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A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons
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A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

  • By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer

Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — an exercise to help them understand what writing, thinking and classrooms were like before everything turned digital. The exercise started in 2023, as Grit Mathias Phelps grew frustrated that her German language students were using generative AI and online translation platforms to churn out grammatically perfect assignments. The revival is part of a national trend toward old-school testing methods like in-class pen-and-paper exams and oral tests to prevent AI use for assignments on laptops.

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The right type of gift

  • By Stephen Baxter Daily Journal staff

Plunking the keys on Dr. Harvey Small's 1908 typewriter to form words and sentences isn't easy.