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California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it?

Cal Matters

First: Students’ cell phones are laid out on a table by the door in Adam Kaiserman’s English class at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita. Last: Students take notes during Adam Kaiserman’s English class at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2025.

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I Embraced AI in My Community College English Class — and My Students Loved It

Edsurge

Their middle school benefits from stable funding, high-quality teachers, and a strong IT department, all leading to discussions about AI in their sixth grade classrooms. The AI’s clarity helped me understand the syllabus better than just reading it on my own.” I never thought I’d learn how to do this in an English class!”

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Why I’m Integrating the World Cup Into My English Class, Despite My Disinterest in Sports

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But this year, with the arrival of the World Cup, I came prepared, and my students knew it when they saw our sports journalism unit built into the syllabus on the first day. With other current events, I’m quick to brush up on the latest news, curating articles for my students to discuss in class. they exclaimed. En classe?!”

English 201
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How Professors Can Bring Culturally-Responsive Teaching to Online Courses

Edsurge

Because what they note is, if you’re in a safe environment with a safe class, they would rather use English, because they’re trying to practice their English and become proficient in English.” In the end she builds the final syllabus based on their suggestions.

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School Has Lost Its Connection. Both Students and Teachers Are Feeling It.

Edsurge

My syllabus had a no-technology policy and it wasn’t perfect, but it helped. I’m not a trained therapist and my university certainly has not provided tools with which to handle my own emotions, let alone the emotions of 17 or 18 year olds in freshman English. We watched together and discussed together and sat in silence together.

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Desperately Seeking: Culturally Relevant Ideas and Innovation in Education

Edsurge

Close to 30 percent of Providence students are English Language Learners, and yet most of them are being taught by teachers who don’t speak their native language. What good is a blended and personalized classroom if students cannot openly discuss issues of equity? Enter F.E.E.D.

Culture 167
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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

Faculty Focus

Five strategies to foster sense of belonging Be caring and authentic: Syllabus policies and language, as well as introductory comments on the first day of class, set the tone for an entire term. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam.

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