The verdict is still out on how technology affects brain development, asserts developmental molecular biologist John Medina. In this commentary, he examines recent research, noting that "there's both good news and bad news."
En rektor är ofta en person med god självinsikt och en önskan att vara en pedagogisk ledare. Men för många kommer verkligheten emellan. Det visar en ny avhandling från Åbo Akademi om skolledare, gjord i finlandssvenska skolor.
A Florida school launched Active Learning Environments five years ago - bringing high-tech, student-driven education to its classrooms. In this blog post, Chad Lewis, the school's director of technology, shares three practices educators use to keep the student-led learning on track.
Some research shows that describing experiences in pessimistic ways can lead to lower achievement. In this blog post, educational consultant Lorea Martinez describes how teaching optimism can help students respond to challenges.
Tools like Expeditions, SAM and Lifeliqe connect kids to the greater world using augmented and virtual reality, while PocketLabs allows students to collect data for scientific experiments.
EU-kommissionen har tagit fram ett verktyg för hela unionen: SELFIE: Self-reflection tool for digitally capable schools. I den kan skolor se hur långt de kommit med digitaliseringen jämfört med andra skolor i Europa som använder Selfie.
Math teacher Giulia Bini used a video game and YouTube videos to help teach calculus to students. Bini assigned a video game as homework and through it, as well as other strategies, she says students' grades increased 10%.