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California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it?

Cal Matters

And as faculty members grapple with what this means for grading, tech companies have proved yet again that there’s money to be made from panic. Turnitin, a longtime leader in the plagiarism-detection market, released a new tool within six months of ChatGPT’s debut to identify AI-generated writing in students’ assignments.

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Ensuring academic integrity in the AI age

eSchool News

The following scenario is becoming more common for educators: You’re grading assignments, reading them one-by-one, until one of them catches your eye. Hopefully this is a helpful guide to anyone navigating the nuances of AI plagiarism. You can’t place a finger on exactly what, but it doesn’t sound like your student.

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You’re using ChatGPT? A true story about why AI literacy starts with us

eSchool News

Ethically : Know when AI use is appropriate and how to avoid misuse (like plagiarism or cheating). Math isn’t my strongest subject, and when a student asked me to help solve an equation involving angles, I hesitated. That’s where the SEE Framework comes in: Safely : Understand privacy concerns and avoid unsafe tools or prompts.

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K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum

Ask a Tech Teacher

Today: K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum Overview K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum — 9 grade levels. Who needs this Tech teachers, tech coordinators, library media specialists, curriculum specialists Classroom grade level teachers if your tech teacher doesn’t cover basic tech skills. 46 lessons. 46 projects.

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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Start the year off with foundational lessons based on CCSS from the previous grade (or even the grade below that) to ensure students have the tools they need to succeed. Once reluctant learners know that success is in their control, you’ll find their grades starting to rise.

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Join us for our 2025 Teacher Leader Summit in Denver!

Dangerously Irrelevant

Participant Outcomes Participants will walk away with the following knowledge, skills, and resources (based on extensive technology integration and leadership work with schools and educators): The ability to use AI to enhance our teaching efficiency and productivity Creative pedagogical uses of AI across all grade levels The ability to think about (..)

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Catch them Learning: A Pathway to Academic Integrity in the Age of AI

Cult of Pedagogy

The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real. In classrooms where teachers emphasize performance goals (errorless performance on tasks, points, and grades), students are more likely to cheat. Or a policy might say failure to properly cite sources is plagiarism.