eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Seventy percent of high school juniors and seniors believe AI-powered tools, including ChatGPT, can be a resource in brainstorming ideas for their college essays or short answer responses. AI-powered tools can help students brainstorm ideas for a college essay.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. Surprisingly, only one-third of students with disabilities reported it to their institution (NCES, 2022). Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Each student had a clean hard copy of the specific essay in front of them so that the discussion would be easy. ’ Next page: Career opportunities for students with disabilities and more.

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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).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

I’m a special education teacher serving students in a self-contained class, and all of my students have moderate to severe learning disabilities including ADHD, intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities, specific learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. John’s sharp intellect was apparent.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

UDL provides a framework for designing and delivering lessons that address the diverse needs of all learners, including those with disabilities and other learning challenges. Many students with disabilities read below grade level and benefit from the text-to-speech tool that is universally available across computer and mobile devices.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

This essay is the last of a three-part series exploring the challenges facing educators of students who learn and think differently and elevating how SEL strategies can support educators in reframing and addressing those challenges now and in the long term. In a recent essay, Drs. Wanless and Tia N.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

They encourage teachers and students to utilize AI for brainstorming, outlining essays, and improving writing mechanics. However, perspectives on AIs overall impact on education varied.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2025

As we look back at the K-12 stories that resonated the most with our readers last year, a trend quickly emerges: 2024 was the year of the personal essay. Our top post of the entire year was a vulnerable essay about an administrators leadership failure and how he made things right. By Daniel Mollenkamp In April, the U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback , which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke. Check out these educators’ top picks or explore a list of attendee favorites here.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For example, design a lesson for a fifth grade boy with a reading learning disability who is interested in sports. We might have an over identification of students with disabilities that are in a particular demographic, so there is inherent bias in anything that is AI generated simply because of the algorithm and the way that it is developed.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

written essays or multimedia presentations)–can help students feel more invested. Five formative assessment strategies to improve distance learning outcomes for students with disabilities. Solution for teachers : Teachers can empower students by involving them in the assessment process. World Bank.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The tool includes an essay-review feature where a Gradeslam tutor will give feedback on students’ drafts within 24 hours. GradeSlam essay review (Image credit: GradeSlam) GradeSlam is not profitable yet, Cutler shares. Peak usage hours are generally between 5 to 10pm.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

There’s still a great deal of stigma around disabilities—learning-related, or otherwise. Bonni Stachoviak There’s still a great deal of stigma around disabilities—learning-related, or otherwise. She is too concerned that as soon as the professor becomes aware of her situation that she will be defined by her disability.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

Selwyn’s essay also led us to discuss some of the most popular teaching models out there, such as the one we’re using for this course, constructivism. That led me to introduce them to Vannevar Bush’s enormously important 1945 essay “ As We May Think ,” which pretty much invented the idea of hypertext.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

On the flip side, K–12 students should use social media to enhance their public profiles , which can serve as a sort of “supplemental essay,” says Alan Katzman, founder of Social Assurity, which trains students on harnessing the power of social media. Beware of Online Questionnaires. by Shailaja Neelakantan.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

In addition to assessing students’ grades and essays, admissions officers have long looked to the SAT and ACT to help them decide who will make it in their campus settings, and beyond. But the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the sudden decision by many colleges to make submitting such scores optional. “I

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Smarter Balanced, by contrast, required students to manipulate some shapes and objects with a computer mouse and to type in some of their own answers, including numbers, phrases, sentences and whole essays. Nearly all teachers who took the survey said students with disabilities needed more and better accommodations.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Some departments have made tests take-home or open-note, and some have scrapped tests entirely in favor of essays, projects and other assignments that can be done over time. They shouldn’t have to worry about whether they are doing enough to convince the robot proctor that cheating is not occurring,” the students wrote.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being. You can read part one here. The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted daily life for virtually every educator, parent, and student in the U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

There were complications in my birth, and so they've kind of always known, but it wasn't formally a learning disability until about 4th or 5th grade. So, I think having these learning disabilities has played a tremendous part in my experiences. Being able to type a lecture, or being able to type my essays has made all the difference.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

It might be tempting to turn to low-tech options for assessments, such as oral exams and handwritten essays, as a way to prevent cheating with AI. Or, an English language learner who relies on an app to translate words as they write essays. Or, use ChatGPT to rewrite some of the paragraphs in a paper?

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

It might be tempting to turn to low-tech options for assessments, such as oral exams and handwritten essays, as a way to prevent cheating with AI. Or, an English language learner who relies on an app to translate words as they write essays. Or, use ChatGPT to rewrite some of the paragraphs in a paper?

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

After a long weekend of grading essays, I submitted the final grades for English 101. Students with physical disabilities, mental health issues, transportation obstacles, caregiving obligations and the like opt for the convenience of it. Then I got an email from the scheduling coordinator. We were about to head into our winter break.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 22, 2019

Furthermore, recent tech advancements are facilitating the inclusion of kids with different sorts of disabilities, allowing them to attend regular classes without any trouble. Writing essays on any given topic includes more than just performing deep research and understanding the issue at hand. What does Robot Don bring to the table?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2015

George Orwell lamented in his 1946 essay “ Politics and the English Language , that: “Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it.”. Set-up is easy. Create an account and get started. Insider tips.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

According to an article in the academic journal American Society for Information Science and Technology , improved technological instruction on assignments through librarian intervention can help students with learning disabilities and barriers.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

On the flip side, K–12 students should use social media to enhance their public profiles , which can serve as a sort of “supplemental essay,” says Alan Katzman, founder of Social Assurity, which trains students on harnessing the power of social media. Beware of Online Questionnaires.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

On the flip side, K–12 students should use social media to enhance their public profiles , which can serve as a sort of “supplemental essay,” says Alan Katzman, founder of Social Assurity, which trains students on harnessing the power of social media. Beware of Online Questionnaires.

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Counselling Writing Students Essay 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

On the flip side, K–12 students should use social media to enhance their public profiles , which can serve as a sort of “supplemental essay,” says Alan Katzman, founder of Social Assurity, which trains students on harnessing the power of social media. Beware of Online Questionnaires.

Counselling 60

Counselling Writing Students Essay 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

On the flip side, K–12 students should use social media to enhance their public profiles , which can serve as a sort of “supplemental essay,” says Alan Katzman, founder of Social Assurity, which trains students on harnessing the power of social media. Beware of Online Questionnaires.

Counselling 60

Counselling Writing Students Essay 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

On the flip side, K–12 students should use social media to enhance their public profiles , which can serve as a sort of “supplemental essay,” says Alan Katzman, founder of Social Assurity, which trains students on harnessing the power of social media. Beware of Online Questionnaires.

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Counselling Writing Students Essay 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

On the flip side, K–12 students should use social media to enhance their public profiles , which can serve as a sort of “supplemental essay,” says Alan Katzman, founder of Social Assurity, which trains students on harnessing the power of social media. Beware of Online Questionnaires.

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Counselling Writing Students Essay 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

On the flip side, K–12 students should use social media to enhance their public profiles , which can serve as a sort of “supplemental essay,” says Alan Katzman, founder of Social Assurity, which trains students on harnessing the power of social media. Beware of Online Questionnaires.

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Counselling Writing Students Essay 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

On the flip side, K–12 students should use social media to enhance their public profiles , which can serve as a sort of “supplemental essay,” says Alan Katzman, founder of Social Assurity, which trains students on harnessing the power of social media. Beware of Online Questionnaires.

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Counselling Writing Students Essay 60

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

When she’s not working at Wayfinding Academy, Tozier is an advocate for people with disabilities—she’s given many high-profile talks about her own experience as a paralympic wheelchair athlete, including the 2013 commencement address at the University of Oregon.

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Teach Your Kids

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

My mom shared a poignant story about a student named Danny, who had several learning disabilities and came from a difficult home environment. After years of struggling, Danny finally wrote an essay—a huge milestone. But when my mom praised him effusively, he crumpled up the paper and ate it.

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