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Our cofounders were recently in Singapore, and they were featured on the Asia Tech Podcast talking about not only EssayJack as an English for Academic Purposes solution that can help students and educators the world over when it comes to teaching and learning EAP, but also what it takes to start a business. As a…
EssayJack is an online platform that helps students with English for Academic Purposes writing, and our website proudly claims that ours is a company For Students, By Professors, but what does that really mean and why should you care? It means a few things: That EssayJack was literally created by two professors. That EssayJack is built on…
In today’s world we use apps for everything. I’m sure you’ve floated an idea to a friend who replied with, “There’s an app for that.” If you’re a novice runner, preparing for a marathon, well, that’s right: there’s an app to help you train. Okay, what if you’re in school or transitioning into college…
EssayJack is an educational company where lifelong learning is part of everything we do. We are big nerds at heart, and we want to help students become better at what they do. And, do you know what? It seems like you think that we’re delivering on that promise to be “helpful.” How do we know? You…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that writing is stressful. It doesn’t matter if you are a novelist, a blogger, or a student who has to write essays for school. Writing causes all kinds of anxiety. This writing tension is even worse when it is added to the pressure students feel to perform well, be…
Q: What do students want when they are faced with a writing assignment? A: To get the best grade possible and not feel stressed and/or stupid along the way. Unfortunately, often the process of writing for school is laden with stress and anxiety, because students worry about their grades, worry that they’re not delivering what…
On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the CoVid-19 virus a global pandemic. At EssayJack all our teams have followed along with the WHO’s updates and guidance throughout and have gone 100% remote since. We hope our actions encourage others to do the same so we can keep the impact of this…
Educators are finding themselves asked not only to be experts in their fields, not only to care about teaching and learning, but also to (quite suddenly!) translate their expertise in the classroom into exciting and equitable online lessons and exams. It’s a tall order. So we have some quick and dirty tricks to help educators…
There are a number of excellent resources (and some not-so-excellent ones) out there about online learning and remote teaching that advises using video conferencing. There are ways to use videos to teach really well, and there are ways where using videos might not actually add too much to your teaching. In this blog, we quickly…
Most high school curricula require students to develop critical thinking skills that they demonstrate by being able to both peer- and self-edit written work. Developing the ability to look closely and critically at one’s own work is difficult. Helping students to see the component parts of a piece of writing and analyse each bit at…