eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

Online archives such as the Library of Congress’s Digital Collections and the National Archives offer students the opportunity to explore primary sources firsthand, gaining insights into historical events and cultural phenomena that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Social Studies 293

Social Studies Study Ethics Intelligence 293

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2024

For instance, AI chatbots might favor certain ways of speaking or writing , leading students to believe that some dialects or language patterns are more “correct” or “intelligent” than others. They have the potential to both exacerbate existing inequalities and create new ones.

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Testing Critical Thinking Intelligence Ethics 321

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2023

Use respectful language when talking with and about teachers. Whether you are an administrator or active community member, how you speak, write, and/or communicate towards educators will shape the culture. Indeed, teachers are working in a school culture where verbal communication means much more than only using considerate language.

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Teachers Counselling Ethics Languages 300

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It can handle a variety of language tasks, including answering questions, writing essays, generating creative content, offering explanations, giving advice, and engaging in natural-sounding conversations” (as explained by ChatGPT itself). What is ChatGPT? See our ChatGPT Prompting Guide for Life Design + Career Education.

Ethics 339

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 339

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

For English Language Learners (ELLs), this scenario is even more daunting due to limited vocabulary or fear of making mistakes. In fact, studies show that a lack of confidence and linguistic resources often prevents ELLs from fully engaging in creative writing, despite their rich cultural and personal experiences.

English 263

English Critical Thinking Writing Languages 263

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Research has found multiple benefits of integrating science and math instruction , as well as science and English language arts instruction , such as increasing student understanding, strengthening critical-thinking skills, and helping students acquire STEM skills they need for postsecondary success.

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Science Technology STEM Education 244

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

AI algorithms use massive datasets and natural language processing to produce content that replicates student writing styles as teaching tools. Improved Writing Quality For many students, especially those learning English as a second language, AI technologies are essential for language and writing improvement.

Writing 187

Writing Essay Ethics Plagiarism 187

eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We chanted and danced “Pie-pie-pie” (a Spanish-language twist on “head, shoulders, knees, and toes”) in a giant circle. In Durango, a mountain town with a hearty outdoor recreation culture, most parents were happy for us to be outside. Our paved heat island was better than indoors but still too hot.

Ethics 281

Ethics Writing History English 281

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

These days, proponents of learning analytics are exploring how the advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools bring new possibilities and raise new ethical questions for the practice. Now, though, large language models can easily mark discussion posts as on or off topic with a minimum amount of prompt engineering, Pardos says.

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Learning Textbooks Essay Ethics 200

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Its new minor program, called “Code as a Liberal Art,” treats computer science as a tool not just for career preparation, but for creative expression, cultural criticism and “civic awareness for understanding an increasingly computational society,” says Todd Anderson, assistant professor of code and liberal arts at the institution.

Art 211

Art Interdisciplinary History Essay 211

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

At colleges and universities, there's a culture of professors grabbing materials from the web without always citing them. Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.) I don’t think [that] 10 years from now you’ll have to do that,” she says. “I

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Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

From cloning to social media, it is more essential to understand the ethical implications of an idea and how it will impact people than it is to build well-designed code. It begins as an exploration and celebration of the human condition, sharing the history of people and culture.

Ethics 147

Ethics History Education Culture 147

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, after listening to a TED Talk featuring Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy , demonstrating the use of AI tutors in his school, I realized that my days of teaching traditional math content and language arts skills are numbered. In the absence of ethics and values to drive the deployment of AI , its arrival in schools is a risk.

Teaching 216

Teaching Beliefs Education Culture 216

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

This potential hinges on the responsible and ethical use of AI, taught through a framework that addresses critical concerns such as bias, misinformation, and the preparation of students for a world transformed by AI. This partnership will enable teachers across Canada to offer ethical, quality AI training to their students.

Intelligence 258

Intelligence Exams Ethics Learning Styles 258

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

For example, in our Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom guides , we have a project that’s specifically for foreign language teachers. We took a standard that they were already teaching in foreign language classes—comparison of languages and accuracy of translation—and showed how AI does it, how natural language processing works.

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Curriculum Intelligence Languages Language 218

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

That’s basic research ethics—inform the students about the way their data is being used,” she notes. She plans to write a plain-language version of the company’s user privacy policy and build a public portal explaining how data is used. Just three weeks ago the company hired a privacy attorney, Daisy Bennett, to assist in that work.

Ethics 174

Ethics Coaching Writing Intelligence 174

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2025

Data science concepts form the building blocks of artificial intelligence, including popular large language models like ChatGPT. They can start with mastering spreadsheets, coding languages like Python or teaching students to use AI chatbots. It's going to be really good for writing, not so good for math, as one example.

Intelligence 206

Intelligence Teachers Science Plagiarism 206

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The need to teach responsible and ethical digital habits has never been more pressing. These are areas where AI excels, which could allow humans to focus more energy on becoming better at our skills, like being ethical decision-makers. But with technology advancing so quickly, how can we help young people make healthy choices?

Ethics 166

Ethics Skills Evaluation Discussions 166

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

There has also been an outlash of criticism on curriculum , coursework and materials, with efforts to restrict what educators teach, that has put racial, cultural and historical identities under attack. America’s young people are feeling the weight of it all. high school students. Civic behaviors and attitudes support the broader community.

Schools 218

Schools Disabilities Study Ethics 218

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Hutson (2024) identifies the challenges of AI in education as the blurred boundaries between human and AI-generated content, the inadequacy of traditional plagiarism definitions, and the need to balance the ethical integration of AI with the preservation of critical thinking, originality, and intellectual property standards. Hammond, Z.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. It may be one like Storyboard That! Pixton , or another that you prefer.

Activities 172

Activities Learning Art Failure 172

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

This ethical question formed the center of a thoughtful, deep discussion about an email from the school administration asking teachers to tell students not to “like” a YouTube video posted by a comedian who had been accused of making anti-Semitic statements. It doesn’t really impact the work that we do in the classroom,” Hafiz explains.

Education 167

Education Ethics Learning Outcomes Discussions 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The business community knows what they want in their employees: work ethic, the ability to communicate and function as a team, flexible thinking, etc. Ninth grade students in an interdisciplinary Global Science Perspectives class were asked to explore the themes of the course and find correlations between culture and science.

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Grades Failure Ethics Interdisciplinary 165

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. Quandary – challenge students ethically in this MIT game.

Activities 174

Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I was often made to feel inferior by peers and sometimes even teachers because of my parents' level of formal education, my struggles with language acquisition, and the reality that I came from a working-class family.

Teaching 181

Teaching English Ethics Achievement 181

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2023

You wrote an op-ed for EdSurge last year noting that social-emotional learning is becoming an issue in America’s culture wars. But I made a moral and ethical decision to not dilute any of the science of what young people need to be healthy and whole and to learn and to live wonderful lives. I worry about it.

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Teachers Ethics Science Coaching 187

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

Gamification 360

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.) Inside the Quest to Detect (and Tame) ChatGPT Even before ChatGPT was released, AI experts were exploring how to detect language written by this new kind of bot. EdSurge is an independent newsroom that shares a parent organization with ISTE.

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Instructors Lecturing Attention Essay 137

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

This vision of Holocaust education as an ethical awakening and an inoculation against hate is powerful, but top-down mandates also introduce significant challenges for educators. Rich primary sources—not just textbook overviews—are crucial to this deep learning. Finally, the ability to make informed connections to the present matters.

Teaching 123

Teaching Ethics History Textbooks 123

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Hutson (2024) identifies the challenges of AI in education as the blurred boundaries between human and AI-generated content, the inadequacy of traditional plagiarism definitions, and the need to balance the ethical integration of AI with the preservation of critical thinking, originality, and intellectual property standards. Hammond, Z.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There is a precedent for using such terms as a means to distinguish the backgrounds of language users, often as a means to differentiate between native speakers (NS) and non-native speakers (NNS) of a language. 2020) compared language usage in NS and NNS of English among engineering lecturers. Kuswoyo et al.

Essay 126

Essay English Lecturing Writing 126

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. For the most part, these concerns are rooted in a cultural orientation that frames knowledge as property. But these anxieties emerge from an individualistic view of learning.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. For the most part, these concerns are rooted in a cultural orientation that frames knowledge as property. But these anxieties emerge from an individualistic view of learning.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The paid version of ChatGPT has been continually upgraded and can also create and read images, transcribe voice conversations, and create code in multiple languages (OpenAI, n.d.). Course Archetypes and AI Impact Generative AI and Ethical Considerations Ethical considerations are key in navigating generative AI. For students?

Ethics 102

Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

It is a part of the Lumen Christi Academies , a group of Catholic schools in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is to “nurture ethical scholars who will change the world” through active, personalized and student-led learning. Some teachers may want equal amounts of time for covering each area, and have the same stations each day.

Metacognitive Skills 165

Metacognitive Skills Learning Assignments Group work 165

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2018

There are big cultural differences. And it is true that in some Asian cultures there is a much greater level of deference to teachers and their professional competence. And it is true that in some Asian cultures there is a much greater level of deference to teachers and their professional competence.

Education 167

Education Testing Culture Math 167

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There is a precedent for using such terms as a means to distinguish the backgrounds of language users, often as a means to differentiate between native speakers (NS) and non-native speakers (NNS) of a language. 2020) compared language usage in NS and NNS of English among engineering lecturers. Kuswoyo et al.

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Essay English Lecturing Writing 111