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MAY 2, 2024

Is using AI in your essay writing unethical and a potential reason your teacher may debate your work’s authenticity? This is the same concern that has been posed about essay writing services and the people who use them. However, boundaries become murkier when it comes to AI and its role in writing essays.

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JUNE 28, 2024

Essay writing is a crucial skill for academic and professional success because it teaches clear, logical, and persuasive communication. In this blog post, we’ll unlock the secrets to successful essay writing and share 10 proven tips to help you level up your writing game. What is Effective Essay Writing?

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Essay Writing Plagiarism Communication 157

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) is supporting the creation of powerful tool suites that can enhance the teaching and learning process, it seems reasonable to identify some ways that teacher assistants can use these tools as well. The nationwide shortage of teachers has caused a similar shortage in the ranks of teacher assistants.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Exploring diverse writing exercises, experimenting with different perspectives, and seeking inspiration from various sources can cultivate creativity and enhance essay writing skills, with the option to have professionals write me an essay providing valuable insights and further honing one’s craft. Start small.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some experts believe this new technology can have a positive impact on teaching and learning, while others fret it may weaken the teaching of critical thinking and increase bias by spreading misinformation about different groups and cultures. Motivate students to act by incorporating action planning into assignments. 2023, July 27).

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Teaching Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 344

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

Although I used a detailed rubric to grade their essays and projects, I only entered the total score into the gradebook. So, an argumentative essay would be entered as a point value out of 100. Now when I am entering the grades for an essay, I enter each individual element that I am assessing from the rubric as a separate score.

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Grades Essay Assignments Skills 420

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 19, 2014

In the past I’ve had students write a timed five-paragraph argument essay about whether Montag, from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, is a conformist or nonconformist. My students had already written four essays this year, so I decided to ditch the essay. Similarly, I have students who are great test takers.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

I love this approach to teaching writing! That said, I can only read so many essays in a year. Here’s how it works: Step 1: Write an essay prompt on the board. Step 2: Put students into small groups and give them 5 minutes to construct a solid thesis statement in response to the essay question.

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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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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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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

Rather than writing traditional essays or book reports, my students were invited to create short video book reviews of their favorite titles–books they genuinely loved, connected with, and wanted others to discover. When teens take the mic Recent studies show that reading for pleasure among teens is at an all-time low.

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Culture Reading Students Language 233

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

You can allow them to write an argumentative essay, 2) prepare and engage in a live debate with a classmate, or 3) record an argumentative speech. argumentative essay, live debate, or recorded speech). Suppose you align the criteria with the learning objectives you crafted from your target standards.

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Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 521

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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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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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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Writing an essay paper like a pro needs specific critical skills. Keep reading to enhance your ability to curate a unique essay paper. We are talking about essay writing, which you find a daunting task. Writing an essay is mostly difficult for students as they need to rely on their research and writing abilities.

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Essay Writing Skills Discussions 155

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

Google Calendar provides teachers with a central location for everything you need to conduct your teaching sessions while still providing the overall look of a traditional daily. Unlimited-use: It serves as an online portfolio of your teaching, which you can refer back to year after year.

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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. Today’s digital-savvy students welcomed ChatGPT with open arms and began using it for writing assignments. The issue here is not only about the academic integrity violation.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

In math, James could be tasked to analyze basketball stats, or in English, he could write an essay on his favorite athlete. We also leverage DESSA data for professional development (PD) to encourage more modern teaching practices that nurture stronger connections between teachers and students.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2017

If students are working 0n an essay, I dedicate one station each day to providing real-time feedback as they write. I also coach teachers who teach traditional 50-minute classes and they have a four station two-day rotation. Then on the second argumentative essay, I may focus on 1) quality of their evidence and 2) analysis.

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Grades Blended Learning Essay Feedback 420

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

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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Grades Essay Exams English 419

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

A headline in the Atlantic magazine put it bluntly: “Will ChatGPT Kill the Student Essay?” Because as students are already starting to figure out, they can use it to do their schoolwork for them, in a way that is hard to detect.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Individual essays, science fair partner projects, group programming assignments, digital and physical art pieces–every single assignment from now on has a silent partner. ChatGPT assisted in refining the essay topic or thesis statement, but the initial idea was student-generated. There is no perfect solution.

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Essay Plagiarism Assignments Learning 337

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 27, 2015

I have students who have never taken a keyboarding class and still hunt and peck when typing an essay, which is an incredibly time-consuming endeavor. Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology . I have students every year who injure themselves playing sports and are unable to type for weeks on end.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2020

Sometimes, teaching is more like bombardment: Grading hundreds of essays, placating disgruntled parents, accommodating learning needs, sweating out the principals’ nerve-wracking classroom observation. Related content: Keep stress at bay–keep calm and teach. And then there are the stressors of life beyond the classroom.

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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

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2024

When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments — that they’d click a button on a chatbot instead of doing the thinking involved in responding to an essay prompt themselves. And it’s still a concern.

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Writing Teaching Essay Language 204

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Over the last nine months, weve worked with eight fellows whose pathways in education are as diverse as they have ever been, including a trauma psychotherapist turned early childhood counselor, a physics teacher with a penchant for storytelling and a Jordan-born immigrant who moved to the United States to pursue her passion for teaching.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2020

Providing substantive comments on stacks of student essays, however, is highly time-consuming for busy teachers. As a result, teachers can be reluctant to assign many essays that require students to produce multiple drafts or provide extensive comments on early drafts of students’ writing.

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Evaluation Writing Essay Teachers 274

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This includes teaching test-taking strategies including: Active Reading: When I was a classroom teacher, I collaborated with the English department to teach students to become active readers, which makes it easier for them to pick out the information they really need from AP test passages and questions alike.

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Exams Essay Testing History 317

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

These models are flexible and able to transcend any single teaching and learning landscape. I ask them to brainstorm and discuss with colleagues the benefits and challenges of teaching using the whole group, teacher-led, teacher-paced model. Below are the benefits and challenges of teaching in a whole group lesson.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2019

In my classroom, I teach students computational thinking through free materials from Ignite My Future in School , a partnership between Tata Consultancy Services and Discovery Education. When they read a new book or prepare to write an essay, their process must begin with finding data.

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Skills Essay Critical Thinking Learning Styles 279

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2023

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). Aside from that, there are real positives to our new AI pal, and overworked teachers can embrace it as the gift that it is: a free personal teaching aide.

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Teachers Fairness Essay Writing 300

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

While AI tools can indeed generate answers or essays, this highlights the need to rethink assessment strategies. AI is unreliable and bias-laden While it’s true that AI models can perpetuate biases or produce incorrect information, these limitations present teaching opportunities. Misconceptions about AI in education 1.

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Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 332

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

It could be a video, a photo essay, a 3D rendering, or even an interpretive dance performance. Provenzano is also the 2013 winner of ISTE’s Outstanding Teacher Award. Maker education is when a person can demonstrate understanding through the creation of an artifact.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. 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. Should they disclose that to students?

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Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 17, 2017

During that window of time, I was able to give every student written feedback on the section of his/her essay they were currently working on. I have more time and energy to invest in the aspects of teaching that I really love, like lesson design. Groups of 8 students rotated through my teacher-led station in 20-minute intervals.

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Grades Feedback Essay Blended Learning 420

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I combine the picture books with Gilder Lehrman essays in my classroom. The length is manageable for a classroom setting, and the essays cover a wide variety of topics. My advice: Model what you teach As I encourage my students to get involved in civics, I do the same. That may sound like a lot, but I keep it simple.

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