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Image credit: Marina M., Pexels, 2026 When I began teaching in 2004, my school provided a pre-designed curriculum that teachers were expected to adapt to meet the needs of diverse learners. My colleague in a nearby school was not given a curriculum, and was tasked with generating daily lessons to meet a set of learning outcomes and standards. The debate between pre-packaged curriculum and designing from scratch is a longstanding debate across all levels of education. Which f

Image by Mohamed Hassan, Pixabay, 2026 An increasing number of students are earning credentials and degrees in an asynchronous online (NYU login required) format. An asynchronous online course enables learners to access course materials at any time during a specified period (e.g., weekly) while still benefiting from online interactions with the instructor and classmates. For professors, teaching an asynchronous course means helping students learn how to stay connected and eng

Managing student submissions, feedback and grade calculations can be an administrative time sink. The NYU Brightspace Gradebook can streamline these tasks while providing transparency regarding student progress. Key Features Automated Grade Calculation: After setup, the Gradebook can calculate final grades based on your grading scheme. This means that it handles complex weighted percentages across distinct grading categories (e.g. Discussions are worth 15% of the overall grad

Testing in general produces anxiety in students. The watchful eye of a proctor can potentially add more. However, some pressure is actually good for learning. Other kinds of pressure, like sorting out problems with unfamiliar tech, can have a negative impact. For exams, proctoring is certainly in large part about ensuring fairness and adherence to ​​NYU academic integrity policy but it’s also about setting up a clear, structured environment where students can demonstrate thei

In this sample Global Sport assignment, students read different articles about the same topic, then listen to a Gemini Notebook generated podcast about the articles. Students meet in groups to deepen their understanding by discussing their articles and critiquing what the AI generated podcast got right and wrong. AI Tool Gemini Notebook - Audio Overview Summary The purpose of this exercise is to do a deep reading of an article, then analyze and critique the output of an AI to

In this sample assignment, students practice creating Google Gem to act as a financial planner and then analyze its output. Through this process, students practice building gems, developing procedures and documents for good financial planning and critically analyzing AI outputs. AI Tool Google Gemini / Gems Summary Students will create a Gem to act as a financial planner, then upload data and documents to test its capability and utility and analyze the Gem’s output using thei