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- Thanks, Jennifer.

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and get us started to make
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Good afternoon, everyone.

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Thank you so much for joining us today.

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My name is Frances Barreto.

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I am one of the district success managers

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that support our amazing
partners in Arizona.

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And you do have a dedicated
team here to support you

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as you see on the screen.

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That includes Chelsea Hatchard,

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who's our district partnership manager,

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Sheryl Dossola supports as
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who is another district success manager,

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and then Jennifer
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are your professional
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We are especially excited
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from the Khan Academy Writing
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and she's gonna be sharing

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how you can help your
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and skilled writers using
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This is the first

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out of several professional
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that you're going to be able
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so keep an eye out for an email

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that should be coming your way March 11th

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with the registration links

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for our Arizona Spring Learning series.

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even if you can't attend live.

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or thoughts in the chat
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Jennifer and I will be
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after this session as well.

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- Thank you, Frances.
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- I'm gonna share my presentation now.

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Yes, okay, awesome.

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I'm gonna try and have
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so I can keep an eye on
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Welcome, everyone.

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I'm really excited to be here.

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A little bit about myself.

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My name is Sarah Robertson.

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I am a principal product
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focusing on literacy experiences

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and classroom tools to support ELA

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I was a middle school
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but the hardest of all the classes

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that I taught was writing.

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I assigned 25 different essays

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for me to guide students
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provide timely, detailed,
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evaluate against a rubric.

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I worked easily about 12 hours a day

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on the students who I knew needed my help,

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I never really knew about
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of teaching writing
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so I have a lot of empathy for many of you

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the solution that we built

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so you can send me the
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Thank you, Aviv, for setting that up.

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to answer this question in the chat.

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I'm wondering if you could just name,

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what are some things that
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in order to reach grade-level
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punctuation, practice

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help with sentence structure,
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Format of the writing, yes.

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Practice and timely feedback, yes.

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I'm seeing a lot of practice,
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how much time the National
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How many minutes per
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when they weren't watching me model things

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as I'm sure you all are well aware.

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they need the direct instruction

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specifically in things like
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audience, purpose, tone, rhetoric,

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how to incorporate evidence,
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that's a really big piece.

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what are some of the things

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that make teaching writing
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Go ahead and put your
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Time, yes, for sure.

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Differentiation.

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and writing is consistently
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of the job as I experienced firsthand.

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from a few of the recent comments

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in various ELA teacher Facebook
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it's nearly impossible and
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some personal experience
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they're not accurate, unfortunately.

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for teachers to be able to spot students

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very difficult to challenge a student

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About a year ago I led a workshop
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she said, "I just don't see the point

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AI can do it for me.

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Why do I need to learn to do this thing

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that AI can just do for me?"

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do you agree or disagree?

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for students to still
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feel free to come off mute and
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I'm gonna say this out loud,

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I think that students do
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My son works in finance

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and he has to be able to
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what he has done with his clients,

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that communication is not there.

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it helps clarify students' thinking

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and their ability to
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so they need to know how to do that.

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- 100%.

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You said it so perfectly.

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Everything you said.

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Writing is thinking,

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writing is communicating.

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Without knowing how to write,

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we can't actually sometimes process

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what we even think about something.

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We don't have that critical muscle,

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we're not building that critical muscle

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of processing information and
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and communicating it in ways

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that reflect our own personal experiences

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and our own beliefs.

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I came across this Joan
Didion quote a while ago

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and it sort of gave me exactly

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what I think I was trying to convey

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when I was presented with
these kinds of opinions

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from various people,

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specifically students who were like,

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why do I need to do this anymore?

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And Joan Didion says,

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"I write entirely to find
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what I'm looking at,

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what I see and what it means."

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And I get chills when
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because as somebody who,

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I consider myself a writer
and a writing teacher

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and somebody who supports
writing teachers now,

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and writing is so much more
than the written content, right?

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It's not,

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the process of writing means something

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and it's important

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and it has real human value.

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And I think as teachers,

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it's our jobs not just to
teach students how to write,

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but to teach them about

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why they still should be
learning to write, right?

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There's also a robust body
of evidence that shows

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that there are real cognitive

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and psychological benefits from writing.

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It helps students,
again, process emotions,

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process their thinking,

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figure out what they feel,

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figure out what they believe.

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It's a really wonderful tool

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that we all have in our
toolbox as human beings.

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So I agree,

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I don't think that large
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is a reason that we should
not teach writing anymore.

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I don't think anybody
would be surprised by that.

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And if anything, I actually
think it's more important now

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than it has ever been,

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but it is still very critical

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to educate students about
AI and large language models

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and to use it ethically and
responsibly in the classroom.

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And we could do an entire webinar

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specifically on this topic of effective

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and ethical AI use in classrooms alone,

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but I sort of jotted down a
list of some of the things

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to consider when we are
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The first thing is,

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is the use of this AI actually
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or are we using it as a shortcut?

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Will students become reliant on the AI?

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And if it's being used as
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how can we gradually remove
that scaffolding over time?

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Do students understand

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how the content from the AI
is actually being generated?

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Where it comes from,

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when to trust it, when
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when to say something about the fact

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that they might have used it in some way.

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And are they using AI in ways

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that allow them to focus
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on higher-order thinking skills

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and also on the human
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There are many opinions on these topics,

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but I do believe that there are many ways

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in which even if we use AI
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I think it depends on the situation,

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but in some ways some might argue

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that that's actually taking away

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some of the really
important thinking skills

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that students do when they brainstorm.

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It doesn't hurt maybe to have somebody

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to bounce ideas off of
or to jumpstart things,

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but worlds in which AI
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or AI generates a list of ideas,

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we should just be thinking
about what is the AI doing

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that a student previously
could have been doing,

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and are we taking something
away of value to that student?

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Okay.

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So with all of that in mind,

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let's learn about how and
why we made Writing Coach

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and then I'm going to
show you how to use it.

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Khan Academy is a well-known company.

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It is not necessarily as
well-known for writing and reading

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and ELA or humanities as it is for STEM,

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but our mission has always been

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to provide a free world-class education

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to anyone and anywhere,

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and we've always wanted to provide

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that same level of
support in the humanities.

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So when large language models
became broadly available

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in late 2022,

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we immediately began exploring ways

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that we could leverage the technology

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to achieve that mission.

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And it's probably no
surprise that we found LLMs

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to be especially helpful in
the writing space specifically.

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So like all great products,

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Writing Coach was also designed

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as a solution to some very real problems.

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So what we know about writing

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is that, of course, students are expected

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to meet grade-level standards.

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They need to be writing
60 minutes per day.

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They need support,

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not just at the end of the writing process

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when they've produced a
draft and they need feedback,

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but they actually need
help getting started,

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they need help outlining,
they need help drafting,

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and they need to learn

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how to do those different
parts of the process.

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And then, of course, as we all mentioned,

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they need specific, actionable,

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personalized, timely
feedback in order to improve.

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But in reality, only about a
quarter of secondary students

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meet grade-level writing standards.

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The vast majority of students
are not clocking even close

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to their recommended
hour of practice a day.

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Most teachers have way more students

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than they can give personalized
writing process support to.

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And I mention this math set all the time.

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If the average teacher has 100 students

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and limits herself to 10
minutes of feedback per essay,

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which is something I would do,

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I would set my timer 10 minutes per essay,

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that's 17 hours for one
draft of one assignment

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for me to give feedback to every kid,

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17 hours for one assignment.

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And if kids are writing an hour a day,

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I just don't,

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the math isn't mathing,

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as the kids say these days,

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it's just not really possible.

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So in 2023, we started
working on a solution

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and then last fall we
launched Writing Coach

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to our school and district partners.

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And when I talk about Writing Coach,

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I think oftentimes
people hear AI, writing,

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and they sort of have
a picture in their head

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of what this is.

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So I like to kind of explain what it is

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against what it's not

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and how it's different from
some of the other things

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that people might be familiar with.

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So you might be familiar with tools,

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for example, like Grammarly.

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I use Grammarly,

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Grammarly is great.

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Grammarly gives AI-generated
feedback to students,

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but it typically provides more sentence

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or phrase-level suggestions

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and allows them to click a
button and accept the suggestion

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without really having to figure out

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how to change it themselves.

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You might be familiar with other tools

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who can kind of generate feedback quickly

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for the teacher using AI
or even for the students.

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Some of these things
are paid, some are free,

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but usually the feedback
is rather limited,

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there's not that much feedback,

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or the teacher gets the feedback,

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but then has to figure out
how to get it to the student.

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And to this day, I haven't
really found anybody else

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who guides students through
the actual writing process

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stage by stage in the way that we do.

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And if you're familiar with ChatGPT,

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which I'm assuming all of you are,

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it's obviously always more than happy

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to just rewrite a student's essay for them

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or produce it from scratch.

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And there's positive use cases

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for all of these different kinds of tools,

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but the primary purpose behind them

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is usually either to save time
or to produce better writing,

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not to produce better writers.

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And that is really how
Writing Coach is different.

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The intention behind Writing
Coach is to help teachers

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create better writers and
not just better writing.

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So it is an instructional tool

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with the primary purpose
of student learning

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and teacher transparency.

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It's a tool designed to guide students

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through the full essay-writing process

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while preventing cheating.

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It's a way for teachers to give students

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more writing practice
and real-time support.

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And we have data dashboards for teachers

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that have at-a-glance
and in-depth insights

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into their students' writing processes.

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So it's not just a digital
essay-writing platform,

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it's not something that grades
or evaluate student writing,

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it gives feedback, it doesn't score,

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and that's really on purpose

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because I could talk about
this for a long time,

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but I think if we're telling students

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that their voices matter,

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we should have a human
reading what they have to say

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at some point.

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It's not a student productivity tool,

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it's not a feedback generator,

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and it's not a tool that provides

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easy-to-accept suggestions

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for improving things like
grammar and mechanics.

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So just really quick,

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we launched Writing Coach now
about six months ago or so

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and the feedback that we've gotten

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has been very, very positive

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from the teachers and the
students who have used it so far.

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We had one teacher talk
about how the feedback

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that Khanmigo generated
was very, very close

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to what they would have written themselves

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on student writing.

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In some cases it was more
detailed or more specific.

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Another teacher said that they used this

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for an IB essay prep course

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and they had seen this
make the biggest difference

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in helping students with that essay

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than any any tool they've ever used.

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We had one teacher in a district
who used this consistently

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and her class had every
single student pass

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that state writing assessment.

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And so we were really
excited about what this is

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and how it works.

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So let's just dive into
what it looks like.

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Okay, so the first step
in using Writing Coach

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is to create a Writing Coach assignment,

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and a Writing Coach assignment
is an essay assignment.

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To begin, you should start by
logging in to Khan Academy.

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So you can access Writing Coach

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directly through Khan Academy.

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As you can see here in the top
of every Khan Academy screen,

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you see a Khanmigo drop-down

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and you can click on Writing
Coach and get there that way.

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And if you're logged in
to a Khan Academy account,

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you'll be logged in to
a Writing Coach account,

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Writing Coach is part of Khan Academy,

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but you can also just go
to khanmigo.ai/writingcoach

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and that will also take you
directly to Writing Coach.

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Once you are in Writing
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you will see three tabs on the left,

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one says Assignments,

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one says My Essays,

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and one says About Writing Coach.

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Assignments, self-explanatory,

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that is where you create
assignments for students.

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The My Essays space is kind
of like a playground for you

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to play around with sample
essays that we've created.

528
00:23:08,130 --> 00:23:11,280
You can test out or demo essays

529
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:12,870
that you might have
assigned to your students

530
00:23:12,870 --> 00:23:15,390
so that you can model

531
00:23:15,390 --> 00:23:17,910
how to use it for the
first time with them.

532
00:23:17,910 --> 00:23:20,250
But to access your assignments
and create assignments,

533
00:23:20,250 --> 00:23:23,280
you would do that from
your Assignments tab.

534
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:24,450
And you just should be looking

535
00:23:24,450 --> 00:23:25,920
for this Create Assignment button

536
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:27,470
in the top right of the screen.

537
00:23:30,180 --> 00:23:34,080
So a Writing Coach essay
assignment starts with a prompt

538
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,740
and it should be a prompt
that you are providing.

539
00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:39,990
The essay instructions, I
can't emphasize this enough,

540
00:23:39,990 --> 00:23:41,880
are the most important part.

541
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,100
The more details you include,

542
00:23:44,100 --> 00:23:48,728
the more of a stickler
Khanmigo will be when, they,

543
00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:53,700
Khanmigo is guiding students
through the writing process.

544
00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:57,690
So if you say things like,

545
00:23:57,690 --> 00:23:59,460
make sure in your instructions,

546
00:23:59,460 --> 00:24:02,370
make sure you include three
pieces of textual evidence,

547
00:24:02,370 --> 00:24:04,680
Khanmigo will take that information

548
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,530
and check that the student
has that amount of evidence

549
00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:09,570
whenever it's giving feedback.

550
00:24:09,570 --> 00:24:13,140
If you say you need to
use MLA in-text citations

551
00:24:13,140 --> 00:24:15,030
or APA in-text citations,

552
00:24:15,030 --> 00:24:18,840
Khanmigo will check to make
sure that students did that.

553
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,120
If you say that they need to have

554
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:23,760
a concession/rebuttal paragraph

555
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:24,870
in their argumentative essay,

556
00:24:24,870 --> 00:24:27,090
again, Khanmigo will have that context

557
00:24:27,090 --> 00:24:30,210
and then make sure students
are meeting those requirements.

558
00:24:30,210 --> 00:24:33,090
Also, if you are doing an essay

559
00:24:33,090 --> 00:24:35,880
that is in order to prep
students for the ACT

560
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,090
or another test, an AP test or something,

561
00:24:39,090 --> 00:24:42,060
you can say in the
instruction specifically,

562
00:24:42,060 --> 00:24:43,680
this is an AP practice test

563
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,350
or this is an ACT practice essay,

564
00:24:46,350 --> 00:24:48,900
and that also helps Khanmigo understand,

565
00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:53,340
okay, now I have all of the
information in the world

566
00:24:53,340 --> 00:24:54,960
about what makes a great ACT essay

567
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,257
and I know what an exemplary
ACT essay looks like

568
00:24:58,257 --> 00:24:59,850
and I know what the rubric looks like.

569
00:24:59,850 --> 00:25:02,610
Just telling Khanmigo
this is an ACT essay,

570
00:25:02,610 --> 00:25:05,100
Khanmigo will take that context

571
00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:07,683
and tailor its interactions accordingly.

572
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,020
One thing I do wanna point out,

573
00:25:10,020 --> 00:25:13,320
'cause this is a common
source of confusion,

574
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,350
the grade level drop-down here,

575
00:25:16,350 --> 00:25:20,820
you can select any grade level you want.

576
00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:22,560
Right now we have fifth/sixth,

577
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,180
which is kind of like a beta level

578
00:25:24,180 --> 00:25:26,400
because it will still be
a little bit advanced.

579
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,133
And then we have the seventh
all the way through 12th.

580
00:25:30,180 --> 00:25:32,670
We use this to get Khanmigo

581
00:25:32,670 --> 00:25:34,890
to tailor the language that it's using

582
00:25:34,890 --> 00:25:35,910
when it's chatting with students,

583
00:25:35,910 --> 00:25:38,520
but also to tailor the
feedback that it gives.

584
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,193
So if you select fifth/sixth,

585
00:25:42,030 --> 00:25:47,030
it might give less feedback
or less harsh feedback

586
00:25:47,130 --> 00:25:50,283
than if you select 12th
grade for the same essay.

587
00:25:51,150 --> 00:25:53,040
And that's, again, in order to make sure

588
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,130
that Khanmigo is leveling
itself appropriately.

589
00:25:56,130 --> 00:25:58,950
Students will not see the
grade level that you select.

590
00:25:58,950 --> 00:26:01,890
So if you teach 11th graders

591
00:26:01,890 --> 00:26:03,900
and it's the beginning of the year

592
00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:05,850
and you're kind of building things up,

593
00:26:05,850 --> 00:26:08,190
you can select seventh
grade as their level

594
00:26:08,190 --> 00:26:09,780
if you really want the feedback

595
00:26:09,780 --> 00:26:14,760
to be a little bit more just broken down

596
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,170
or to kind of build them up

597
00:26:16,170 --> 00:26:19,470
to the higher grade levels of
feedback throughout the year.

598
00:26:19,470 --> 00:26:21,570
So that's a scaffolding
tool that I like to mention

599
00:26:21,570 --> 00:26:23,520
because it's not always clear.

600
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:24,930
Students won't see the grade level,

601
00:26:24,930 --> 00:26:26,520
so they're not gonna feel demoralized

602
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,380
if you choose a level that's below

603
00:26:28,380 --> 00:26:29,880
the level they're actually in.

604
00:26:33,630 --> 00:26:35,370
Another thing I like to tell people.

605
00:26:35,370 --> 00:26:38,580
So when you are designing
your essay instructions,

606
00:26:38,580 --> 00:26:40,143
again, for the assignment,

607
00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:46,730
things that you can use are
details from the actual rubrics

608
00:26:46,890 --> 00:26:49,200
that you will be using
or that are relevant.

609
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,660
So for example, if
you're preparing students

610
00:26:51,660 --> 00:26:54,930
for the Arizona six through
eight argumentative essay,

611
00:26:54,930 --> 00:26:55,950
you're assigning something,

612
00:26:55,950 --> 00:27:00,120
you can use former released
essay prompts, for example.

613
00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:03,450
One thing you can do in your
essay instructions is to say,

614
00:27:03,450 --> 00:27:06,090
this is a writing practice test

615
00:27:06,090 --> 00:27:09,120
for the ASA seventh grade essay.

616
00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:11,910
Students will be evaluated on purpose,

617
00:27:11,910 --> 00:27:13,230
focus and organization,

618
00:27:13,230 --> 00:27:15,150
evidence and elaboration, conventions.

619
00:27:15,150 --> 00:27:19,560
And you can even say things
from that score four,

620
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,390
so you can literally copy and paste.

621
00:27:21,390 --> 00:27:25,920
The response should have a
strongly maintained claim

622
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,153
with little or no,

623
00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:29,520
wait, yeah,

624
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:30,810
loosely related material.

625
00:27:30,810 --> 00:27:32,760
So you're pulling the exact information

626
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:33,840
from that score four.

627
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,840
So that means that when
Khanmigo is helping the student

628
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,640
through the essay writing,

629
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,860
drafting and revising and all of that,

630
00:27:40,860 --> 00:27:44,340
it will have that in mind that
those are the expectations

631
00:27:44,340 --> 00:27:45,840
that will make this a great essay.

632
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,720
So if you wanna get more
information in there,

633
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,940
that's usually always very helpful

634
00:27:50,940 --> 00:27:54,750
to make sure that Khanmigo
is preparing students

635
00:27:54,750 --> 00:27:56,970
for the essay.

636
00:27:56,970 --> 00:27:59,550
No, you cannot upload the rubric yet,

637
00:27:59,550 --> 00:28:01,890
that is something that
we are hoping to do,

638
00:28:01,890 --> 00:28:05,880
but instead you can copy and paste details

639
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,110
from this part of the rubric.

640
00:28:07,110 --> 00:28:09,390
Again, you really only need to tell it

641
00:28:09,390 --> 00:28:12,183
this is what you would
need to do to get a four.

642
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:14,460
You don't need to provide the rest of it

643
00:28:14,460 --> 00:28:17,130
because, again, this
isn't an evaluative tool,

644
00:28:17,130 --> 00:28:18,330
it's not gonna score students,

645
00:28:18,330 --> 00:28:19,773
so it's really about giving them feedback

646
00:28:19,773 --> 00:28:22,503
that will help them get
the highest score possible.

647
00:28:24,450 --> 00:28:27,090
And then for ACT, I think I remember,

648
00:28:27,090 --> 00:28:28,260
am I remembering correctly

649
00:28:28,260 --> 00:28:30,393
that high schools in Arizona use the ACT?

650
00:28:31,230 --> 00:28:32,850
Okay.

651
00:28:32,850 --> 00:28:34,860
You don't have to do that level of detail,

652
00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:37,800
you can just say this
is an ACT practice essay

653
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,530
because Khanmigo knows ACT practice essay

654
00:28:40,530 --> 00:28:44,040
and knows what a great ACT
practice essay looks like,

655
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:45,810
it knows what will get
you the highest score,

656
00:28:45,810 --> 00:28:47,820
and it will make sure that
it's giving you feedback

657
00:28:47,820 --> 00:28:49,260
and tailoring directions

658
00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:51,933
according to those expectations for ACT.

659
00:28:54,870 --> 00:28:57,153
So once you have created your assignment,

660
00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:01,560
I think the only other details
we ask for are due date

661
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,840
and then you can create a
class if you haven't yet

662
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,140
or assign it to a class you
already have on Khan Academy.

663
00:29:07,140 --> 00:29:09,000
Your students can access it

664
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,970
from their Khan Academy main dashboard

665
00:29:11,970 --> 00:29:15,120
or they can go directly to
Writing Coach themselves.

666
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:16,500
You'll also, when you
create your assignment,

667
00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:19,080
you'll see a link that
you can share with them,

668
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,060
you can put it in Google
Classroom or Canvas

669
00:29:21,060 --> 00:29:21,893
or whatever you use,

670
00:29:21,893 --> 00:29:24,510
and they can go straight
to the assignment.

671
00:29:24,510 --> 00:29:27,270
Students can also go to
khanmigo.ai/writingcoach

672
00:29:27,270 --> 00:29:30,540
and log in to their Khan
Academy account from there.

673
00:29:30,540 --> 00:29:32,250
But they should be able
to access their assignment

674
00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:34,870
directly in Writing Coach
or from Khan Academy

675
00:29:35,790 --> 00:29:37,800
or from the link that you share.

676
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,520
So let's walk through what
this looks like for students.

677
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:42,780
On the left here,

678
00:29:42,780 --> 00:29:44,910
students will see the assignment details

679
00:29:44,910 --> 00:29:48,180
that you provided in the
essay instructions field

680
00:29:48,180 --> 00:29:50,400
when you were creating the assignment.

681
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,150
And so they'll see the title of the essay,

682
00:29:54,150 --> 00:29:56,610
they will see the type of
essay that you selected,

683
00:29:56,610 --> 00:29:59,700
and right now we support
argumentative, persuasive,

684
00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:02,703
expository, explanatory,
and literary analysis.

685
00:30:03,540 --> 00:30:07,710
And then we also will be adding soon

686
00:30:07,710 --> 00:30:11,160
AP Language and Composition and SAT.

687
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,780
We don't have an ACT one yet,

688
00:30:12,780 --> 00:30:15,510
but again, you can just choose
persuasive, argumentative,

689
00:30:15,510 --> 00:30:16,740
or anything relevant,

690
00:30:16,740 --> 00:30:20,520
and then you can specifically
say it's an ACT essay

691
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:21,520
in the instructions.

692
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,060
And then students see the essay prompt

693
00:30:24,060 --> 00:30:26,040
and instructions that you provided

694
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,530
and then they have Khanmigo on the side.

695
00:30:28,530 --> 00:30:29,880
So for understanding,

696
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,310
it's really just about
breaking down the prompt,

697
00:30:32,310 --> 00:30:34,500
making sure the student
understands the requirements,

698
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:36,090
making sure they can ask questions

699
00:30:36,090 --> 00:30:38,580
about anything that they don't
get that you put in there.

700
00:30:38,580 --> 00:30:40,890
So they can do things like ask Khanmigo

701
00:30:40,890 --> 00:30:44,040
to define specific terms
or break things down,

702
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,220
or even if you provided
a lot of information,

703
00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:48,870
it can kind of help
them search through that

704
00:30:48,870 --> 00:30:50,940
to kind of find specific
answers to their questions.

705
00:30:50,940 --> 00:30:52,860
And they can come back
to this at any point.

706
00:30:52,860 --> 00:30:54,540
So if at any point they're like,

707
00:30:54,540 --> 00:30:55,560
what were those directions again,

708
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,920
they can come back to
this and ask questions,

709
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,290
but they can also access
these instructions

710
00:31:01,290 --> 00:31:03,963
throughout the whole rest
of the writing process.

711
00:31:07,890 --> 00:31:08,723
Okay.

712
00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:12,990
When students are ready to get started,

713
00:31:12,990 --> 00:31:15,690
and some additional information

714
00:31:15,690 --> 00:31:17,460
that I don't think I mentioned earlier

715
00:31:17,460 --> 00:31:19,920
is that if in cases
where the essay requires

716
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,210
that students do readings

717
00:31:21,210 --> 00:31:23,100
or they have like the source packet

718
00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:24,480
or they have a text

719
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,720
that they are supposed to
be gathering evidence from,

720
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,330
that is something that
they can either do that

721
00:31:30,330 --> 00:31:33,030
before they start their
Writing Coach assignment

722
00:31:33,030 --> 00:31:36,930
or they can do it between
understanding and outlining.

723
00:31:36,930 --> 00:31:38,490
Outlining works best,

724
00:31:38,490 --> 00:31:39,960
I mean, it can actually help them

725
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,480
with making sure they're
selecting relevant evidence,

726
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,910
but it works best if they've
already read the text

727
00:31:44,910 --> 00:31:45,743
or they've already looked at the text

728
00:31:45,743 --> 00:31:47,640
and they're familiar with the topic.

729
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,080
And during the understanding phase,

730
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,063
Khanmigo will kind of
nudge them to figure out,

731
00:31:51,063 --> 00:31:53,010
have you read the text yet?

732
00:31:53,010 --> 00:31:54,090
Do you need to go back?

733
00:31:54,090 --> 00:31:56,340
And it will kind of give them
advice for what to do next

734
00:31:56,340 --> 00:31:57,843
before they start outlining.

735
00:31:58,860 --> 00:32:01,080
But when students are
ready to get started,

736
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,233
this is the basic outline template,

737
00:32:05,460 --> 00:32:07,530
probably looks relatively familiar.

738
00:32:07,530 --> 00:32:11,490
It starts out as a basic
kind of five-paragraph essay,

739
00:32:11,490 --> 00:32:12,870
but we made it flexible

740
00:32:12,870 --> 00:32:15,000
so that students can remove paragraphs,

741
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,160
they can add additional paragraphs,

742
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,010
they can do things like
add additional evidence

743
00:32:20,010 --> 00:32:21,000
or reasoning,

744
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,640
they can add or remove the source fields,

745
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,840
they can add,

746
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,580
I think we have, yeah,
reasoning explanation,

747
00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:31,590
I might have mentioned that,

748
00:32:31,590 --> 00:32:33,930
and move paragraphs around.

749
00:32:33,930 --> 00:32:36,450
So we tried to design it
so that it would support

750
00:32:36,450 --> 00:32:38,910
many different kinds of academic essays.

751
00:32:38,910 --> 00:32:42,330
Even if you have a one-paragraph essay,

752
00:32:42,330 --> 00:32:44,280
an extended open response,

753
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:45,690
it will work that way as well

754
00:32:45,690 --> 00:32:48,090
as long as you're clear
in the essay instructions

755
00:32:48,090 --> 00:32:50,853
about the format of what
you want students to do.

756
00:32:52,350 --> 00:32:55,110
For each of the outline templates,

757
00:32:55,110 --> 00:32:59,943
we also provide some pretty
simple exemplar sentences

758
00:33:01,170 --> 00:33:02,580
for each of the fields.

759
00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:06,270
So if you chose persuasive
or argumentative,

760
00:33:06,270 --> 00:33:09,300
we will have an example thesis

761
00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:12,930
related to from like a
persuasive or argumentative essay

762
00:33:12,930 --> 00:33:14,190
of a completely different topic.

763
00:33:14,190 --> 00:33:15,630
They're all Khan Academy-related,

764
00:33:15,630 --> 00:33:18,750
so I don't think we have any
risk of picking the same topic

765
00:33:18,750 --> 00:33:21,150
as you would choose for your students.

766
00:33:21,150 --> 00:33:23,730
But then Khanmigo, again, is on the side

767
00:33:23,730 --> 00:33:26,990
and Khanmigo can help
students get started.

768
00:33:26,990 --> 00:33:29,040
If the student gets started and is stuck,

769
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:30,600
it's there to help them with that,

770
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,250
Khanmigo can see their outline,

771
00:33:32,250 --> 00:33:33,390
it can check the outline

772
00:33:33,390 --> 00:33:35,610
against the assignment instructions,

773
00:33:35,610 --> 00:33:37,860
again, that the teacher has provided.

774
00:33:37,860 --> 00:33:39,690
So if the student doesn't
know what to do next,

775
00:33:39,690 --> 00:33:41,130
Khanmigo will offer some suggestions,

776
00:33:41,130 --> 00:33:44,040
but Khanmigo will never ever provide

777
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,150
something for the student

778
00:33:45,150 --> 00:33:46,980
to actually put into their outline.

779
00:33:46,980 --> 00:33:48,870
So Khanmigo is not gonna
give them evidence,

780
00:33:48,870 --> 00:33:51,810
it's not going to write a
thesis statement for them,

781
00:33:51,810 --> 00:33:55,410
it's not going to provide
examples or main points

782
00:33:55,410 --> 00:33:56,430
or any of that,

783
00:33:56,430 --> 00:33:57,900
it will look at what the student has

784
00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:00,480
and it will give the
student advice and tips

785
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,960
and guidance for how
they can make progress

786
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,860
and what they're supposed to be doing.

787
00:34:07,770 --> 00:34:10,710
It can also,

788
00:34:10,710 --> 00:34:11,543
oh yes,

789
00:34:11,543 --> 00:34:14,580
when the student is finished outlining,

790
00:34:14,580 --> 00:34:17,070
one of the other kind of
interesting things about this

791
00:34:17,070 --> 00:34:18,990
is you might have some students

792
00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:20,910
who just don't really
wanna talk to Khanmigo

793
00:34:20,910 --> 00:34:24,000
or they don't really feel like chatting

794
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,310
or they don't really know how to chat.

795
00:34:26,310 --> 00:34:28,560
Even if you never talk to Khanmigo,

796
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:32,310
when the student moves
from outlining to drafting,

797
00:34:32,310 --> 00:34:34,140
we check it anyway.

798
00:34:34,140 --> 00:34:37,740
So we have Khanmigo,
again, look at the outline

799
00:34:37,740 --> 00:34:39,810
and look at the assignment instructions,

800
00:34:39,810 --> 00:34:40,860
and at this step,

801
00:34:40,860 --> 00:34:44,730
we're really just checking
for pretty high-level basic,

802
00:34:44,730 --> 00:34:46,740
not like, is this a well crafted essay?

803
00:34:46,740 --> 00:34:48,600
It's like, does it have
a thesis statement?

804
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,760
And is the thesis
statement actually related

805
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,593
to what the essay prompt is asking?

806
00:34:53,460 --> 00:34:55,500
Does the student have enough evidence

807
00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:57,600
according to what the teacher asked for?

808
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:02,340
Does it have main points
that actually support

809
00:35:02,340 --> 00:35:04,740
or could reasonably support the thesis?

810
00:35:04,740 --> 00:35:06,120
I sometimes had seventh graders

811
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:10,620
who would start with a thesis
on one side of an argument,

812
00:35:10,620 --> 00:35:12,420
and then halfway through,
they'd switch sides

813
00:35:12,420 --> 00:35:14,430
and wouldn't even realize
that they did that.

814
00:35:14,430 --> 00:35:16,500
So that's one of the
things that we check for.

815
00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:19,500
And again, if you ask for
something like a counterargument

816
00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:20,640
in your instructions,

817
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:21,930
we'll check for that here.

818
00:35:21,930 --> 00:35:23,910
And if the student has not met

819
00:35:23,910 --> 00:35:25,920
those very basic requirements,

820
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,530
there will be kind of a
stopping point where we say,

821
00:35:28,530 --> 00:35:30,270
it looks like your teacher asked for this

822
00:35:30,270 --> 00:35:32,880
and you didn't quite do this part,

823
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,200
so it will let them go back

824
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,840
and they can fix what
they didn't do correctly

825
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,813
and then they will move on
to drafting at that point.

826
00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:43,680
During the drafting phase,

827
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,150
we try to keep it pretty simple,

828
00:35:45,150 --> 00:35:47,400
we don't want it to be
too much distraction.

829
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,700
So again, the student can access
the assignment instructions

830
00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:51,630
whenever they need to.

831
00:35:51,630 --> 00:35:55,620
They can also access the
outline that they just wrote

832
00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:56,730
from the previous step,

833
00:35:56,730 --> 00:35:57,870
and from that outline,

834
00:35:57,870 --> 00:36:00,840
they can copy and paste
the different contents

835
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,190
of their essay that they worked on.

836
00:36:02,190 --> 00:36:04,080
They can take a piece of
evidence and put that in

837
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,300
or their thesis statement, et cetera.

838
00:36:06,300 --> 00:36:08,280
They can also just hide this completely

839
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,910
and just have a nice blank
drafting area if they want.

840
00:36:11,910 --> 00:36:13,920
But they can chat with
Khanmigo if they want to.

841
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,470
And again, Khanmigo in the drafting phase

842
00:36:16,470 --> 00:36:19,680
is going to focus on helping
the student get their words

843
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,120
on the paper,

844
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,640
looking at their outline
at the appropriate points,

845
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:24,840
and pulling the information

846
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,750
that the student has already
written out in their outline

847
00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:30,990
and helping them kind of
begin to craft their arguments

848
00:36:30,990 --> 00:36:33,810
and their points and their prose.

849
00:36:33,810 --> 00:36:37,590
It's not necessarily going to
be giving a lot of feedback

850
00:36:37,590 --> 00:36:39,150
at this point because, again,

851
00:36:39,150 --> 00:36:40,650
the drafting phase is really about

852
00:36:40,650 --> 00:36:42,000
get your words on the paper,

853
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,020
get your thoughts on the paper,

854
00:36:43,020 --> 00:36:44,670
get your ideas on the paper,

855
00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:47,130
and then the revising
stage will come next.

856
00:36:47,130 --> 00:36:49,440
So Khanmigo at this point
is just helping students

857
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,750
get a first draft together

858
00:36:51,750 --> 00:36:55,950
and not too much focusing
on the perfection,

859
00:36:55,950 --> 00:36:58,590
trying to make sure every word is perfect.

860
00:36:58,590 --> 00:37:01,080
And again, Khanmigo won't write for them.

861
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,800
You can see here the
student might ask them to,

862
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,330
they might ask them to nicely,

863
00:37:06,330 --> 00:37:09,460
and Khanmigo will gently, politely decline

864
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,120
and help them kind of work

865
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,153
through whatever it is
they're struggling with.

866
00:37:15,750 --> 00:37:18,573
So when the student has their first draft,

867
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:24,060
they will at that point move
on to the revising stage.

868
00:37:24,060 --> 00:37:26,520
And in revising, the
first thing that happens

869
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,970
is Khanmigo will generate
feedback in five categories,

870
00:37:29,970 --> 00:37:32,103
which you can see up here.

871
00:37:33,390 --> 00:37:35,880
Introduction and claim is the first one,

872
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,440
then we have evidence and reasoning,

873
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,690
and then there's structure
and organization,

874
00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:42,480
conclusion, and style and tone.

875
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,220
Note that in Writing Coach,

876
00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:46,250
Khanmigo will give students feedback

877
00:37:46,250 --> 00:37:47,790
in all of the same areas

878
00:37:47,790 --> 00:37:51,600
as the AASA and ACT writing rubrics,

879
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,940
but it might be categorized
slightly differently.

880
00:37:53,940 --> 00:37:58,940
So for this grade six
through eight AASA essays

881
00:37:59,040 --> 00:37:59,873
for example,

882
00:37:59,873 --> 00:38:02,970
feedback related to purpose,
focus, and organization

883
00:38:02,970 --> 00:38:06,060
that would fall under either
introduction or structure.

884
00:38:06,060 --> 00:38:07,590
Evidence and elaboration feedback

885
00:38:07,590 --> 00:38:09,450
would fall under evidence and reasoning.

886
00:38:09,450 --> 00:38:12,750
Conventions would fall under
style and tone, et cetera.

887
00:38:12,750 --> 00:38:13,863
And then same for SAT.

888
00:38:14,790 --> 00:38:16,650
Feedback related to
development and support

889
00:38:16,650 --> 00:38:17,910
would be under evidence and reasoning,

890
00:38:17,910 --> 00:38:20,160
organization would be
under structure, et cetera.

891
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:21,390
So that the labels are different,

892
00:38:21,390 --> 00:38:23,403
but the feedback is the same.

893
00:38:24,330 --> 00:38:26,610
But I think one of the most
important things to know

894
00:38:26,610 --> 00:38:30,360
about the revising stage of Writing Coach

895
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,400
is that it's not just about the feedback.

896
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,070
So of course, in this example,

897
00:38:35,070 --> 00:38:37,170
the student has 20 suggestions

898
00:38:37,170 --> 00:38:40,560
under each of these five categories total

899
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,323
and we let them kind of
focus on one area at a time,

900
00:38:44,340 --> 00:38:46,890
but we don't just give them the feedback

901
00:38:46,890 --> 00:38:51,630
and then say, good luck, hope you do well,

902
00:38:51,630 --> 00:38:53,760
we built in revising tools.

903
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:58,320
So we give, at some point,
praise or positive feedback,

904
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,440
but for the critical
feedback and the suggestions,

905
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,340
there are actual actionable
steps that students can take

906
00:39:05,340 --> 00:39:08,910
to make the changes on the
draft right there on the page

907
00:39:08,910 --> 00:39:11,700
or ask Khanmigo for follow-up
guidance or support.

908
00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:15,780
So some of the things that
students can do are ask Khanmigo

909
00:39:15,780 --> 00:39:17,430
to give them an example,

910
00:39:17,430 --> 00:39:20,040
and this is, I think, one
of the most popular things

911
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:21,090
a student would choose to do.

912
00:39:21,090 --> 00:39:22,620
So if Khanmigo says

913
00:39:22,620 --> 00:39:26,730
your introduction doesn't
have enough context

914
00:39:26,730 --> 00:39:27,660
for the reader,

915
00:39:27,660 --> 00:39:29,640
that's, I think, for a very
common piece of feedback

916
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:30,780
for introduction,

917
00:39:30,780 --> 00:39:32,790
the student can say, give me an example,

918
00:39:32,790 --> 00:39:34,980
and Khanmigo will take an essay

919
00:39:34,980 --> 00:39:36,780
on a completely different topic

920
00:39:36,780 --> 00:39:38,130
and then give them an example

921
00:39:38,130 --> 00:39:40,500
of what it looks like not to have context

922
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:42,330
and then it would look
like to have that context,

923
00:39:42,330 --> 00:39:45,480
and that we have seen has
been really, really valuable

924
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:47,340
for students who get a piece of feedback

925
00:39:47,340 --> 00:39:49,593
and they're just like, I don't get it.

926
00:39:50,580 --> 00:39:52,470
So that's very, very helpful.

927
00:39:52,470 --> 00:39:54,180
Then we have explain suggestion,

928
00:39:54,180 --> 00:39:55,410
and that's really helpful.

929
00:39:55,410 --> 00:39:57,450
If Khanmigo is being a little bit wordy,

930
00:39:57,450 --> 00:39:58,890
they can ask it to explain it

931
00:39:58,890 --> 00:40:02,250
and that'll usually result
in Khanmigo breaking it down.

932
00:40:02,250 --> 00:40:05,670
If students are struggling readers,

933
00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:08,400
you can also have them say

934
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:09,330
after they've explained it,

935
00:40:09,330 --> 00:40:11,790
you say, make it simpler, say it simpler,

936
00:40:11,790 --> 00:40:14,640
just keep kind of pushing
Khanmigo if they need to.

937
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,250
Students can just ask a
general question as well.

938
00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:18,270
But then if they go in

939
00:40:18,270 --> 00:40:21,570
and they change their essay
based on the feedback,

940
00:40:21,570 --> 00:40:24,210
they can then immediately
just say, check my revision,

941
00:40:24,210 --> 00:40:26,400
and Khanmigo will look
at that piece of feedback

942
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,200
and at the change the student just made

943
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,090
and let them know if they've fixed it,

944
00:40:30,090 --> 00:40:32,970
let them know if they've
addressed it or not,

945
00:40:32,970 --> 00:40:34,740
and then Khanmigo will say,

946
00:40:34,740 --> 00:40:36,000
you made a little bit of an improvement,

947
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,190
but you could still make it clear

948
00:40:38,190 --> 00:40:39,600
or you can still kind of provide

949
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:40,860
a little bit more information here

950
00:40:40,860 --> 00:40:43,350
or give them whatever
follow-up guidance is necessary

951
00:40:43,350 --> 00:40:45,453
until the student has what they need.

952
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,530
And what else?

953
00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:51,480
They also have access
to their outline again

954
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:52,683
during revising.

955
00:40:53,730 --> 00:40:55,890
And as they are working
through their feedback,

956
00:40:55,890 --> 00:40:57,510
they can mark them as resolved

957
00:40:57,510 --> 00:41:01,650
and keep track of where they're
at in their revision stage.

958
00:41:01,650 --> 00:41:02,520
As their teacher,

959
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:03,750
and you'll see this in a minute,

960
00:41:03,750 --> 00:41:06,090
you can see how much feedback they got

961
00:41:06,090 --> 00:41:07,320
and how much they've resolved,

962
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,140
so you can keep track
of how close they are

963
00:41:10,140 --> 00:41:12,840
to being done with this second draft.

964
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,360
And when they are finished,

965
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:18,510
the student can click mark as complete

966
00:41:18,510 --> 00:41:20,520
and that's to let you
know that they're done

967
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,560
and happy with their draft.

968
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,750
And they get the option of exporting it,

969
00:41:24,750 --> 00:41:28,410
so they can export it
to Microsoft Word or PDF

970
00:41:28,410 --> 00:41:31,020
or even save it as a Google doc.

971
00:41:31,020 --> 00:41:35,220
One other thing to note is
that we don't currently support

972
00:41:35,220 --> 00:41:37,140
a work cited page.

973
00:41:37,140 --> 00:41:39,450
Usually for test prep,
that's not a concern,

974
00:41:39,450 --> 00:41:42,660
but for longer research
essays or whatever,

975
00:41:42,660 --> 00:41:45,030
if you want students
to include work cited,

976
00:41:45,030 --> 00:41:48,990
I would have them do that after
they've exported it to a doc

977
00:41:48,990 --> 00:41:50,490
or a Google doc,

978
00:41:50,490 --> 00:41:51,750
they can add the work cited there

979
00:41:51,750 --> 00:41:54,390
because this isn't built
to kind of support feedback

980
00:41:54,390 --> 00:41:56,970
on that end page.

981
00:41:56,970 --> 00:41:59,940
You can have students
provide in-text citations

982
00:41:59,940 --> 00:42:02,850
and it will give them feedback
on the in-text citations,

983
00:42:02,850 --> 00:42:06,333
just not the work cited
page or the bibliography.

984
00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:11,883
All right, let's look
at the teacher report.

985
00:42:13,260 --> 00:42:17,250
So this is the class
report for an assignment.

986
00:42:17,250 --> 00:42:20,700
So if you created a
persuasive essay assignment

987
00:42:20,700 --> 00:42:22,140
for a given class,

988
00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:24,510
from your Assignments page in
your Writing Coach dashboard,

989
00:42:24,510 --> 00:42:27,540
you can click on that and
you can see this report.

990
00:42:27,540 --> 00:42:31,290
We designed this report to be
a way for you, as a teacher,

991
00:42:31,290 --> 00:42:34,350
to get an at-a-glance
view of where students are

992
00:42:34,350 --> 00:42:37,410
and where you might want to dig in

993
00:42:37,410 --> 00:42:39,930
to pay a little bit more close attention

994
00:42:39,930 --> 00:42:42,660
to what happened with a
specific student's essay.

995
00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:45,480
So the information that we show you here

996
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,690
is the step of the process
that the student is in.

997
00:42:48,690 --> 00:42:51,000
So it'll tell you if a
student hasn't started yet,

998
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,850
if they are in the understanding
phase or outlining,

999
00:42:53,850 --> 00:42:56,730
if they're drafting or revising
or if they're completed.

1000
00:42:56,730 --> 00:42:59,100
We also have little flags

1001
00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:02,040
that will tell you the
student is completed,

1002
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:05,370
but they edited their essay
after the due date came,

1003
00:43:05,370 --> 00:43:07,140
so you might wanna just see

1004
00:43:07,140 --> 00:43:09,240
how much they actually did by the due date

1005
00:43:11,190 --> 00:43:14,220
if you have some procrastinators,

1006
00:43:14,220 --> 00:43:17,160
or if students have past
due date assignments,

1007
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:18,570
you can see that as well.

1008
00:43:18,570 --> 00:43:20,730
You can see the last
time that they updated it

1009
00:43:20,730 --> 00:43:22,860
or how much time they spent overall,

1010
00:43:22,860 --> 00:43:24,720
and this is actively spent.

1011
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:26,550
So if they have the tab open

1012
00:43:26,550 --> 00:43:28,530
and then go to sleep and
come back the next day,

1013
00:43:28,530 --> 00:43:31,020
it's not gonna count those
hours that they were sleeping.

1014
00:43:31,020 --> 00:43:33,630
This is time actively spent on the page,

1015
00:43:33,630 --> 00:43:36,513
chatting with amigo or typing or drafting.

1016
00:43:37,650 --> 00:43:39,300
Word count is the current word count

1017
00:43:39,300 --> 00:43:42,030
for their current latest draft.

1018
00:43:42,030 --> 00:43:43,860
Then this is where you would see

1019
00:43:43,860 --> 00:43:46,170
of the 21 pieces of
feedback Khanmigo gave them,

1020
00:43:46,170 --> 00:43:49,170
they've resolved this many of them.

1021
00:43:49,170 --> 00:43:52,290
And then these are the originality flags.

1022
00:43:52,290 --> 00:43:55,980
Originality flags are designed
to help you figure out,

1023
00:43:55,980 --> 00:43:57,750
again, where to drill down.

1024
00:43:57,750 --> 00:44:01,200
So if you see a critical
flag and you hover over it,

1025
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:04,290
then you'll see what exactly
happened and where it happened

1026
00:44:04,290 --> 00:44:05,610
and then you can click into that

1027
00:44:05,610 --> 00:44:09,120
and see exactly what went down.

1028
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:11,823
And I'll show you a live
view of that in a moment.

1029
00:44:15,390 --> 00:44:18,000
This is also a great place to figure out

1030
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,150
if I have a student who
didn't get much feedback

1031
00:44:21,150 --> 00:44:23,640
or got a lot of feedback and
didn't resolve much of it

1032
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,980
or didn't spend very much time writing,

1033
00:44:25,980 --> 00:44:27,540
but has a really high word count,

1034
00:44:27,540 --> 00:44:28,770
those are the kinds of things too

1035
00:44:28,770 --> 00:44:29,880
that you might wanna be like,

1036
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,030
let me just see exactly
what happened here.

1037
00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:36,100
So it's really designed
to be a way to document

1038
00:44:37,260 --> 00:44:40,020
at a high level parts
of the writing process

1039
00:44:40,020 --> 00:44:42,660
and let you figure out where
to drill down into that.

1040
00:44:42,660 --> 00:44:45,780
So when you do drill
down into one student,

1041
00:44:45,780 --> 00:44:46,920
this is an example

1042
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,530
of where I would've clicked
on an originality flag,

1043
00:44:49,530 --> 00:44:50,490
a critical flag.

1044
00:44:50,490 --> 00:44:53,040
So it'll take me straight to
the moment where this happened.

1045
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:54,810
In this case, it was a student

1046
00:44:54,810 --> 00:44:57,660
who, during the drafting phase,

1047
00:44:57,660 --> 00:45:02,010
pasted 58 words from somewhere
that was not their outline.

1048
00:45:02,010 --> 00:45:03,720
And I can see the words that they pasted,

1049
00:45:03,720 --> 00:45:05,340
those words are highlighted.

1050
00:45:05,340 --> 00:45:07,060
I can also see their chat

1051
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,500
at the time that they were drafting.

1052
00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:12,930
So I can see here some clues

1053
00:45:12,930 --> 00:45:15,600
that maybe the student wasn't following

1054
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,480
academic integrity rules.

1055
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,000
I can just have a little
bit more information

1056
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,860
about why it was flagged

1057
00:45:22,860 --> 00:45:24,360
and then give me the opportunity

1058
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:25,350
to follow up with that student.

1059
00:45:25,350 --> 00:45:27,450
But there's no originality flags,

1060
00:45:27,450 --> 00:45:30,753
I might not even need to
drill down into this report,

1061
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:33,210
but I can if I want to

1062
00:45:33,210 --> 00:45:34,860
because it has the whole record

1063
00:45:34,860 --> 00:45:36,120
of the student's writing process.

1064
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,250
So I could click on Understanding

1065
00:45:38,250 --> 00:45:41,473
and I can see the chat the
student had with Khanmigo.

1066
00:45:41,473 --> 00:45:42,570
I can click into Outlining

1067
00:45:42,570 --> 00:45:44,490
and see their whole outlining history.

1068
00:45:44,490 --> 00:45:46,200
I can see their whole drafting history

1069
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:47,160
and all of their chats.

1070
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:48,870
I can see for feedback

1071
00:45:48,870 --> 00:45:50,280
all the feedback Khanmigo gave.

1072
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,320
I can see the revision student made.

1073
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,720
I can see the chats
students had with Khanmigo

1074
00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:56,043
about their revisions,

1075
00:45:57,090 --> 00:45:59,490
what their essay looked
like at the time it was due,

1076
00:45:59,490 --> 00:46:01,470
what it looked like when
they marked it as complete

1077
00:46:01,470 --> 00:46:05,010
and all of that kind
of record information.

1078
00:46:05,010 --> 00:46:07,170
So again, obviously we
don't expect teachers

1079
00:46:07,170 --> 00:46:10,560
to review all of this information
for every single student,

1080
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:12,840
we're not trying to make more
work for writing teachers,

1081
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,710
but it is here for the cases
when you do want to drill down

1082
00:46:16,710 --> 00:46:17,910
or you do need to drill down

1083
00:46:17,910 --> 00:46:20,610
and you wanna kind of get a
sense of what's happening.

1084
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,930
And we are also mid process
of exploring other ways

1085
00:46:24,930 --> 00:46:28,140
that we can help surface
more high-level insights

1086
00:46:28,140 --> 00:46:30,000
for teachers at the assignment level

1087
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,880
so that they know about other information

1088
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:34,710
around when they might wanna drill down

1089
00:46:34,710 --> 00:46:38,250
or instructional insights
and things like that.

1090
00:46:38,250 --> 00:46:39,540
And then quickly,

1091
00:46:39,540 --> 00:46:44,070
if you are an administrator
for a Khan Academy District,

1092
00:46:44,070 --> 00:46:46,590
you also have administrator reporting

1093
00:46:46,590 --> 00:46:50,640
and this includes data such
as Writing Coach usage.

1094
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:54,390
So that includes the time spent

1095
00:46:54,390 --> 00:46:56,400
using Writing Coach among your district,

1096
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,340
so how much time students
have spent or teachers,

1097
00:46:59,340 --> 00:47:02,280
and then also the percent and
the total number of students

1098
00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:05,820
who have used Writing Coach
during a given timeframe.

1099
00:47:05,820 --> 00:47:08,880
So I'm going to now show you,

1100
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:10,743
'cause we have a few minutes,

1101
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,580
a live view.

1102
00:47:14,580 --> 00:47:15,480
Let me change.

1103
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:16,710
Oh, can you see?

1104
00:47:16,710 --> 00:47:18,060
Wait, no.

1105
00:47:18,060 --> 00:47:19,410
One moment.

1106
00:47:19,410 --> 00:47:21,660
- Yeah, we're still
seeing the report, Sarah.

1107
00:47:21,660 --> 00:47:22,560
- Okay.

1108
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:24,243
Oh, do you see assignment review?

1109
00:47:25,710 --> 00:47:28,560
- Yes, assignment review.
- Okay, okay, that did work.

1110
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:32,460
So this is an actual assignment report

1111
00:47:32,460 --> 00:47:35,880
with fake student data, of course.

1112
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:37,200
In this case I assigned

1113
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:39,360
a school start time persuasive essay.

1114
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,370
I can view the essay instructions

1115
00:47:41,370 --> 00:47:45,090
that I provided to Khanmigo
and the students here.

1116
00:47:45,090 --> 00:47:47,910
And this is what it looks like
to view the student progress.

1117
00:47:47,910 --> 00:47:50,760
So again, I can see who is at which stage,

1118
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:52,140
how far they've gotten.

1119
00:47:52,140 --> 00:47:55,140
And then for the originality flags,

1120
00:47:55,140 --> 00:47:56,220
if I hover over this,

1121
00:47:56,220 --> 00:47:58,470
I get kind of a high-level understanding

1122
00:47:58,470 --> 00:48:00,600
of what was flagged.

1123
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:02,790
Critical flags are shown

1124
00:48:02,790 --> 00:48:05,700
in cases where students
are pasting a lot of text

1125
00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:07,050
from outside of their outline

1126
00:48:07,050 --> 00:48:10,320
or they're specifically doing
this in drafting or revising.

1127
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:13,920
Questionable flags are they
might have pasted a phrase

1128
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,830
or they might have put
things into their outline

1129
00:48:16,830 --> 00:48:18,960
that isn't evidence or a source

1130
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,090
that you might wanna look at.

1131
00:48:21,090 --> 00:48:22,290
And you can kind of get a sense

1132
00:48:22,290 --> 00:48:25,350
of what the different levels are here

1133
00:48:25,350 --> 00:48:27,180
and how those things are triggered.

1134
00:48:27,180 --> 00:48:30,030
And right now it is just paste events.

1135
00:48:30,030 --> 00:48:34,380
So what we are looking at are
students using the content

1136
00:48:34,380 --> 00:48:36,480
that they outlined with Khanmigo.

1137
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:39,870
So if they are creating
an outline with Khanmigo

1138
00:48:39,870 --> 00:48:41,670
and then they're drafting

1139
00:48:41,670 --> 00:48:43,980
and they are pasting an information

1140
00:48:43,980 --> 00:48:45,930
that's not from the outline,

1141
00:48:45,930 --> 00:48:47,313
that will trigger a flag,

1142
00:48:48,180 --> 00:48:50,220
but if they're pasting from their outline

1143
00:48:50,220 --> 00:48:51,750
or if it's coming from their outline,

1144
00:48:51,750 --> 00:48:52,583
that's fine.

1145
00:48:52,583 --> 00:48:54,360
We know that Khanmigo
worked with them on it,

1146
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:57,390
we know that this was
something that they did

1147
00:48:57,390 --> 00:48:59,340
in our record of the experience,

1148
00:48:59,340 --> 00:49:00,790
and that will not be flagged.

1149
00:49:02,370 --> 00:49:05,340
Let me click into another
one of these students.

1150
00:49:05,340 --> 00:49:09,300
So if I click on this student again,

1151
00:49:09,300 --> 00:49:12,945
you can see first the final draft.

1152
00:49:12,945 --> 00:49:13,890
So if I'm just here

1153
00:49:13,890 --> 00:49:18,210
and I wanna look at the student's
final draft and grade that

1154
00:49:18,210 --> 00:49:20,190
or just see what it looked
like at the very end,

1155
00:49:20,190 --> 00:49:21,990
I can jump straight to that.

1156
00:49:21,990 --> 00:49:25,020
But I can also click to understanding

1157
00:49:25,020 --> 00:49:27,660
and I can see how much time they spent,

1158
00:49:27,660 --> 00:49:30,993
what they talked to Khanmigo
about during this stage,

1159
00:49:31,980 --> 00:49:34,143
the whole conversation if I want to.

1160
00:49:34,980 --> 00:49:38,580
I can also see, again,
their record of outlining.

1161
00:49:38,580 --> 00:49:42,600
So I can see where they
provided a thesis statement,

1162
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,060
here they have some evidence,

1163
00:49:45,060 --> 00:49:48,360
they started filling in some more details.

1164
00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:50,490
And then I can see their whole chat

1165
00:49:50,490 --> 00:49:52,170
during the whole evidence,

1166
00:49:52,170 --> 00:49:54,723
or sorry, during the
whole outlining stage.

1167
00:49:55,590 --> 00:49:57,363
And then for drafting,

1168
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:00,570
you can see that the students started

1169
00:50:00,570 --> 00:50:04,020
by asking Khanmigo to
help them get started.

1170
00:50:04,020 --> 00:50:07,080
It prompted them to start
with their introduction

1171
00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:11,550
and then the student asked
Khanmigo for feedback

1172
00:50:11,550 --> 00:50:15,270
and Khanmigo recommended
they provide more context.

1173
00:50:15,270 --> 00:50:20,270
And also giving it too specific
feedback about the thesis,

1174
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:21,480
but again,

1175
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:24,240
this stage is not really
about the specific feedback,

1176
00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:26,550
it's just about get the words on the page.

1177
00:50:26,550 --> 00:50:29,460
So I can see, again, any
revisions that they made

1178
00:50:29,460 --> 00:50:30,990
while they were drafting

1179
00:50:30,990 --> 00:50:33,210
and then their final draft.

1180
00:50:33,210 --> 00:50:34,920
And then for revising, same thing,

1181
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:38,280
I can see all the feedback
they got from Khanmigo.

1182
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,790
I can see what they
chatted with Khanmigo about

1183
00:50:41,790 --> 00:50:43,500
when it came to the
feedback that they got.

1184
00:50:43,500 --> 00:50:45,630
Here I can see that the
student asked Khanmigo

1185
00:50:45,630 --> 00:50:49,353
to check that they did their
MLA in-text citation correctly.

1186
00:50:51,390 --> 00:50:54,240
And then I can see where
they've done revisions.

1187
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:56,430
The student got a questionable flag here,

1188
00:50:56,430 --> 00:50:57,390
so I can look at that.

1189
00:50:57,390 --> 00:50:58,770
But I can see that the flag

1190
00:50:58,770 --> 00:51:01,620
was related to a new piece of evidence

1191
00:51:01,620 --> 00:51:02,670
that the student pasted.

1192
00:51:02,670 --> 00:51:05,220
So I know that that's a non-issue.

1193
00:51:05,220 --> 00:51:06,900
You're pasting evidence from somewhere,

1194
00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:08,790
I know you didn't write
it 'cause it's evidence,

1195
00:51:08,790 --> 00:51:10,800
so that's completely fine.

1196
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:14,583
And all the way down to
where their final draft was.

1197
00:51:16,500 --> 00:51:19,380
So that is the teacher report

1198
00:51:19,380 --> 00:51:21,510
and the individual student report.

1199
00:51:21,510 --> 00:51:23,703
Let me go back to my deck.

1200
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,480
All right, so we have a few minutes left.

1201
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:29,100
These are the instructions for you

1202
00:51:29,100 --> 00:51:30,630
to get started on this now

1203
00:51:30,630 --> 00:51:32,610
if you're interested in trying this out.

1204
00:51:32,610 --> 00:51:35,400
Again, if you already have
a Khan Academy account,

1205
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:36,960
then you already have a
Writing Coach account.

1206
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:38,910
So you can go to Khan Academy

1207
00:51:38,910 --> 00:51:41,620
or you can go to khanmigo.ai/writingcoach

1208
00:51:42,510 --> 00:51:44,670
and you can get to
Writing Coach from there.

1209
00:51:44,670 --> 00:51:46,710
And log in to your Khan Academy account,

1210
00:51:46,710 --> 00:51:49,590
and again, that will take
you right into Writing Coach.

1211
00:51:49,590 --> 00:51:51,300
Some things if you're just getting started

1212
00:51:51,300 --> 00:51:52,230
that you could do.

1213
00:51:52,230 --> 00:51:55,470
You can start by exploring
the student experience.

1214
00:51:55,470 --> 00:51:57,930
So if you are in a teacher account,

1215
00:51:57,930 --> 00:51:59,343
let me go back to this.

1216
00:52:00,900 --> 00:52:03,180
I mentioned these three tabs here.

1217
00:52:03,180 --> 00:52:05,130
If you click on My Essays,

1218
00:52:05,130 --> 00:52:09,780
this will let you experience
some of the student experience.

1219
00:52:09,780 --> 00:52:10,650
Note, however,

1220
00:52:10,650 --> 00:52:14,310
if you are not a district
partner with Khanmigo,

1221
00:52:14,310 --> 00:52:15,930
then your students won't be able

1222
00:52:15,930 --> 00:52:18,060
to just write their own
essay whenever they want,

1223
00:52:18,060 --> 00:52:21,720
that's only available
to district partners,

1224
00:52:21,720 --> 00:52:23,490
but all students will be able

1225
00:52:23,490 --> 00:52:26,550
to access assignments from here.

1226
00:52:26,550 --> 00:52:28,980
And a thing that you have as a teacher

1227
00:52:28,980 --> 00:52:31,530
that your students don't
have are these sample essays.

1228
00:52:31,530 --> 00:52:33,540
So if you are just trying to get a sense

1229
00:52:33,540 --> 00:52:34,590
of the student experience,

1230
00:52:34,590 --> 00:52:36,090
these are pretty helpful

1231
00:52:36,090 --> 00:52:38,460
because you can click into them

1232
00:52:38,460 --> 00:52:40,620
and it'll start you off at understanding

1233
00:52:40,620 --> 00:52:43,290
and you can chat with Khanmigo

1234
00:52:43,290 --> 00:52:45,480
as if it were like a fresh assignment.

1235
00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:46,860
You can go through outlining

1236
00:52:46,860 --> 00:52:49,530
and we have pre-filled in content

1237
00:52:49,530 --> 00:52:53,580
so you don't have to write an
entire outline for yourself,

1238
00:52:53,580 --> 00:52:54,450
you can fill it in

1239
00:52:54,450 --> 00:52:57,180
and then kind of see
the drafting experience.

1240
00:52:57,180 --> 00:52:59,430
Again, we pre-fill in an essay for you

1241
00:52:59,430 --> 00:53:01,530
so you can try that out

1242
00:53:01,530 --> 00:53:05,100
and then you can get
Khanmigo to generate feedback

1243
00:53:05,100 --> 00:53:07,050
and do the revising stage.

1244
00:53:07,050 --> 00:53:09,210
The sample essay tool is also very helpful

1245
00:53:09,210 --> 00:53:12,390
if you are demoing Writing
Coach with your students

1246
00:53:12,390 --> 00:53:13,223
for the first time

1247
00:53:13,223 --> 00:53:14,640
because it helps them see

1248
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:17,370
what they will see when they're
working on their assignment,

1249
00:53:17,370 --> 00:53:19,080
and you can walk them through the stages

1250
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:20,160
and how to use Khanmigo

1251
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:24,510
and how to access all of the
different tabs at the bottom

1252
00:53:24,510 --> 00:53:26,283
when they're on various stages.

1253
00:53:27,630 --> 00:53:31,050
So I'd recommend checking out
the student experience first,

1254
00:53:31,050 --> 00:53:31,883
and then when you're ready,

1255
00:53:31,883 --> 00:53:34,230
you can create your first
Writing Coach essay.

1256
00:53:34,230 --> 00:53:36,360
Again, you go straight
to your Assignments tab

1257
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:37,830
and you click Create Assignment

1258
00:53:37,830 --> 00:53:40,020
and you fill in the
information from there.

1259
00:53:40,020 --> 00:53:43,740
And I am very eager to
hear any and all feedback

1260
00:53:43,740 --> 00:53:45,000
that anyone has about this.

1261
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,920
So if you use it yourself,

1262
00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:49,410
if you share it with another
teacher and they use it,

1263
00:53:49,410 --> 00:53:51,690
I have no problem
sharing my email address,

1264
00:53:51,690 --> 00:53:53,040
please reach out to me,

1265
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:56,970
it's sarahrobertson@khanacademy.org.

1266
00:53:56,970 --> 00:53:58,380
Let me know what your experience was like,

1267
00:53:58,380 --> 00:53:59,370
send me your ideas,

1268
00:53:59,370 --> 00:54:02,820
send me your critical feedback,

1269
00:54:02,820 --> 00:54:05,250
send me anything that you have
that could help us continue

1270
00:54:05,250 --> 00:54:07,530
to make Writing Coach a
really valuable experience

1271
00:54:07,530 --> 00:54:08,970
for you and your students.

1272
00:54:08,970 --> 00:54:11,613
And yeah, that is it for me.

1273
00:54:12,510 --> 00:54:16,680
I will pass it back, I
think, to Frances or Aviv.

1274
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,410
I don't know if we have
room or time for questions.

1275
00:54:19,410 --> 00:54:21,423
- Yeah, we had a couple of questions.

1276
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:24,330
One is around,

1277
00:54:24,330 --> 00:54:26,100
I know you talked about right now

1278
00:54:26,100 --> 00:54:29,400
we don't have the ability
to upload rubrics.

1279
00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:33,420
The question was asked
around uploading sources,

1280
00:54:33,420 --> 00:54:37,260
because, how will Khanmigo
know if the student-

1281
00:54:37,260 --> 00:54:38,640
- [Sarah] Great question.

1282
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:41,880
- making up evidence or
the evidence is accurate?

1283
00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:42,900
- Yeah, that's a great question.

1284
00:54:42,900 --> 00:54:45,390
So we don't have a way right now

1285
00:54:45,390 --> 00:54:50,370
to just kind of attach a PDF
or upload a reference text,

1286
00:54:50,370 --> 00:54:54,810
however, if the reference
text is a well-known text

1287
00:54:54,810 --> 00:54:56,880
and you include the name of that text

1288
00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:01,350
in the actual essay instructions,

1289
00:55:01,350 --> 00:55:03,810
Khanmigo will know about the text,

1290
00:55:03,810 --> 00:55:06,210
it will be able to kind of provide,

1291
00:55:06,210 --> 00:55:10,890
spot any issues with the text
that are wildly inaccurate

1292
00:55:10,890 --> 00:55:12,810
or just very off base.

1293
00:55:12,810 --> 00:55:15,240
It is not really designed to do things

1294
00:55:15,240 --> 00:55:19,710
like check that the
evidence is legit evidence,

1295
00:55:19,710 --> 00:55:20,970
that's not really something that it does.

1296
00:55:20,970 --> 00:55:23,490
What it can do is make sure the evidence

1297
00:55:23,490 --> 00:55:25,620
that the students provided is aligned

1298
00:55:25,620 --> 00:55:28,200
to the points that they're trying to make,

1299
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:30,000
to the argument that they're making,

1300
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:32,700
make sure that if they
choose a piece of evidence,

1301
00:55:32,700 --> 00:55:36,600
that they are explaining how
it helps them prove the point

1302
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:38,310
that they're trying to make.

1303
00:55:38,310 --> 00:55:39,900
It can help them do things

1304
00:55:39,900 --> 00:55:42,780
like fix their introductions to evidence,

1305
00:55:42,780 --> 00:55:44,520
I remember that was one
of the biggest things

1306
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:47,460
that I had to deal with
with my middle schoolers,

1307
00:55:47,460 --> 00:55:48,780
and then their citations as well.

1308
00:55:48,780 --> 00:55:50,100
But it won't be able to be like,

1309
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:51,550
hey, that's not a real quote,

1310
00:55:52,500 --> 00:55:53,550
'cause it wasn't designed to do that.

1311
00:55:53,550 --> 00:55:55,500
But in the future when we do have things

1312
00:55:55,500 --> 00:55:59,040
like the ability for you
to attach a reference text,

1313
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:00,270
that is something reasonable

1314
00:56:00,270 --> 00:56:01,923
that we would be able to support.

1315
00:56:03,270 --> 00:56:04,350
- Thank you, Sarah.

1316
00:56:04,350 --> 00:56:05,310
- [Sarah] Yeah.

1317
00:56:05,310 --> 00:56:06,930
- There was another question around,

1318
00:56:06,930 --> 00:56:11,070
can you assign an essay to
a class that you created

1319
00:56:11,070 --> 00:56:12,390
separate from your roster?

1320
00:56:12,390 --> 00:56:16,470
For example, if you had a
combined group for tutoring.

1321
00:56:16,470 --> 00:56:17,880
- Yes.

1322
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:19,380
- [Frances] Yes.
- You can, yep.

1323
00:56:19,380 --> 00:56:22,620
It just has to be a Khan Academy class,

1324
00:56:22,620 --> 00:56:23,850
which you can actually do.

1325
00:56:23,850 --> 00:56:24,750
So when you are,

1326
00:56:24,750 --> 00:56:26,400
I'll show you actually,

1327
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:31,400
when you are in your teacher experience

1328
00:56:32,430 --> 00:56:34,533
and you are creating your assignment,

1329
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:38,280
you will be able to assign it

1330
00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:41,643
to an existing class that you have.

1331
00:56:43,500 --> 00:56:46,803
Or oh, this might just be because,

1332
00:56:47,970 --> 00:56:49,680
oh, I think I'm in a different,

1333
00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:53,910
you should be able to see any
other classes that you have

1334
00:56:53,910 --> 00:56:58,320
that maybe are not even
Khanmigo-rostered classes.

1335
00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:01,170
So if you have another
class on Khan Academy

1336
00:57:01,170 --> 00:57:03,240
that isn't a district-rostered class,

1337
00:57:03,240 --> 00:57:04,320
like a tutoring group,

1338
00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:07,230
you can assign an essay to that class.

1339
00:57:07,230 --> 00:57:09,480
In some cases you can do
it straight from here.

1340
00:57:09,480 --> 00:57:13,140
There's an option sometimes
that is create a new class,

1341
00:57:13,140 --> 00:57:14,850
I'm not sure why that's
not showing up here.

1342
00:57:14,850 --> 00:57:18,000
But if you are on Khan Academy

1343
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:21,780
and you're creating a class
there, like a manual class,

1344
00:57:21,780 --> 00:57:23,160
you will see that in the list here

1345
00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:23,993
'cause this will show you

1346
00:57:23,993 --> 00:57:26,970
any of your Khan Academy
classes that you have.

1347
00:57:26,970 --> 00:57:27,810
- That's right.

1348
00:57:27,810 --> 00:57:29,280
- [Sarah] Mm-hmm.

1349
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:30,113
- All right.

1350
00:57:30,113 --> 00:57:32,670
Is the feedback able to be differentiated

1351
00:57:32,670 --> 00:57:33,960
by student ability,

1352
00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:36,210
but just still at same grade level?

1353
00:57:36,210 --> 00:57:38,340
For example, some feedback simpler,

1354
00:57:38,340 --> 00:57:39,723
but still at grade level?

1355
00:57:41,910 --> 00:57:43,380
- Yes and no.

1356
00:57:43,380 --> 00:57:46,440
We do have some features
that are student-specific

1357
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:49,050
where a student can change, for example,

1358
00:57:49,050 --> 00:57:52,980
their Khanmigo reading level.

1359
00:57:52,980 --> 00:57:54,780
It's not super expansive,

1360
00:57:54,780 --> 00:57:55,860
there's like basic,

1361
00:57:55,860 --> 00:57:57,840
which is actually the
default for all students,

1362
00:57:57,840 --> 00:58:01,743
and then there's maybe two
other levels that are higher.

1363
00:58:02,730 --> 00:58:05,940
So if you have really advanced students,

1364
00:58:05,940 --> 00:58:08,490
you can have them increase
their Khanmigo level,

1365
00:58:08,490 --> 00:58:11,220
but most students will start
out at the basic level.

1366
00:58:11,220 --> 00:58:15,100
If you have students who
are English learners,

1367
00:58:17,070 --> 00:58:19,110
you also can have them,

1368
00:58:19,110 --> 00:58:20,580
if you want, this isn't required,

1369
00:58:20,580 --> 00:58:24,550
but you can have them change
their Khanmigo chat language

1370
00:58:26,284 --> 00:58:27,120
to their native language,

1371
00:58:27,120 --> 00:58:29,550
and then they can talk to
Khanmigo in their native language,

1372
00:58:29,550 --> 00:58:32,430
but they're still looking
at an English essay

1373
00:58:32,430 --> 00:58:33,750
that they're writing

1374
00:58:33,750 --> 00:58:34,950
and Khanmigo will still be able

1375
00:58:34,950 --> 00:58:36,780
to kind of communicate with them

1376
00:58:36,780 --> 00:58:39,730
and look at their essay in
English and help them with that.

1377
00:58:41,130 --> 00:58:42,690
Other than that,

1378
00:58:42,690 --> 00:58:46,380
the scaffolding is really at
that point up to the student.

1379
00:58:46,380 --> 00:58:48,300
So if the student needs help,

1380
00:58:48,300 --> 00:58:51,180
Khanmigo will be there to help them.

1381
00:58:51,180 --> 00:58:53,790
And there is that checkpoint
between outlining and drafting

1382
00:58:53,790 --> 00:58:56,040
where it's checking to see,
did they meet the requirements?

1383
00:58:56,040 --> 00:58:58,800
So if you have students
who are way behind,

1384
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:01,170
then that is a point where they
might spend a lot more time

1385
00:59:01,170 --> 00:59:02,700
outlining with Khanmigo,

1386
00:59:02,700 --> 00:59:04,290
and it will do that automatically

1387
00:59:04,290 --> 00:59:09,150
in that if they really are off topic

1388
00:59:09,150 --> 00:59:12,210
or they're missing a lot of pieces,

1389
00:59:12,210 --> 00:59:15,120
Khanmigo will repeatedly kind
of help them through that

1390
00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:16,440
until they have a good outline,

1391
00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:17,460
whereas other students

1392
00:59:17,460 --> 00:59:20,790
would just speed straight
through to drafting

1393
00:59:20,790 --> 00:59:23,970
'cause they wouldn't have those
checkpoints to worry about.

1394
00:59:23,970 --> 00:59:25,470
But yeah, we hear this a lot,

1395
00:59:25,470 --> 00:59:27,240
there's a lot of concerns,

1396
00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:29,340
especially from the past few years

1397
00:59:29,340 --> 00:59:30,173
where it just sounds

1398
00:59:30,173 --> 00:59:32,160
like students need a lot more scaffolding

1399
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:33,690
than they have in previous years.

1400
00:59:33,690 --> 00:59:36,450
And so one of our biggest priorities

1401
00:59:36,450 --> 00:59:40,650
is figuring out better
ways to support kiddos

1402
00:59:40,650 --> 00:59:43,200
and especially find ways to differentiate

1403
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:44,700
to the students who need it the most.

1404
00:59:44,700 --> 00:59:46,590
So if you have more ideas,

1405
00:59:46,590 --> 00:59:47,740
please send them to me.

1406
00:59:48,990 --> 00:59:50,010
- Awesome, thank you.

1407
00:59:50,010 --> 00:59:51,480
Thank you, Sarah, so much.

1408
00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:54,090
Thank you, everybody that joined us.

1409
00:59:54,090 --> 00:59:57,150
I've also dropped in my email in the chat.

1410
00:59:57,150 --> 00:59:59,730
In case you guys think
of any other questions,

1411
00:59:59,730 --> 01:00:01,893
please feel free to email Sarah,

1412
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:03,990
email me.

1413
01:00:03,990 --> 01:00:05,340
We are here to help

1414
01:00:05,340 --> 01:00:07,650
and support in any way that you guys need

1415
01:00:07,650 --> 01:00:10,500
and we truly value your feedback,

1416
01:00:10,500 --> 01:00:13,500
your ideas and your feedback.

1417
01:00:13,500 --> 01:00:14,973
So thank you, thank you.

1418
01:00:16,470 --> 01:00:17,943
- Thank you all so much.