Erik Ofgang
Erik Ofgang is Tech & Learning contributor. A journalist, author and educator, his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Smithsonian, Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Forbes.com. He currently teaches at Western Connecticut State University’s MFA program. While a staff writer at Connecticut Magazine he won a Society of Professional Journalism Award for his education reporting. He is interested in how humans learn and how technology can make that more effective.
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Plan your Veterans Day classroom activities and lessons with quizzes, videos, primary sources, and more

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A new report from the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard University found AI suspicion is fueling a lack of trust between teachers and educators

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The field of education can and should do more to prevent AI-generated essays, papers, and other assignments

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Google’s AI Overview is a good place to examine the best and worst of what AI can offer.

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A new European Union ruling is forcing giant AI companies to start using AI watermarks. This could have positive implications for AI detection efforts by teachers.

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AI literacy is an increasingly important part of digital literacy education, but keeping up with the rapidly evolving field can be tough. These resources can help.

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The VR glasses offer some tantalizing teaching possibilities, but privacy concerns limit their use.

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These free sites to generate QR codes can be a great tool for teachers to distribute class material and other tasks

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The combination of AI and hologram technology is proving a powerful one at the University of Central Florida

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Writing is inherently linked to critical thinking, but these five strategies can help solidify that link.

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Some students are interacting with AI in place of a friend or even a therapist. A new online course helps educators learn how to recognize the signs of dangerous AI use from their students.

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Goosechase is a digital tool that helps students learn through scavenger hunts

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Educators have many ways that they can help their students prepare for roles in the coming quantum computing revolution.

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Book Creator is a free tool that allows users to create multimedia ebooks

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These are common mistakes for those new to the teaching profession, but are easy to overcome.

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Speaker Coach, the AI-powered presentation tool built into PowerPoint, is not fun to use, but it could help me get better at giving presentations.

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AI cheating will decrease, the techlash will continue and other predictions for the coming school year.

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Veterans and active-duty military members together make up about 5% of college students in the U.S. Educator and retired Major General Matt Smith shares tips for connecting with these students.

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One of the best deep research AI tools we’ve come across, CoChat acts as a lightning-fast research assistant.

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Dabble is a writing tool that helps users organize, save, and produce long writing drafts, and is perfect for thesis projects, novels, and more.

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From grading to lesson creation, these are some of the times when educators are finding it is best for them and their students to do things the old-fashioned way

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Hopefully, Ted Lasso is not all that you get, but the optimistic soccer coach does model some good behavior for teachers.

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Gemini’s new learning mode is built on educational science, and that helps set it apart from some of the competition in our tests.
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