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A Q&A with Mark Frydenberg By Mary Grush 04/12/21 "The CIS Sandbox has become a space that supports students in their tech learning at whatever stage they are — and now, where ever they are." —Mark Frydenberg Bentley University's CIS Sandbox is building on 10 years as a technology learning space. Here, CT talks with Mark Frydenberg, a senior lecturer in Computer Information Systems and director of the CIS Sandbox at Bentley, who explains how the CIS Sandbox space supports students where they are — both physically or geographically and in their learning journey. Mary Grush: The CIS S...

By Dian Schaffhauser 04/09/21 Plagiarism among students jumped by 10 percentage points after the pandemic, when classes went online — an increase in the average rate of copying in student work from 35 percent to 45 percent. The finding came out of an analysis undertaken by Copyleaks, which sells a plagiarism detection program. The company analyzed anonymized data from 51,000 students worldwide at both the high school and college level. The analysis found a "significant increase" in plagiarism overall within student papers turned in during April and May 2020, compared to those turned in duri...

By Dian Schaffhauser 04/09/21 Identity and belonging, the truth about vaping and the potential of nuclear science are the topics of three free "virtual" fieldtrips that have been introduced by Discovery Education working with various partners. The point of the curriculum is to provide lessons to help students explore aspects of the world they might not otherwise have exposure to. Each field trip comes with educator guides, student activities and other resources. The lessons include: "Identity, Belonging, and Legacy: How Testimony Makes Us Stronger Than Hate," produced with USC Shoah Founda...

By Dian Schaffhauser 04/09/21 New Century Education Foundation is embedding lessons into its adaptive, online tutoring system, to address the needs of dyslexic students of any age. New Century, a nonprofit that focuses on helping teachers and parents improve the learning of students with specific needs, is working with Noah Text to add its stories into the organization's "Intelligent Tutoring System." The online reading program was developed with Sarah Blodgett, the developer of Noah Text, as well as researchers at Michigan State University and Orton-Gillingham Academy-trained reading special...

By Dian Schaffhauser 04/09/21 Parents overwhelmingly opposed going ahead with standardized testing this spring, according to a survey done by a parent advocates group. In a survey of more than 1,200 respondents, the assessment nays beat the yays by a margin of two to one. The polling also found that parents "overwhelmingly" opposed testing being used at all in ways that penalize students (81%) or teachers (73%). Two-thirds of parents also reported that any testing done this year should be shortened and used mainly to measure the impact of remote school on student learning. The random sampling...