{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Assignment Makeover Method | Mark Henderson","home_page_url":"https://assignmentmakeover.com","description":"Assignment Makeover Method | Mark Henderson","author":{"name":"Assignment Makeover Method | Mark Henderson"},"items":[{"id":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/ghost-students-in-online-ed-what-they-want-how-to-stop-them","html_content":"

If you teach online or hybrid courses, you might have noticed a strange new phenomenon creeping into your grade book. You look at your roster, see a full class, and feel that familiar surge of early-semester optimism. Bu...

","url":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/ghost-students-in-online-ed-what-they-want-how-to-stop-them","title":"Ghost Students in Online Ed: What They Want & How to Stop Them","summary":"If you teach online or hybrid courses, you might have noticed a strange new phenomenon creeping into your grade book. You look at your roster, see a full class, and feel that familiar surge of early-semester optimism. Bu...","date_modified":"2026-10-11T15:57:57Z"},{"id":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/when-and-how-to-embrace-ai-in-the-classroom","html_content":"

If your current assessment strategy relies on students writing essays in isolation without internet access, Generative AI has already disrupted it.

","url":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/when-and-how-to-embrace-ai-in-the-classroom","title":"When (and How) to Embrace AI in the Classroom","summary":"If your current assessment strategy relies on students writing essays in isolation without internet access, Generative AI has already disrupted it.","date_modified":"2026-09-06T15:00:36Z"},{"id":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/run-a-1-hour-ai-workshop-for-teachers-that-isn%E2%80%99t-just-prompting","html_content":"

Every school leader faces the same challenge during professional development season: teachers are fatigued, short on time, and tired of broad tech demos that don't apply to their actual day-to-day teaching.

","url":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/run-a-1-hour-ai-workshop-for-teachers-that-isn%E2%80%99t-just-prompting","title":"Run a 1-Hour AI Workshop for Teachers (That Isn’t Just Prompting)","summary":"Every school leader faces the same challenge during professional development season: teachers are fatigued, short on time, and tired of broad tech demos that don't apply to their actual day-to-day teaching.","date_modified":"2026-08-08T02:24:14Z"},{"id":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/why-most-teacher-professional-development-fails-and-the-ai-train","html_content":"

We’ve all been there. It’s a bright and early professional development day. You’ve traded your classroom for a hard plastic chair in the cafeteria, armed with a fresh cup of lukewarm school coffee and a stack of papers t...

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Your syllabus says "No AI allowed."

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Let me say something that might get me uninvited from a few faculty meetings.

","url":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/why-students-cheating-with-chatgpt-is-actually-a-good-thing","title":"Why Students Cheating with ChatGPT Is Actually a Good Thing","summary":"Let me say something that might get me uninvited from a few faculty meetings.","date_modified":"2026-06-28T19:29:49Z"},{"id":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/why-ai-detection-tools-are-making-the-problem-worse","html_content":"

Every semester, another wave of educators discovers the same uncomfortable truth: the AI detection tool they trusted just accused an innocent student of cheating.

","url":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/why-ai-detection-tools-are-making-the-problem-worse","title":"Why AI Detection Tools Are Making the Problem Worse","summary":"Every semester, another wave of educators discovers the same uncomfortable truth: the AI detection tool they trusted just accused an innocent student of cheating.","date_modified":"2026-06-14T01:58:20Z"},{"id":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/5-signs-your-assignment-can-be-completed-by-chatgpt","html_content":"

You don't need an AI detector to know if your assignment is vulnerable to ChatGPT.

","url":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/5-signs-your-assignment-can-be-completed-by-chatgpt","title":"5 Signs Your Assignment Can Be Completed by ChatGPT","summary":"You don't need an AI detector to know if your assignment is vulnerable to ChatGPT.","date_modified":"2026-05-31T01:35:12Z"},{"id":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/the-assignment-was-the-problem-all-along","html_content":"

Let me describe a moment a lot of teachers have had recently.

","url":"https://assignmentmakeover.com/blog/f/the-assignment-was-the-problem-all-along","title":"The Assignment Was the Problem All Along","summary":"Let me describe a moment a lot of teachers have had recently.","date_modified":"2026-05-31T01:30:17Z"}]}