Latest articles by Erik Ofgang
Perusall: How To Use It To Teach
Designed to harness the best of social media, Perusall is a digital annotation tool that helps students to complete assigned readings.
5 Edtech and Other School Trends to Watch in 2025
The future is unwritten, but these aspects of education are almost certain to see change in 2025.
5 Ways Writing Instruction Should Evolve In The Age of AI
AI is here to stay, and we need to find ways that AI can help our students while also creating assignments that prioritize human creativity and protect "real" writing.
4 Studies About AI Tutors Every Teacher Should Know
AI tutors are here, but so far the research on efficacy is mixed. Here is some of the most intriguing research conducted so far.
QuillBot Excels As A Free Grammar and Spellchecker
I used QuillBot with all my writing for several days. It’s a great spelling and grammar-checking tool even if I’m not a fan of its generative AI features.
AI Predators: What Schools Should Know and Do
AI is increasingly be used by predators to connect with underage students online. Yasmin London, global online safety expert at Qoria and a former member of the New South Wales Police Force in Australia, shares steps educators can take to protect students.
Google Scholar’s New AI Outline Tool Explained By Its Founder
Google Scholar PDF reader uses Gemini AI to read research papers. The AI model creates direct links to the paper’s citations and a digital outline that summarizes the different sections of the paper.
Making Students Part of Your Security Operations Center
How to strengthen your security operations center with student employees and provide them educational opportunities at the same time.
AI Chatbot Friendships: Potential Harms and Benefits For Students
Human and AI chatbot “friendships” are becoming more common. Mental health experts worry they can be harmful but also see potential if these are designed with real-world relationships in mind.
Lessons From An AI Grading Tool Already Assessing Millions of Students
In India, a nonprofit is using a simple AI grading tool to provide feedback to more than 50,000 students per day, providing potential lessons about scalability and accuracy standards in AI grading.
GMTech Gives Access to Multiple AI Models At Once. What Does That Mean For Educators?
I recently reviewed GMTech and found multiple ways educators might use the tool to prepare teaching materials with the help of AI and to see how students might use AI to cheat.
It’s Not a Chatbot And That Might Be This AI Tutor’s Superpower
A professor at Arizona State University is studying an AI tutor designed to help students without giving away answers.
Grammarly Authorship: I Tested The New AI and Plagiarism Tool
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.
Best Free Veterans Day Lessons & Activities
Plan your Veterans Day classroom activities and lessons with quizzes, videos, primary sources, and more
Malicious QR Codes: 5 Ways To Protect Educators and Students
Hackers are increasingly attacking schools with malicious QR codes but good old-fashioned cyber awareness can help combat the threat.
Teaching Robotics And STEM With The Help Of 3D Printers
Using 3D printers to repair classroom robots can help students develop real-world STEM skills.
4 Ways One Professor Uses AI to Save Time and Help Students
Philosopher Graham Clay uses AI to help write letters of recommendation, convert lectures into quizzes, and answer student questions when he’s not available. Here’s how.
AI-Assisted Characters Help Students Learn From TV, According to Harvard-Led Research
Young students learned best when they not only watched the PBS Kids show "Elinor Wonders Why" but also interacted with an AI version of Elinor.
STORM: Teaching With The Stanford-Designed AI System
The STORM AI tool can generate on-demand Wikipedia articles in minutes. It’s one of the most useful AI products I’ve come across.
The Science of Learning: 7 Tips For Incorporating It Into Your Class or School
Educator Meg Lee helped her district incorporate the best science of learning strategies. Here are her tips for starting the process in any classroom.
5 Tips For New Teachers Around Midterms
This time of year is always stressful but after more than a decade teaching, I’ve found some strategies that help.
4 AI Tools For Education That Are Nothing Like ChatGPT
These AI tools can help you find academic papers, debunk conspiracies, and more.
DebunkBot: Teaching With The Conspiracy-Busting AI
Created by researchers at MIT and other higher ed institutions, DebunkBot engages in conversation with users about conspiracy theories. It’s an interesting tool for teaching AI and media literacy.
