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.
Latest articles by Erik Ofgang

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These FIFA World Cup activities and lessons are sure to score with students

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Over the last few years, I’ve learned that by setting fewer less ambitious teaching goals, I actually accomplish more over the summer.

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Google’s Gemini can provide free, vetted SAT practice tests with real-time feedback. It’s one of the latest AI tutoring features unveiled by the tech giant.

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Modern technology may be distracting, but it can also help busy teachers and their students read more this summer.

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Researchers looked at more than 150,000 prompts from more than 4,400 K-12 teachers interacting with AI. Here's what they found.

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When used in the right way AI seems to help test scores and save teacher and staff time, say Syracuse University's Jeff Rubin and Andrew Joncas

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Educator and author Carl Hooker says AI interest from educators has passed peak levels.

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Many students and educators have been convinced AI can act as a writing partner, but if that’s true, why is classroom writing getting worse?

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Cyberbullying involves an imbalance of physical or emotional power and an intent to cause harm, like traditional bullying, and is not limited to the school day or school grounds

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Grammarly Authorship has some great features that could help teach about citation and prevent AI cheating, but it won’t solve all the problems around AI writing, says our contributing writer.

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The following free deaf history and awareness lessons and activities highlight the accomplishments of deaf people in the arts, education, sports, law, science, and music.

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One New York City education leader has seen an uptick in AI use across emails, grant applications, newsletters, and education-related projects, but just like in the classroom, there are appropriate and inappropriate times to use AI.

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When it comes to writing assignments, AI has exacerbated many existing problems, argues one educator.

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AI music generators are getting better and better, and there are more applications in the classroom as a result.

By Erik Ofgang Published
ChatDOC lets users turn any PDF into an AI chatbot that can summarize the text, answer questions, and generate quizzes.

By Erik Ofgang Published
Gemini Pro subscribers now get access to VEO, the AI video-generating tool, which has several classroom implications.

By Erik Ofgang Published
A recent study of college students using AI to help understand assigned readings found that they would read AI summaries instead of the text. It doesn’t have to be this way.

By Erik Ofgang Published
Flipped classroom pioneer Jon Bergmann wants better AI outside of the classroom and less AI during class time.

By Erik Ofgang Published
OpenClaw is the latest AI assistant generating buzz. We took a closer look at the tool that could one day help with teaching

By Erik Ofgang Published
Auto Browse is a Google AI agent tool that works with Gemini to surf the internet and complete tasks you assign to it, making it potentially useful for teachers

By Erik Ofgang Published
Google’s NotebookLM is a powerful AI research assistant with many applications for educators.

By Erik Ofgang Published
I’ve been noticing more and more students using AI to generate emails to me. Here’s how I’m handling this unfortunate new trend.

By Erik Ofgang Published
Telltale signs of AI-generated writing have become more common in research papers in recent years. This has decreased readability, according to research.
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