numerous clones and adaptations — have drummed up great interest, and concerns, for teachers, school leaders and districts. Beyond cheating of course, there is another common fear that ChatGPT will diminish critical thinking abilities in students.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

Further, students may not develop the skills necessary for original ideas and critical thinking. Areas to consider are teaching students how to use these tools, not only for their time-saving benefits, but also for addressing ethical concerns associated with plagiarism.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Overreliance on AI risks undermining critical thinking; Pritts (2023) warns that tools generating papers may erode analytical skills, echoing SoTL calls for active learning (Davidson, 2021). Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large. Spitale et al.

Faculty Development 88

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

Further, students may not develop the skills necessary for original ideas and critical thinking. Areas to consider are teaching students how to use these tools, not only for their time-saving benefits, but also for addressing ethical concerns associated with plagiarism.

Intelligence 97

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 97

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To fill immediate gaps, smaller academic programs, such as Critical Thinking Initiatives and Centers for Teaching and Learning, can help campus communities begin engaging with generative AI thoughtfully while fostering student success and workplace readiness. An example of the latter would consider students’ needs and achievements.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I created this article not to discuss potential legal and ethical issues surrounding AI, but rather to share my observations from a broad perspective. The media they were interacting with every day added relevance and depth to our critical thinking skills, which enhanced both learning and contemporary work place applications.

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To fill immediate gaps, smaller academic programs, such as Critical Thinking Initiatives and Centers for Teaching and Learning, can help campus communities begin engaging with generative AI thoughtfully while fostering student success and workplace readiness. An example of the latter would consider students’ needs and achievements.

Learning 111

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Overreliance on AI risks undermining critical thinking; Pritts (2023) warns that tools generating papers may erode analytical skills, echoing SoTL calls for active learning (Davidson, 2021). Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large. Spitale et al.

Faculty Development 78

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 78

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2016

What access will the students have to the Internet? . Technology tools help students to be more creative and to explore and experiment in ways they never could without the classroom computer and Internet access. . It fosters critical thinking and encourages students to “think outside the box.”.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I created this article not to discuss potential legal and ethical issues surrounding AI, but rather to share my observations from a broad perspective. The media they were interacting with every day added relevance and depth to our critical thinking skills, which enhanced both learning and contemporary work place applications.

Intelligence 111

Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2017

Debates help students grasp critical thinking and presentation skills, including: abstract thinking. analytical thinking. citizenship/ethics/etiquette. critical thinking. thinking on their feet—if evidence is refuted, students must ‘get back into game’. how to use the internet.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 95

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2016

Debates help students grasp critical thinking and presentation skills, including: abstract thinking. analytical thinking. citizenship/ethics/etiquette. critical thinking. thinking on their feet—if evidence is refuted, students must ‘get back into game’. how to use the internet.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 84

Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Teach students higher order or critical thinking skills? Iowa’s anemic Internet access. We need to foster a diversity of talents. The declining economic value of routine cognitive work. Not if the Texas Republicans have their way. Which schools are the true ‘miracles?’

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Disabilities Critical Thinking High School High School 106

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9

Gamification 130

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When ChatGPT was first released, questions swirled around higher ed about it stoking an increase in plagiarism, promoting a lack of critical thinking, and what the future would hold for classic functions like the college admission essay. How can I use AI as a teacher?

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Welcome to the Hidden Curriculum of the Internet We often imagine learning as something that happens within school walls, books opened, teachers talking, students taking notes. This is the hidden curriculum of the internet, which aids online learning. But in 2025, that idea is rapidly fading. This is informal learning. Bottom line?

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Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

teens say they use the service, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey , and TikTok recently surpassed Google as the most-visited site on the internet. Sixty-seven percent of U.S. Will it come to play a role in college classrooms? And others complain that it perpetuates a skimming-over-the-top attitude toward information.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2025

The key is that we maintain rigorous standards of quality–and create clear guardrails around the ethical use of AI at a time when increasingly sophisticated models are blurring the lines between human design–and artificial intelligence.

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Ethics Writing Feedback Knowledge 350

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

But it can’t raise too many red flags in their critical thinking that might cause them to doubt what it is that’s being circulated. It’s good to think of the UnderAcademy College more in the tradition of a Black Mountain College than perhaps pure satire. Aren’t there ethical concerns if you’re having students write fake news?

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