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Leon Furze Feb 17, 2023

Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Assessment and “Cheating”

This is the fourth post in a series on Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. The first post provided an overview of some of the changes we're facing as the number of AI writing tools increases. Post two covered conversations about academic integrity, and the third post offered some practical advice on teaching students to be critical readers and writers. In this post, I'll be exploring the assessment of writing, and why AI is such an apparent threat to the way we currently teach and assess. In […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/02/18/teaching-writing-in-the-age-of-ai-assessment-and-cheating/

Leon Furze May 18, 2023

The AI Iceberg: Understanding ChatGPT

Analogies are useful for understanding complex ideas, and there are plenty of complexities for educators trying to wrap their heads around ChatGPT. In this post, I’ll try to explain some of the features of the chatbot and the model it’s built on top of. I'm deliberately avoiding any kind of analogy that represents the AI as magical, mythical, human, or godlike - we've seen enough of them. I’m not claiming that this analogy is watertight or that there is no better way to conceptualise […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/05/18/the-ai-iceberg-understanding-chatgpt/

ISOC Switzerland Chapter 1d ago

ISOC-CH launches a campaign on the meaning of #DigitalSovereignty from the perspective of different actors.

The 1st event focuses on the #CivilSociety and takes place on March 27th with guests engaged with various civil society organizations, like ISOC Germany and Serbia, @fsfe @wikimediaDE, and @LaQuadrature

On April 25th, ISOC-CH will host a workshop at the #OpenEducationDay 2026 in Bern, organized by @CHopen asking the same question, this time for #Educators.

More info at isoc.ch

Youth Mental Health Canada 1d ago

Fill in the blank:
I incorporate a strengths-based approach in my classroom by ________.

#studentmentalhealth #studentwellbeing #mentalhealthawareness #schoolmentalhealth #mentalwellness #youthmentalhealth #teachers #educators #strengthbased #ymhc

RaymondPierreL3 2d ago

Let’s hear it for #Educators. Though if you read the article, you’ll note the lack of #Funding issue from Govt peeking its head from under all the good news… Otherwise, it’s the old story of #Teachers having to take up the slack of poor #parenting in terms of #CivicValues and #SocialBehaviour. Well done teachers and students alike.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/most-improved-school-hsc-grades-south-sydney-high-school/106451534

How a TV-famous Sydney school drastically improved their HSC results

The Department of Education has released the HSC most improved list, which detailed the schools showing the most growth in the numbers of students receiving the top three bands in the HSC.

Youth Mental Health Canada 3d ago

“Life as a teacher begins the day you realize you are always a learner.”

By Robert John Meehan

#teachers #educators #studentmentalhealth #schoolmentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #education #studentwellbeing #learning #professionaldevelopment #ymhc

CBC Edmonton 5d ago

Alberta educators share stories about classroom complexity
More than 6,000 teachers told us about their classroom challenges in responses to a questionnaire sent by CBC News. Three of those teachers — Edmonton principal Sheri Long, junior high teacher Kathleen DeGeer and Grande Prairie high school teacher Leah Bray — tell us more.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7126457?cmp=rss

News Literacy Project 6d ago

🤯 Minnesota #educators: Are you unsure of how to help students navigate today's overwhelming info landscape? 💡 Learn how to bring #NewsLiteracy to your classroom & how to use our e-learning platform Checkology® by joining us for a FREE webinar on March 18. 🔗 Register: go.newslit.org/March18MN