Joanne Jacobs
Is everybody cheating?
Cheating is common for college students. Many think A is the only acceptable grade.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 92 min read
AI can make human tutors more effective, but can it help kids directly?
AI tutoring has struggled to work, but a new study shows it can help human tutors be more effective.
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 32 min read
Learning is hard, and cheating is easier than ever: What can teachers do?
Teachers can't turn every student into an eager learner, but they can make it harder to cheat.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 42 min read
'Terrible awful no good very bad' advice for teachers
Chicago teachers are getting very bad advice on how to teach with AI.
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 22 min read
AI is winning the war on cheating
A majority of students use AI to help write papers, and AI detection tools remain unreliable.
Joanne Jacobs
May 261 min read
Training (and restraining) an AI writing coach
A new AI writing coach will work from a student's notes, turning ideas into sentences.
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 62 min read
Sprechen sie ... Don't bother, AI will parlez vous for you
Learning a foreign language may soon be as obsolete as learning how to churn butter, writes Louise Matsakis in The Atlantic. Total...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 24, 20232 min read
AI tutors will help motivated students, but . . .
"Motivated learners" will be able to "substitute AI for human tutors and teachers," predict Sean Geraghty and Mike Goldstein, co-leaders...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 5, 20232 min read
Let AI do it: High schoolers don't need to write essays any more
"Good-bye and good riddance" to teaching students to write essays, writes Daniel Herman in The Atlantic. Herman, who teaches English at a...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20233 min read
AI can be a teaching and learning tool -- or a crutch
Bots powered by artificial intelligence are getting smarter and smarter. Will people get dumb and dumber? Rick Hess of the American...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Schools pair virtual teacher with in-person 'learning coach'
The geometry teacher is in Maryland. The students are in California. A small San Jose charter school is using virtual teachers and...
Joanne Jacobs
May 14, 20232 min read
This time it isn't hype: How AI will change education
Like the web browser and the smartphone, AI will transform society, writes John Bailey on The 74. It's not quite there yet, but it's...
Joanne Jacobs
May 2, 20232 min read
AI can be an equalizer
Educators can personalize teaching and equalize education opportunities, if they learn how to use artificial intelligence intelligently,...
Joanne Jacobs
May 2, 20231 min read
Gates: AI bots will teach reading, writing -- soon
AI chatbots will be teaching reading and writing in 18 months, predicts Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Artificial intelligence will be...
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