Interactive notebooks that hold bell work, lab data, and class notes serve as a portfolio of learning - for the benefit of both students and their teacher.
More off-campus broadband access. New ways of engaging with families. Growing concerns over digital equity and the silos that exist within school systems. These are some of the trends that emerged in a recent survey of district technology leaders.
New research suggests that's so: Toddlers who regularly spent time on electronic devices - including tablets, smartphones and TVs - were less likely to read print books with their parents at age 3. That, in turn, translated to even more screen use by age 5.
Teachers say pandemic-related setbacks in mathematics will linger well into the coming school year, especially for students who suffered the most during shutdowns. Unable to peer over their students’ shoulders and correct their work, math teachers lost the ability to offer on-the-spot tutorials.
Education-technology companies have many opportunities to collect data on students, a concept that Velislava Hillman, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, wants school leaders, academics and policy makers to reconsider.
Distance learning provided an opportunity for teachers and students to try out different digital and analog tools to help them figure out how they learn best.