How to cut grading time without Scantrons (and with a little AI)
The new tool, Gradescope from Turnitin, […]
Not True That ChatGPT Can’t Be Accurately Detected
06/25/2023
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Letter to Editor
Recently, a student article appeared in these pages which declared how easy it was for students to use AI-generated text such as […]
Support Neurodivergent Learners With Text-To-Speech Tools
By Amy Foxwell
06/21/2023 – Training Industry
Here are some critical points that every training professional should be thinking about when determining how to meet the needs of people […]
The Case for Normalizing Accessibility Tools in Schools
Guest post by Paul Stisser
06/13/2023 – Rachelle Dene Poth
In schools today, about one in seven children receive special education services. But some children never receive the proper […]
5 Tips to Help Employees Do Their Best in Proctored Certification Exams
06/12/2023 – Training Magazine
Taking an exam is usually stressful. There are ways, however, to help employees be better prepared and have less anxiety about […]
Taking an exam is usually stressful. There are ways, however, to help employees be better prepared and have less anxiety about […]
Swing Education raises $38 million to mitigate teacher shortage
06/05/2023 – Impact Alpha
Public schools are scrambling to hire teachers. Some 150,000 openings were unfilled across the US in February as teachers grapple with low pay, safety […]
Magic Pulled in $52M, Cortex Got $35M, and More Bay Area Tech News (Swing Education Mention)
By Cassidy Ritter
06/05/2023 – Built In SF
SF TECH QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“We’re thrilled to have Apax Partners and Reach Capital as strategic investors. The need for substitute […]
Turnitin Adds AI Detection Capabilities to Popular Anti-Plagiarism Platform
While technology is behind […]
K-12 Dealmaking: Substitute Teaching Startup Secures $38M; Amplify Raises Undisclosed Series C
By Michelle Caffrey
06/02/2023 – Edweek Market Brief
Swing Education raised $38 million in a Series C round aimed at helping the company, which connects schools with […]
San Francisco-Based Swing Education Raises $38M in Series C Funding
By Shalini Pathak
06/02/2023 – Edtech Review
Swing Education, an online staffing marketplace that connects substitute teachers with schools, announced that it has raised $38M in its Series C […]
Designing for Inclusive Learning: 3 Text-to-Speech Strategies to Make Accessibility More Than an Add-On
By Amy Foxwell
05/30/2023 – Ace-Ed
Meeting the needs of learners who need accommodations takes more than tacking a plug-in onto a website or LMS. Making content truly accessible […]
The Key to Reducing Burnout in K-12 Schools? Supporting Substitute Teachers
By Mike Teng
05/30/2023 – Rachelle Dene Poth Blog
The challenge goes beyond the stress and anxiety of trying to find someone to fill a teacher’s spot for the […]
Swing Education Surpasses One Million Hours of Classroom Substitute Teaching
05/11/2023 – eSchool News
Substitute teachers sourced via Swing Education, a tech-enabled staffing marketplace that matches schools with qualified substitute teachers, have filled more than one million hours of […]
Matt Muldoon of ReadSpeaker: 5 Things That Should Be Done To Improve The US Educational System
By Yitzi Weiner
05/08/2023 – Authority Magazine
15 Activities For Substitute Teachers
Contributed by Jacquelyn Carbo
05/04/2023 – TeachThought
Here are 15 classroom activities for substitute teachers every educator needs in their toolkit, organized by grade level. And, if you’re a […]
Artificial Intelligence Detection in Schools
04/05/2023 – ABC7 News
Washington ABC7 — We’ve seen more debate over the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence in schools, but one company has unveiled a new way […]
Despite Concerns, Educators See Artificial Intelligence As A Classroom Tool
By Chris Schulz
04/10/2023 – WV Public Broadcasting
Despite the promise of AI writing if used correctly, the potential for abuse remains. Applications like Turnitin don’t determine student misconduct. That job […]
ReadSpeaker TTS Integrates with Moodle Workplace
05/02/2023 – Speech Technology
ReadSpeaker, a digital voice and text-to-speech provider, is now a certified integration partner for Moodle Workplace, a learning management system.
With this partnership, employees going […]
How ChatGPT can assist with network management
By: David Weldon
04/2023 – TechTarget
ChatGPT can help with troubleshooting, improve network segmentation and architecture design, and increase network performance, said Alberto Roldan, founder and owner […]
4 Ethical Questions Generative AI Poses
By Dr. Eric Wang
04/18/2023 – Built In
One of the ways generative AI is like those big, transformative leaps is the ethical considerations and questions this technology […]
How AI-Detection Tool Lets Educators and Businesses Connect Discovery With Actions
By David Weldon
04/13/2023 – EdTech Review
AI to AI-Detection: Catch me if you can
The goal of the Turnitin AI-detection capability is not to “catch” or “punish” […]
ChatGPT vs AI Writing Detection Tool for Education: First Look at the Solution
By David Weldon
04/12/2023 – Edtech Review
Turnitin is developing such an anti-cheating tool, which will be the first to be introduced in the education market. The company has […]
New AI detection feature via Turnitin
By: Rachelle Dene Poth
04/07/2023 – Rachelle Dene Poth’s Blog
Plagiarism detection
There have been plagiarism checkers available for years and many educators and educational institutions use them. […]
Embracing Teachable Moments with Artificial Intelligence Detection Technology
By Monica Burns
04/04/2023 – Class Tech Tips
If you follow news reports on artificial intelligence, you know this space is evolving quickly and there are plenty of teachers […]
Tips to help students perform their best in online exams
By Kylie Day and Sarah Thorneycroft
04/04/2023 – SmartBrief
The University of New England in Australia has been successfully delivering supervised online exams since 2017 to a predominantly online, […]
Can technology help schools prevent AI-based cheating?
By Dennis Pierce
04/07/2023 – eCampus News
That’s what Turnitin is hoping to do with a new feature the company has added to its existing writing tools. […]
Designing for Inclusive Learning: 3 Text-to-Speech Strategies to Make Accessibility More Than an Add-On
By Amy Foxwell
April/May 2023 issue of Ace-Ed Equity & Access
Meeting the needs of learners who need accommodations takes more than tacking a plug-in onto a […]
6 Ways Substitute Teaching Can Boost Your Tech Career
By Mike Teng
04/04/2023 – Built In
…In many cases, substitute teaching can be even better than gig work. Schools everywhere need help, as nearly every state of the […]
5 ways to design more inclusive learning experiences for students
By George Hanshaw
03/29/2023 – SmartBrief
…Instead of providing special accommodations for students, a better approach is to design more inclusive learning experiences in which all students feel empowered […]
The Video Game Magic Being Used to Preserve Threatened Languages
By Amy Foxwell
03/20/2023 – FE News
ReadSpeaker is a technology text-to-speech company with several widely used products that make written material more […]
3 important ways to rethink how your district finds substitute teachers
By Mike Teng
03/03/2023 – District Administration
…I can say with confidence, and a healthy dose of concern, that the problem isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon. So, if the substitute shortage persists, […]
Turnitin Announces AI Writing Detector & AI Writing Resource Center for Educators
By Stephen Soulunii
02/14/2023 – Edtech Review
The company plans to add this functionality to its core writing integrity products as early as April 2023, according to a press […]
How ChatGPT will reshape the future of the high school essay
By Greg Toppo
01/31/2023 – Fast Company
Eric Wang, a statistician and VP of AI at Turnitin.com, the plagiarism-detection firm, noted that engineers there can already detect writing created […]
Text-to-speech No Longer Just for Students with Disabilities
Guest Column by Amy Foxwell
01/13/2023 – EdTech Digest
Students like to use text-to-speech technology whether they can read printed text or not. In a recent survey from the higher-education […]
Turnitin is the go-to software to catch students cheating. Now it’s focused on a potential cat-and-mouse game with OpenAI’s new ChatGPT chatbot.
By Samantha Delouya
01/11/2023 – Business Insider
The AI chatbot, developed by OpenAI, can quickly generate human-sounding answers to homework prompts, like […]
ReadSpeaker’s text-to-speech tools improve learner engagement and make content accessible to everyone
01/02/2023 – The Learning Counsel
ReadSpeaker’s advancements in voice technology and the options for using voice have opened a floodgate of new ways to engage with digital content…
The Future of the High School Essay: We Talk to 4 Teachers, 2 experts and 1 AI Chatbot
By Greg Toppo
12/19/2022 – The 74Million
Many educators are alarmed. One high school computer science teacher confessed last week, “I am having an existential crisis.” Many of […]
ChatGPT Wrote My AP English Essay—and I Passed
By Joanna Stern
12/21/2022 – The Wall Street Journal
If you haven’t yet tried ChatGPT, OpenAI’s new artificial-intelligence chatbot, it will blow […]
Turnitin Releases Free E-Books on Teaching Academic Integrity
12/07/2022 – Government Technology
According to the announcement, the company’s products — including Gradescope, iThenticate, ExamSoft, ProctorExam and Ouriginal, among others — help educators and workforce certification and […]
Can Anti-Plagiarism Tools Detect When AI Chatbots Write Student Essays?
By Daniel Mollenkamp
12/21/2022 – EdSurge
But Alex’s story shows that a little human input can correct such issues, which raises the question […]
The Vital, Hidden Role That Learning Management Systems Play In The Education Market
By Derek Newton
12/19/2022 – Forbes
ReadSpeaker, a leading text-to-speech learning tool, announced an integration deal with LMS Moodle […]
AI breakthrough ChatGPT raises alarm over student cheating
By Cristina Criddle and Bethan Staton
12/17/2022 – Financial Times
Turnitin is software used by around 16,000 school systems globally to detect plagiarised work and can identify some kinds of AI-assisted […]
The Low-Code/No-Code Movement Builds in Speech Technology
By Phillip Britt
11/16/2022 – Speech Technology Magazine
“Developing CX or conversational AI solutions used to represent extremely costly, lengthy, and human-resource-intensive projects,” adds Fredrik Larsson, chief technology officer of […]
Why accessibility tools and apps can be a boon for all students
By Ginger Dewey
11/09/2022 – District Administration
“We find students downloading audio files of reading materials to listen to on their phones, which is a real advantage for those […]
Guest opinion: Cheating in school is an equity problem and we’re doing nothing to stop it
By Ashley Norris
11/01/2022 – AL.com
“I’ve said or written this statement countless times, but it bears repeating as often as possible. Protecting exam integrity is not only an […]
How Online Tests Are Becoming More Accessible
By Derek Newton
10/24/2022 – Forbes
Questionmark also recently scored a partnership with the leading text-to-speech technology company ReadSpeaker to allow test-takers […]
The Uncertainty Bias in AI and How to Tackle it
Dr. Eric Wang
10/08/2022 – AIThority
“A biased system isn’t a good thing, but if the bias is known […]