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How Kai Cenat saved my high school English class

eSchool News

Most students who decided to use generative AI to cheat on one of my assigned essays would do so by plugging my prompt into ChatGPT or Google Gemini, watching the AI generate a complete essay in moments, and then lazily pasting the text into their Google Doc.

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AI Is Still an Unknown Country — and Teens Are Its Pioneers

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For instance, some wondered why they were allowed to have a classmate review their paper, but couldn’t use Grammarly, an AI tool that reviews essays for grammatical errors. A green use may indicate working with AI to brainstorm or develop ideas for an essay.

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94 Intriguing Writing Prompts for High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Students can keep a long-term journal to respond all year long, or they can use journal prompts as a springboard into a class essay or assignment. Use them to begin longer narrative essays, begin class discussions, or introduce elements of fiction in your language arts class. What are your goals for high school ? What would you do?

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Is It Fair and Accurate for AI to Grade Standardized Tests?

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Using technology to score essays is nothing new. Still, some educators and parents alike felt blindsided by the news about auto-grading essays for K-12 students. Raña says that would be a form of discrimination, with bilingual children’s essays graded differently than those who write only in English.

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Grade Interviews

Catlin Tucker

Instead of spending hours grading assignments designed to help students develop these skills, I limit my energy to providing feedback in class as they work and grading the actual assessments–exam, essay, performance task. For example, a student may return to a formal essay or lab report to improve it after I’ve formally assessed it.

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Personalizing Your Final Exam

Catlin Tucker

I spent hours reviewing notes that spanned an entire semester because it was all “fair game.” Sometimes I didn’t even know what the format of the final exam would be…essay, multiple choice, or short answer. ” I never had a clear sense of what content would appear on the final.

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3 ways ChatGPT can reduce teachers’ workloads

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Granted, ChatGPT might make writing that 11th-grade essay on symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” a whole lot easier (which, to be fair, does make grading a whole lot harder). Everybody’s talking about ChatGPT and how it’s going to impact K-12–and generally not in positive terms!

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