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.

Plagiarism 158

Plagiarism Essay Instructors Peer Review 158

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Teaching example: In one of my recent courses, I included a “workshop day” for students to peer review each other’s drafts of case conceptualizations. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 117

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 117

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

If I were to use Writable to create a rubric for writing and grading funding announcements of the type you might typically see on EdSurge , it might look something like this: The K-12 writing-support tool is not (currently) designed for publications covering startups and venture capital.

Writing 113

Writing Feedback Peer Review Plagiarism 113

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Teaching example: In one of my recent courses, I included a “workshop day” for students to peer review each other’s drafts of case conceptualizations. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2017

Without its one-stop curation of class management activities such as attendance, homework, grading, discussions, resources, and more, each with their own separate website, login, and password, technology use in education would be defined by chaos. Podcasts of lessons, how-tos, reviews, and more.

Quizzes 104

Quizzes Mobile Devices Plagiarism Peer Review 104

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 22, 2023

At worst, instructors with this mindset could resign themselves to grading work written by AI and hope most students are still writing their own papers and learning from feedback. Employ plagiarism checkers. Many instructors already rely on plagiarism checkers. Peer review. Analyze what it writes.

Assignments 122

Assignments Writing Plagiarism Instructors 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 22, 2023

At worst, instructors with this mindset could resign themselves to grading work written by AI and hope most students are still writing their own papers and learning from feedback. Employ plagiarism checkers. Many instructors already rely on plagiarism checkers. Peer review. Analyze what it writes.

Assignments 98

Assignments Writing Plagiarism Instructors 98