Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

By modeling critical thinking with students, you are leading the way to fostering intentional questioning, ethical principles, and reflective practices. Use AI for Your Benefit Generating activity ideas or lesson plans, creating rubrics, and assisting with basic writing tasks are three ways to easily get started with an AI chatbot.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

In week one, we created lessons for students on everything from organizational structure and ethical decision-making to budgeting; we then took students to visit local businesses to interview the owners. The paper had a list of tasks: make signs, start a protest, pick up trash and write a book about the environment.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

By modeling critical thinking with students, you are leading the way to fostering intentional questioning, ethical principles, and reflective practices. Use AI for Your Benefit Generating activity ideas or lesson plans, creating rubrics, and assisting with basic writing tasks are three ways to easily get started with an AI chatbot.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Why would students write anything themselves, instructors wondered, if a chatbot could do it for them? Indeed, many students have taken the bait, if not to write entire essays, then certainly to draft an outline, refine their ideas or clean up their writing before submitting it.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Dr. Tony Zhang from Gies College of Business offered perspective on AI, ChatBot technology, and ethical academic support tools. Many were enrolled in leadership-focused sections of FSHN 101 and 120 and took on active roles in the analysis, writing, and design of the final open-access book: What Your Students Arent Telling You.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

Write it on the board as the only thing visible when students walk in. Ethics Why do people follow rules that conflict with their values? Try This in Your Class Tomorrow If you want to test this out without overhauling your syllabus, here’s a quick plug-and-play format: Choose a paradox related to your next topic. Make it messy.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

Write it on the board as the only thing visible when students walk in. Ethics Why do people follow rules that conflict with their values? Try This in Your Class Tomorrow If you want to test this out without overhauling your syllabus, here’s a quick plug-and-play format: Choose a paradox related to your next topic. Make it messy.

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Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 85

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

Through Taubmans class, students are also identifying how AI increases the demand for skills that require human emotion, such as empathy and ethics. Falana, the aspiring real estate attorney, also used the custom AI tool to consider how much she should rely on AI when writing legal documents.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Facilitate a respectful discussion when you bring these controversial debate topics or writing prompts for high school to your classroom Are immigration laws in the United States fair? Is war more or less ethical with unmanned planes and drones? A vegan diet is the only ethical way to eat.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

One of my personal ethics is that we don't throw things away as long as there is still use in them. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years. The set of sturdy tables and chairs we purchased for outdoor use, made from plastic salvaged from recycled plastic milk jugs, are a chocolate brown.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

I love the way the CERCA Framework (which stands for Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterargument, Audience) builds students’ critical thinking and argumentative writing skills. A pilot project for our Next Generation Curriculum was a student who researched feminist critique, medical ethics, and border wars.

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Technology Fairness Schools Ethics 406

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. Instead of forbidding generative AI tools, it’s critical that teachers show students how and when it’s appropriate to use AI in student writing.

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Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 318

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

Key points: Educators should clearly communicate rules and expectations for AI It’s also worth keeping an open mind and learning a bit more about how AI tools work The discussion around the influence of AI writing on education has never been so active – all thanks to the launch of ChatGPT last year.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

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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Essay Ethics Plagiarism Writing 183

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It’s also somewhat eclipsed conversations about the ethics of how these tools are implemented, according to one observer. The study , “How Teachers Navigate the Ethical Landscape of AI in Their Classrooms,” interviewed 248 K-12 teachers. They also run an AI review of their writing, Kohn says. The main findings?

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Ethics Teachers Laboratory Writing 199

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. Unveil the evolving future of writing education with AI through these suggestions from the Ask a Tech Teacher team. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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Essay Writing Ethics Plagiarism 187

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. software with or without encouraging messages, she writes. “If He adds that the discussion is ultimately one among practitioners about methods and what’s ethical. “It

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Ethics Knowledge Testing Learning 207

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For English Language Arts (ELA) teachers, AI-powered writing tools help to provide immediate feedback, guiding students through the writing process and fostering a more personalized approach to learning. So, introducing AI was relatively easy because my students were used to the writing process and going through revisions.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Guiding questions for an AI-infused classroom include: How do we inspire students to value authentic expression in an era where AI often does the writing for them? Teachers should ensure students are using AI as a thought partner and for instant feedback, not simply to obtain answers to questions.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For example, students can use AI for initial brainstorming or as a tool to refine their writing, requiring them to demonstrate understanding by reflecting on or critiquing AI-generated content. Educators can guide students to interrogate the reliability of AI outputs and discuss the ethical implications of biased algorithms.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The new tool provides a semi-proctored environment for organizing research and writing in an AI-enabled environment. Composer is a new tool that allows PowerNotes+ users to see the full picture of writers’ research and writing, from AI-assisted text to outside sources to original thoughts, all color-coded for easy identification. “AI

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Writing Ethics Plagiarism Academic Integrity 152

eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key points: Technology works in service of teaching, not the other way around Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators Leveraging edtech to help students, teachers stay connected through illness For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Artificial intelligence brings opportunities and questions to classrooms worldwide.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Educators overwhelmingly agree that tools using generative AI should be harnessed positively, with users taught to use them ethically (84 percent). In Michigan’s Fenton Area Public Schools, staff may use AI in ethical and responsible ways.

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Ethics Schools Intelligence Assignments 329

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

AI’s rise in popularity has brought with it questions about ethics, skills students will need for workplace success, and how to balance negatives with positives when it comes to teaching with this new generative tool. Tools include Canva Magic Write for creative writing, Eduaide.ai How is AI beneficial in education?

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Ethics Education Internet Essay 291

eSchool News

JULY 31, 2024

He discusses the importance of implementing safeguards to prevent misuse and ensure the technology is used ethically. His insights are both hopeful and pragmatic, offering a roadmap for integrating AI into education in ways that enhance learning while addressing ethical and practical concerns.

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Ethics Education Critical Thinking Writing 288

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To read more about Gary Stger’s work regarding AI click here ; for Jerry Crisci, click here ; and for Mark Loundy, click here.Three Key Takeaways: AI in Education and Ethical Concerns: The panelists highlight the emergence of generative AI and its potential to transform education.

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Plagiarism Ethics Teaching Methods Critical Thinking 268

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Educators and institutions are grappling with how best to integrate these tools into the learning environment while balancing innovation with ethical considerations, assessment concerns, and instructor comfort. Here, AI acts as an intelligent assistant, helping students improve grammar, structure, and coherence in their writing.

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Ethics Instructors Education Academic Integrity 309

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It can handle a variety of language tasks, including answering questions, writing essays, generating creative content, offering explanations, giving advice, and engaging in natural-sounding conversations” (as explained by ChatGPT itself). What is ChatGPT? See our ChatGPT Prompting Guide for Life Design + Career Education.

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 331

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One-third of administrators also expressed a desire for education companies to publish and use a code of ethics when developing generative AI, while 36 percent plan to implement guiding frameworks for adoption and use within their schools.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2024

Teacher resources : 84 percent view training sessions, which include practical applications and ethical use of AI, as the most valuable tool to support generative AI implementation. Seventy-four percent are also worried about the potential negative impact on students’ writing abilities.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

We don't want students to be reading an article and writing up a reflection to it,” says Evelyn Hunter, a former math teacher who helped design the course as CodeHS’s curriculum lead. All students will get a grounding in what the company calls “cyber hygiene,” or staying safe online, and in the ethical implications of hacking.

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Ethics Teaching Math Instructors 125

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

In 2021, as part of this work, EdSurge launched its first-ever educator writing fellowship and we welcomed seven amazing fellows who, over the course of the year, penned deeply personal essays highlighting the myriad issues educators, school leaders, and learners faced in the midst of the pandemic and political unrest in society.

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Writing Education Essay Ethics 155

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

On the first day of classes two years ago, I had students in my professional and technical writing course send me an email with their goals for the semester. Their attempt to write specific goals demonstrates an inability to effectively move from essay and reflective language to professional language. © Magna Publications.

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Writing Teaching Assignments Essay 116

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The most-cited applications included providing feedback on student work, creating professional development materials, supporting writing and content generation, creating course content, and enhancing accessibility for students with special needs. Despite its advantages, instructional coaches identified several challenges and ethical concerns.

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Coaching Ethics Academic Integrity Plagiarism 194

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

Encourage students to observe the visual symbolism, analyze underlying messages, and write questions about the persuasive techniques employed, cultivating media literacy and driving critical thinking. Political Cartoons and Propaganda: Use when exploring political cartoons and propaganda.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Digital literacy: “Learners must be taught how to learn in a digital society,” Ribble writes. Digital law: How to use technology in an ethical manner—such as not hacking into others’ information, downloading music illegally, plagiarizing, sending spam, or stealing someone’s identify.

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Mobile Devices Plagiarism Ethics Internet 279