eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2018

Each classman must abide by an honor code and resolve to make a positive difference both in the school and outside world by being honest, respectful, trust-worthy, and fair. They are asked to celebrate the imagination in geometric proofs and formal essays, on canvas, the computer, and stage, in poetry readings and morning assemblies.

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Fairness Technology Essay Schools 111

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence, may be able to help. Artificial intelligence to personalize, not standardize assessments Technology has long shaped schools’ approach to assessment. They are also the skills that will be very difficult, if not impossible, for technology to replicate reliably.

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Education Testing Feedback English 296

eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Each classman must abide by an honor code and resolve to make a positive difference both in the school and outside world by being honest, respectful, trust-worthy, and fair. They are asked to celebrate the imagination in geometric proofs and formal essays, on canvas, the computer, and stage, in poetry readings and morning assemblies.

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Fairness Technology Essay Schools 100

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

The technology with which we are handling all of our communication, culture-building and collaboration might be tools we have, up until now, used solely for transactional purposes. Did we really want to contribute more than we already had to a digital pile of manifestoes and letters and essays and livestreams and webinars? Not really.

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Attention Essay Fairness Communication 207

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. Daniel, an instructional technology coach for McFarland Unified School District.

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Essay Plagiarism Coaching Learning Disabilities 167

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 8, 2018

Teachers and administrators at K–12 schools recognize the positive impact of parent engagement on student achievement, so many schools and districts now leverage technology to power better and more meaningful relationships with parents and families. . Technology can also eliminate common barriers between schools and families.

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Essay Communication Fairness Participation 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

It’s a fair question given the widespread concern in the field about students using AI to write their essays or bots to do their homework for them. If we're using it simply to help with brainstorming, then it might not be necessary,” said Katie Datko, director of distance learning and instructional technology at Mt.

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Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

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. The pitch: Use deeper technology to make admissions more deeply human. “I Yet Zwick, author of the book “Who Gets In? It’s somewhat comical.”

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Fairness Counselling Testing Disabilities 217

Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

They have to frame their thoughts as a response to some of the finest college application essay prompts, inspired by the very same ones that high school seniors are feverishly working on now! Here’s what Chris Aviles, edtech coach for for Fair Haven school district , had to say. What is the hardest part of being a teenager now?

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Essay Fairness Coaching Writing 143

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Meanwhile, almost 40 percent of the American public still contest the results of a free and fair election, and with the 2024 federal election around the corner, political polarization in the United States seems neverending, leaving democracy in an arguably fragile state. Immediately, I heard some excitable boys in the class shout, “Flip flop!”

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History Education Social Studies Essay 198

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

My call to this company did not go to a telephone receptionist working for, say, human resources or information technology, but to a voice-activated program representing all the company’s departments—a customer-centric service equipped to respond to any question. A fairly common occurrence at many of the nation’s colleges and universities.

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Students Counselling Intelligence Essay 166

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

In an earlier essay, we discussed how teachers are leaning into SEL to adapt student services and unlock opportunities that, just months ago, may have seemed impossible. Can our students, teachers and caregivers—especially those experiencing it for the first time—navigate web browsers and technology? Let’s be frank.

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Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 9, 2020

On top of that, when all assignments equally go through a plagiarism check, the competition becomes fair again. Some students turn to essay mills when they are stressed out or run out of time to complete an assignment. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Quick Search for Plagiarized Images.

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Plagiarism Academic Integrity Students Assignments 156

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Technology firms are investing heavily in new learning tools to help teachers improve their STEM and STEAM curricula, a welcome endeavor for education experts looking for ways to improve STEM pedagogies to better engage students in science, technology, engineering and math content. . NIXON-SAINTIL: We use a model called SAMR.

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STEM Essay Education Coaching 133

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

Classrooms are infused with technology. Each year, add a few more from this list of nineteen digital citizenship topics including cyberbullying, digital footprint, digital law, fair use and public domain, copyrights, plagiarism, social media, and digital commerce. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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Skills Students Plagiarism Knowledge 155

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

“The specs may be as simple as ‘completeness’: for instance, all the questions are answered, all the problems attempted in good faith or all the directions followed (that is, the work satisfies the assignment), plus the work meets a required length,” she wrote in a 2016 essay in Inside Higher Ed. “Or

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Assignments 157

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. This standardization is crucial for fairness and equality within the course. Fairness : Blueprints eliminate the chance of subjective grading and unexpected exam questions, thereby ensuring a more equitable assessment process.

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Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 119

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Oregon teachers wish they didn’t have to give their students Smarter Balanced English and math tests because the tests take too much time, have confusing directions and are unfair for students who don’t have computers at home or who have inadequate technology at school. The behaviors in my classroom have been awful.

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Testing Teachers Math Essay 124

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2023

They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. This standardization is crucial for fairness and equality within the course. Fairness : Blueprints eliminate the chance of subjective grading and unexpected exam questions, thereby ensuring a more equitable assessment process.

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Exams Fairness Instructors Teaching Methods 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 17, 2017

By the time we were finished with a pilot test, we discovered that a technology tool helped us and our students in some unexpected ways. We could also identify exemplar essays we pulled from the first Revision Assistant exercise that we used in self- and peer-review assignments. This is a fair criticism.

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Testing Essay English Writing 84

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2018

There was a student who introduced himself having written a critical essay about the narrative of grit. When he sent me that essay, of course, I wanted to know more. I really don't think it's fair for me to, or anyone else to expect teachers to implement ideas from watching a TED Talk and reading a book.

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Essay Students Testing Writing 144

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2019

And to be fair, in a true reading community, if there’s a kid who suggests that I’m missing out if I don’t explore a nonfiction book they’re over the moon about, then perhaps I should be willing to give it a go? Whatever our role, no matter our reach, in the end, it comes down to this charge from Penny: We can change the story of reading.

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Reading Essay Assignments Fairness 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Instead of asking the class to write a whole essay that demonstrated proficiency with analytical writing, I asked for two full paragraphs instead. When change is needed, why is it accompanied by a mindset that necessitates rushing the process? One day, I had a lightbulb moment.

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Blended Learning Education Essay Writing 122

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

The era of trying to measure aptitude is finally over,” wrote the College Board’s president, David Coleman, in an essay in The Atlantic earlier this summer, referring to the version of the test that has been in place since 2014, when the SAT was last revised.

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Testing Essay Blended Courses Skills 160

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2017

Just like we can teach a five-paragraph essay, we can teach students to write a great LinkedIn profile, interview in a way that lets them shine, and communicate professionally. There are millions of students from every neighborhood in this country who, like Jalil, are working hard to get a fair shot at reaching their dreams.

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Students Essay Feedback Fairness 138

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Technology shapes the way we interact everyday. The practice of intentionally guiding user behavior is known as "persuasive technology," and it’s making its way into our phones, our homes and our schools. The best way to think about persuasive technology is to start with the iconic furniture store Ikea.

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Ethics Study Essay Fairness 149

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2025

As students navigate an increasingly complex world defined by artificial intelligence, social media, and rapid technological change, the need for essential life skills has never been greater. And with AI and technology, everything is advancing. Teacher saying we don’t have time for essay and I always. That fair to say.

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Essay Skills Curriculum Communication 153

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In “Human Meets AI: Helping Educators Navigate Their Emotions About Technological Change,” Dr. Leo S. He delves into the disruptions that AI, and technological automation in general, can have on society. I repeated this experiment with a student essay and asked ChatGPT specific questions based on several defined rubric categories.

Feedback 124

Feedback Writing Intelligence Essay 124

Catlin Tucker

MAY 27, 2025

Dr. Ramirez unpacks the difference between an edtech rollout and an AI rollout, highlights why scaffolding is key, and explains how her districts emerging technologies task force is integrating AI into the fabric of education through existing policies and real-world connections. She has over 25 years of education experience. There was a lot.

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Schools Coaching Fairness Technology 195

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2018

I much prefer the Google Maps metaphor with its evocation of dynamic, user-driven journeys supported by technology. In fairness, your claim was that the map metaphor points to “the future of education” and I’m making a statement about the present. Let’s drop them. Schools should use these maps more than they do.

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Learning Essay Fairness Knowledge 84

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of traditional reporting through oral presentations or written essays, they can be given the chance to present it through a poem, sketch, story, song, painting, mind map, or cartoon. In addition, they have to think of ways to simplify the material so that it is comprehensible to others.

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Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 133

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

For me, ChatGPT is just another in a long line of technology-assisted tools that I accept may become a routine part of my professional/personal life. In academic settings, ChatGPT can be used to produce written essays, reports, and responses when supplied with the assignment prompt. As a busy MotherScholar (Burrow, et al.,

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Assignments History Art Ethics 124

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In “Human Meets AI: Helping Educators Navigate Their Emotions About Technological Change,” Dr. Leo S. He delves into the disruptions that AI, and technological automation in general, can have on society. I repeated this experiment with a student essay and asked ChatGPT specific questions based on several defined rubric categories.

Feedback 115

Feedback Writing Intelligence Essay 115

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

The future of community college education lies in striking a balance between embracing technological innovation and preserving the irreplaceable value of human-centered instruction. Seeking out opportunities for professional development and training in AI-related technologies.

Ethics 110

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 110

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

The future of community college education lies in striking a balance between embracing technological innovation and preserving the irreplaceable value of human-centered instruction. Seeking out opportunities for professional development and training in AI-related technologies.

Ethics 109

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 109

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

I do not imagine that our program is their only or top priority, but I also do not imagine that it is fair to let some make up months of past due work to improve a grade from a previous semester or give extra time on evaluations without medical justification. How much do you bend? I have 22 students all on the exact same schedule.

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Disabilities Students Assignments Syllabus 130

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of traditional reporting through oral presentations or written essays, they can be given the chance to present it through a poem, sketch, story, song, painting, mind map, or cartoon. In addition, they have to think of ways to simplify the material so that it is comprehensible to others.

Authentic Assessment 111

Authentic Assessment Counselling Learning Outcomes Faculty Development 111