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

Cal Matters

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. Most of these campuses have licensed Turnitin’s plagiarism detector since 2014. This year, the college paid almost $47,000.

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

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Teaching AI literacy: SEE it, model it, practice it AI literacy isn’t about coding or programming; it’s about understanding how to use AI safely, ethically, and effectively. Ethically : Know when AI use is appropriate and how to avoid misuse (like plagiarism or cheating). Avoidance allows misuse to happen in silence.

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Gen Z educators embrace AI tools more often than Gen X

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K-12 and higher education teachers, professors, administrators, and public respondents, shows that a majority of younger educators see AI playing an important role in the future of education and are more likely to use AI chatbots in teaching. AI in Education , a s urvey of U.S. This press release originally appeared online.

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Easy to find, not always true: Helping students evaluate AI-generated content

eSchool News

However, educators still need to teach students the ability to be critical consumers of information, whether produced by humans or generated by AI tools. That makes teaching students to trace information to original sources even more essential. Todays students rarely line up at the reference desk. The stakes are higher.

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K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum

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” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Legal Risks and Obligations for Schools Using AI Tutors

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They are not intended to replace human educators, just complement traditional teaching. Schools should educate stakeholders about plagiarism and proper attribution practices. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. AI vendors should disclose sources and permissions for all content used.

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AI as an Educational Ally: Innovative Strategies for Classroom Integration

Faculty Focus

Since the public release of ChatGPT in December 2022, educators have faced the challenge of effectively integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their teaching. The key question is: how can we transform AI from a potential source of plagiarism into a valuable educational resource? Lets confront the reality: students are using AI.

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