Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Though they claim answers are not copied word for word, this raises concerns about plagiarism, quality of content, and ‘dumbing down’ our art. At least, that’s my opinion as a freelance journalist, fiction writer, and non-fiction textbook author. These can’t be answered yet, but are on writer’s minds.

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Teachers Plagiarism Internet Intelligence 165

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback , which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke. Instead of teaching with a math textbook, it’s way more fun to teach with Chrome Music lab, he added.”

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Essay Plagiarism Coaching Learning Disabilities 167

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A key conversation focuses on weighing its benefits versus risks, and many education institutions have been quick to implement bans on the technology altogether for fears of plagiarism in written works. AI transforms textbooks into interactive study guides. How can I use AI as a teacher? That’s over ten hours a week.

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Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

And no plagiarism!” Most companies selling custom papers insist that their services are not intended to be used for cheating, and most run carefully-worded legal disclaimers on their sites requiring students to pledge not to turn in the papers as their own work. I was suspicious at first, but when I texted my writer, I was sure it is legit.

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Essay Writing Academic Integrity Students 160

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

From 2006 to 2016, the cost of textbooks increased by 88 percent, more than than nearly any other college student expense—including tuition and fees (63 percent) or on-campus housing (51 percent)—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned.

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Textbooks Plagiarism Instructors Quizzes 75

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

It's an adaptive course — think of it as an interactive high-tech textbook. And so we've got thousands of students at a university in Georgia who are using this stats course instead of a textbook. I'd also like to throw out that plagiarism detectors for ChatGPT are terrible right now. Do not use those, please.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 122

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Or a policy might say failure to properly cite sources is plagiarism. Give students examples of proper citation formatting including for AI tools and textbooks and expect students to use them throughout the school year. Teach students how to cite sources.

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 89

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

She took inspiration from what she found (though she said she didn’t copy anything verbatim), and the site made her feel like she had a handle on how others using the same textbook were running their classes. As the site’s website says: “Course Hero does not tolerate copyright infringement, plagiarism, or cheating of any kind.

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Study Exams Quizzes Assignments 126

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

Plagiarism. Many of these, educators would love to teach but “just don’t have time for “, even though they align well with broad goals of preparing students for college and career. Cyber-bullying. How to search. Teachers create a class account.

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Activities Schools Ethics Writing 87

Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated by Wade Tyler Millward Print textbooks are the eternal punching bag for the things that people think should be rendered obsolete by digital technology. textbook publisher with a combined valuation estimated at $5 billion. Here’s why.

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Textbooks Plagiarism Attention STEM 82

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 30, 2018

Teaching used to be based on textbooks used by millions nation- or worldwide. I no longer limit myself to the contents of a textbook written years, sometimes a decade, ago. Knowing this, consider three of the great threats to the safe and equitable use of the Internet: plagiarism . Plagiarism. Always credit the creator.

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Teaching Plagiarism Internet Textbooks 119

eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2025

But experts have also raised ethical concerns about how student data is used (and misused) by AI companies, how students can use AI for cheating and plagiarism, the erosion of critical thinking skills , and the spread of misinformation. Her early days of teaching involved a lot of printed paper, textbooks, and handwriting.

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Teachers English Plagiarism Writing 261