Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The course is so new it hasn’t even entered beta testing yet (it will this spring), but it’s set to include modules on common vulnerabilities, phishing attacks and cryptography, all of which challenge students to get hands-on as they complete controlled experiments in each of these areas. “We

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

8), and moral character traits such as “honesty, kindness, integrity, [and] ethics” (p. Parents want their children to have learning opportunities across a variety of modalities, and they want learning to be assessed through demonstration of mastery as opposed to traditional assessments like standardized tests.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Many educators recognize that standardized tests don’t measure everything—and that some of the most critical types of growth can’t be measured by a numerical score. Seven years ago, during my first year of teaching, all of my eleventh graders failed the Georgia State End of Course Test in American Literature. Something didn’t add up.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Listening to a lecture, writing notes, filling out worksheets, and taking tests will almost surely not be enough. The AI Revolution: Google’s Developers on the Future of Artificial Intelligence (60 Minutes) AI in the K-12 Classroom (AVID Open Access) Artificial Intelligence (U.S.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

In my second year, in an effort to get technology into the hands of the students, foster authentic inquiry, and break the “test-prep” mentality which has come to dominate many a school landscape, I launched Inquiry Fair. Tools to Support Inquiry-Driven Learning. It gives you goosebumps, doesn’t it?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Here are some quotes from Michael Bloomberg about testing students , with my annotations in italics… “Many companies (including mine) use tests in hiring.” The hiring ’tests’ for your financial software, data, and media company are multiple choice tests of factual recall and procedural regurgitation? Your thoughts?

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Testing Essay Exams Critical Thinking 107

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2024

Several of the faculty pushed back, saying it is essential for student teachers to write those lesson plans. However, assessments, particularly quizzes, tests, and papers, need to be developed to focus on the higher levels of Bloom. However, the majority may be wrong.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more. 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.

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Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“As we have seen far too often, students have run head on into the shortcomings of these technologies—shortcomings that fall heavily on vulnerable communities and perpetuate discriminatory biases,” the senators write. Students relying on your software to further their education have put a great deal of trust in you to reserve their privacy.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Key points: Integrating engaging digital tools can sharpen students’ money management skills Increasing K-12 tech accessibility Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators For more news on curriculum trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Financial literacy is greatly undervalued in today’s digital age. Half of all U.S.

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Students Assignments Ethics Curriculum 278

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

And whatever career they pursue, “they’re going to be under stress and pressure a lot and we want them to make ethical decisions. For example, Bertram Gallant asked: How much value is there in a multiple-choice test that emphasizes memorization? I have literally had students tell me I didn’t cheat—I paid them,” Schreiner said.

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Exams Academic Integrity Plagiarism Assignments 218

eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I got a small whiteboard and filled a cardboard box with dry-erase markers and extra writing utensils. My students and I were insulated from many standardized tests and accountability pressures. So we headed to a park a few minutes walk from our sauna. We held class chasing shade. We had a great park nearby.

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Ethics Writing History English 273

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

Bier and others involved in the project say that they are testing the approach in a variety of educational settings, including public and private K-12 schools, community colleges and four-year colleges. Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.) What’s new in your approach?

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 124

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

I’m a former educator in the process of writing my dissertation for my Doctorate of Education, as part of a part-time program while working a full-time job at Google. I mean, what exactly is a Mann-Whitney U stats test, anyway? But by that logic, why have writing assistance tools like Grammarly be given leeway to flourish?

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Plagiarism Essay Instructors Intelligence 218

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

This potential hinges on the responsible and ethical use of AI, taught through a framework that addresses critical concerns such as bias, misinformation, and the preparation of students for a world transformed by AI. This partnership will enable teachers across Canada to offer ethical, quality AI training to their students.

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Intelligence Exams Ethics Learning Styles 258

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It builds on years of work in Digital and Media Literacy and Computational Thinking , including elements of computer science, ethics and additional areas beyond science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). AI Literacy applies 21st-century skills , including communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.

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Intelligence Education Learning Ethics 209

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Over the last decade or so , we’ve settled into a choreographed dance around large-scale, state-mandated standardized test scores. Next, people who have nothing to do with the design, administration, taking, or scoring of the tests will then use them to critique states, districts, schools, and/or individual teachers.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Languages Language 106

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

They are asking themselves questions like, “Is this helping me get through this specific assignment or this specific test because I’m trying to navigate five classes and applications for internships” — but at the cost of learning? Peirce Caudell, of Indiana University, says her students have raised ethical issues with using AI tools as well.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One should note, however, careful attention must be given to ethical considerations, data privacy, the role educators play in its use, and the transparency of AI systems. Be clear and specific: Write prompts and questions that are clear and straightforward. Write this at a college-level reading level, by a student who has a garden.

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Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 135

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

When students can bring models to life and test them in real world situations, they are expanding beyond paper and screen into the world around them. In 2024, I expect we will see big advancements towards determining the best way to use AI in both classroom and administrative settings, as well as clearly defining boundaries for ethical use.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

AI-generated fiction So far, AIs can’t write from experience or with human emotion so their content is limited to internet-available facts and an interpretation of emotions and experience. Maybe, though I’m not convinced that will hold up when tested in a court of law. I can’t wait to see how this-all comes out.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

I've thought about opening it up widely—write a historical novelette (using primary sources, of course), create a sculpture, write a song—but, again, I have no idea how to grade something like that, considering the wide range of talent that my students likely will have. I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

This is an exercise as much for presenters as audience, and is graded on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. citizenship/ethics/etiquette. demonstrate good command of writing and speaking conventions. Reading, writing, research, speaking/listening. Write an Ebook. write the book. write the book.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 202

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

The investigation will serve as a starting point for a study that will ultimately test the tool’s impact on student learning in a real estate finance course, which brings us to our next research approach: true experiments.

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Academic Integrity Education Instructors Assignments 206

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2023

Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.); For example, teachers are asked to write positive letters home, I asked ChatGPT to act as a teacher and generate a template for a positive letter home. education ministries including those in Brazil, Germany, Kenya, Malaysia, South Korea and the U.K.;

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Education Ethics Intelligence Science 199

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One should note, however, careful attention must be given to ethical considerations, data privacy, the role educators play in its use, and the transparency of AI systems. Be clear and specific: Write prompts and questions that are clear and straightforward. Write this at a college-level reading level, by a student who has a garden.

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Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 111

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I created this article not to discuss potential legal and ethical issues surrounding AI, but rather to share my observations from a broad perspective. This utilization is often compared to utilizing Grammarly, or meeting with a writing tutor. This was often for written assignments or take-home quizzes and tests.

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Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. It may be one like Storyboard That! Pixton , or another that you prefer.

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Activities Learning Art Failure 172

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

A few weeks ago, Ferris State University made a splashy announcement that it planned to enroll two chatbot “students” in its classes, calling it a novel way for colleges to test their curricula. If you have an assignment to work on — say a writing prompt — they might ask, ‘How might I approach it?’

Intelligence 213

Intelligence Syllabus Feedback Assignments 213

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Quandary – challenge students ethically in this MIT game.

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Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Micro-Writing is Having a Macro Impact on Identity Development by Bryan Christopher If you’re a teacher, chances are you’ve used a micro-writing activity at some point. Try Ethics and Philosophy. A panel of global scholars point to an unlikely trio of skills: philosophy, ethics and morality. “If Happy New Year!

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Ethics Plagiarism English Writing 131

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

, those who encourage students to use AI freely in their writing processes (open-ocean swimmers), and, finally, those who want to embrace AI with guardrails (learning to surf). Open-ocean swimmers have argued that their strategy might equalize the playing field for students or mimic workplace writing processes. What can be done?

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Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 116

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics surveyed 43,000 high school students and found that: 59% of high school students admitted cheating on a test during the last year. Teachers are at ground zero and start with three basic rules: Are there changes in the writing voice? 34% self-reported doing it more than twice.

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Plagiarism Internet Writing Ethics 122

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Not everyone thinks that’s possible, of course, and even Cavanagh, vice provost for digital learning at the University of Central Florida, admits that edtech can spark plenty of new ethical challenges along the way. Really what mattered where things that were graded, like quizzes and tests and assignments. I don't know.

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Education Quizzes Writing Online Learning 167

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

, those who encourage students to use AI freely in their writing processes (open-ocean swimmers), and, finally, those who want to embrace AI with guardrails (learning to surf). Open-ocean swimmers have argued that their strategy might equalize the playing field for students or mimic workplace writing processes. What can be done?

Learning 111

Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The two teams decided to test the conversational agent in a few episodes of “Elinor Wonders Why,” a show created by a fellow University of California at Irvine professor—Daniel Whiteson, who studies physics—and Jorge Cham, the cartoonist behind popular PHD Comics.

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Intelligence Study Questions Languages 218

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2023

Issues like plagiarism, cheating (on tests or in admission scandals), and integrity have been the center of ethical conversations for many years. When properly engaged, something like ChatGPT can not only model effective writing but even assist students in developing their own writing. These concerns are not new.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Ethics Essay 98