eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It’s generally easy to determine if students have used an AI tool to generate a response to a writing assignment or to generate an entire essay. We have to rethink the full-length essay as the end-all, be-all for assessing student writing skills,” Miller said. It’s intimidating.

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Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 328

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 9, 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor Serhii Tkachecnko, CEO at Unicheck, shares his thoughts on how educators can teach students about the benefits of plagiarism checking. But when it comes to plagiarism checking, most students feel hostile. Instead of being intimidated by plagiarism checking, why not educate students on its benefits?

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Plagiarism Academic Integrity Students Assignments 156

eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

According to a new study from Academic Help , 67 percent of students use AI for creating texts – the basis for their essays and other papers. The issue here is not only about the academic integrity violation.

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Writing Skills Plagiarism Teaching 246

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Ask any educator who teaches five classes of 30 students each per day; there’s a lot of homework to assess. Checking student work for possible plagiarism, specifically, has become a time consuming burden for many educators. This is especially important when screening for plagiarism. But time isn’t the only challenge.

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Plagiarism Teachers Writing Assignments 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free.

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Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 145

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them? AI’s influence in essay writing is growing, highlighting both advantages and significant issues.

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Writing Essay Ethics Plagiarism 187

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 29, 2024

From the three-paragraph essay to one that lives up to the purpose of essays is a big leap both scholastically and skills-wise. Here, we delve into practical tips and strategies to transform your writing from good to great, ensuring your essays are clear, compelling, and academically rigorous.

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Essay Writing Skills Plagiarism 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 18, 2023

Many students dread IB essays. Read how to draft an IB extended essay below Writing Strategies for an Extended Essay in the International Baccalaureate Program IB is a rigorous two-year project for personal and academic development. One of them is the extended essay. Hence, you need all the help you can get.

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Essay Writing Plagiarism Evaluation 148

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. We repost so much so frequently that some platforms, such as Facebook, have been compelled to develop their own citation rules to combat plagiarism.

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Plagiarism Essay Internet Assignments 124

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

It’s especially true when it comes to writing assignments: With poor writing skills, students can’t deal with essays and other homework the way they need to get a good grade. Think of SAT requiring essay writing or IELTS and TOEFL measuring writing abilities. Above-average writing skills are a must here to succeed.

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Writing Skills Essay Languages 286

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free.

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Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 98

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

This means that students will soon be able to use GIA to complete their homework, write essays, and even create their own works of art. How will we ensure that students are using GIA for the right purposes and not simply plagiarizing content? I believe that it has the potential to revolutionize the way we teach and learn.

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Plagiarism Intelligence Essay Ethics 266

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

One tool I’ve used and recommend is Turnitin, which has been around for more than 20 years to promote academic integrity, streamline grading, deter plagiarism, and improve student outcomes. Similarly, AI tools present an opportunity for educators to enhance their teaching practices.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Plagiarism 240

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2022

Turnitin has long been the go-to resource for uncovering plagiarism in student work, but there are reasons why that may not be a good choice for you or your students. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has made the workload even heavier, many instructors have felt how awful it is to use an unreliable plagiarism checker.

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Plagiarism Essay Instructors Peer Review 158

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

And as someone who is also a former journalist and editor for EdSurge, I recognize that we should never plagiarize, and that artificially-intelligent chatbots are very, very capable of responding to prompts like “Write me a 500-word essay on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.” Teachers — what have been the implications for grading?”

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Plagiarism Essay Instructors Intelligence 218

eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2023

Providing comprehensive and skill-aligned feedback on student essays is time-consuming, and educators often wish they could offer more support during a student’s writing process.

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Plagiarism Teachers Feedback Essay 246

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2023

It had only been a few weeks into the semester, and we had already sent dozens of students’ names to administrators to report this new version of plagiarism. It’s time for handwritten essays in class without devices. My favorite moments are always when a student arrives to class breathless telling me they’ve scrapped an entire essay.

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Essay Writing Plagiarism Discussions 216

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since it’s relatively easy for a college professor to detect cases of plagiarism manually, it’s much safer when you can represent some proof that a student has used AI-generated writing for an assignment. Most importantly, it’s a legit way to avoid plagiarism and learn how to analyze and process information.

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Writing Plagiarism Intelligence Essay 159

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

They encourage teachers and students to utilize AI for brainstorming, outlining essays, and improving writing mechanics. One coach suggested that allowing students to utilize the tools in a structured setting and teaching them to use AI as a tool is one of the biggest potentials for generative AI in education.

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Coaching Ethics Academic Integrity Plagiarism 200

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

based educational software company best known for its plagiarism-detection tools. The thing that folks don’t realize is that often times English teachers have not had extensive training in teaching writing,” West-Smith says. Prompts, Essays and More. Turnitin , an Oakland, Calif.-based

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Writing Teaching Essay Feedback 141

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

That change in pricing, mixed with concerns about cheating by professors new to teaching online, has led to an explosion in the use of test surveillance services. 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.

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Plagiarism Exams Confidentiality Testing 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2023

They are similar to essays but usually more detailed and longer. Check out the free sample essays from PapersOwl , where you’ll find a wide range of ideas from which you can choose the most fascinating one for yourself. Using a free plagiarism checker or other digital tools help you ensure the originality of your work.

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Writing Essay Plagiarism Study 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2024

If you are seeking external help, an essay writing company, WriteMyEssay can write you a lab report that will meet all your assignment requirements. No Plagiarism Plagiarism is a critical concern in academic writing, and being implicated in such practices you can face potentially dire repercussions.

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Assignments Plagiarism Essay Attention 158

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. It’s also a great way to teach AB patterns.

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Essay Plagiarism Coaching Learning Disabilities 167

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

Google Docs may be an important tool in establishing authorship for students accused of plagiarism in the future, argues Derek Newton, author of the academic integrity newsletter The Cheat Sheet. Regardless, the issue is on the radar of the detection services themselves. And the promised accuracy set it apart from previous detectors.

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Plagiarism Academic Integrity Intelligence Instructors 123

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Whether notes are hand-written or digital, this AI-powered solution gets users ready to study in mere seconds, saving valuable time that was previously used manually building studying tools, and helping students extend their knowledge with outlines, sample essay topics and related course materials.

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Essay Study Intelligence Testing 246

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors. Students who did not receive high scores were required to discuss it with me personally, similar to what I do when teaching old-fashioned plagiarism.

Academic Integrity 116

Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 116

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The tool can even generate a time-lapse video of all the typing that went into the document that the teacher can see, giving a rich behind-the-scenes view of how the essay was written. But for Adisa, as more and more students use AI tools, I believe some faculty may rely too much on the surveillance of writing than the actual teaching of it.

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Instructors History English Writing 205

Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

In order to write an academic integrity policy for those cheating with AI, universities and colleges look for documentation and, thus, many of us use Turnitin.com or other plagiarism detectors. Students who did not receive high scores were required to discuss it with me personally, similar to what I do when teaching old-fashioned plagiarism.

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Academic Integrity Essay Plagiarism History 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

That’s certainly not the intention,” says Rowena Harper, a professor and director of the center for learning and teaching Edith Cowan University, in Australia. Using software to check for contract cheating Companies that have long made tools to check for plagiarism have recently introduced products designed to check for contract cheating.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 163

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

This means that students will soon be able to use GIA to complete their homework, write essays, and even create their own works of art. How will we ensure that students are using GIA for the right purposes and not simply plagiarizing content? I believe that it has the potential to revolutionize the way we teach and learn.

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Plagiarism Intelligence Essay Ethics 130

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

The first bucket of products typically boast features like chatbot capability, plagiarism detection and automated essay scoring. Consistency in this case means that graders are evaluating essays based on the same rubric, and that they award or subtract equal points for the same errors. There’s a very real human reason for this.

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Essay Evaluation Intelligence Plagiarism 131

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2016

assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. Help students understand it is a verbal sketch, a brief essay, or a carefully crafted short work of fiction or nonfiction based around a setting, an atmosphere, or characters. Teach Writing with Tech (an online class).

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Writing Teaching Essay Plagiarism 92

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.”. plagiarism. plagiarism. Set-up is easy. punctuation.

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Plagiarism Essay English Writing 104

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

Starting in kindergarten, teach students about privacy and safety. 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. Then, teach those to students the next year.

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Skills Students Plagiarism Knowledge 155

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Use strategies that support integrity, maximize learning, and minimize cheating As I argue in my book AI with Intention , if we want students to use AI tools with integrity, we must teach them how. Teach strategies to use AI appropriately so students can use these tools as more than a mere shortcut. Teach students how to cite sources.

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs. Is it time to admit the unease we feel at ethically teaching technology we ourselves do not use or fully understand?

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116