Elin Winberg har skickat prov via Snapchat och väljer kläder efter ämne. Nu är NO- och matteläraren på Kulturskolan Raketen nominerad till Min lokala söderortshjälte. "Alla elever ska få chansen att visa vad just de kan", säger hon.

Many people may say that students should deal with a bully by addressing the adversary directly, but that may be misguided, asserts Jeff Nalin, a licensed clinical psychologist plus founder and chief clinical director at Paradigm Malibu Treatment Center. In this blog post, he writes that in some cases it may be best to remove…

Passion blogging is a low-stakes chance for students to analyze texts of their choosing before they move on to complex literary texts.

Som skolbibliotekarie är Heléne Törnfeldt både läsfrämjare och vägvisare för elevernas närvaro i de digitala miljöerna. Efter fyra års målmedvetet arbete har hon kammat hem utmärkelsen Ett skolbibliotek i världsklass till Sjöängsskolan i Älvsjö.

Brittiska forskare har tittat på kopplingen mellan aktivitet på sociala medier och ungas sömn. De har analyserat närmare 12 000 tonåringar i Storbritannien, hur mycket de använder sociala medier och hur deras sömnmönster ser ut.

Teachers report that many students, despite being "digital natives," need guidance on how to use social media beyond entertainment purposes. In this Education Update article, three educators share their tactics for incorporating social media to expand students' sense of what learning can be.

Students whose grades are below average could boost their results if they devoted less time to Facebook and other social networking sites, new research suggests.

By directly addressing the challenges and benefits of technology, teachers provide more opportunities for learning, increase trust, and improve classroom harmony.

Digital tools that students use for learning also can provide some of their biggest distractions. In this commentary, author Ana Homayoun shares how to help students manage these digital distractions by supporting their intrinsic motivation to make better decisions -- online and in the real world.

A two-year study by the University of California at Irvine seeks to create tools to maximize student achievement and help them graduate. Researchers will study how students use social media, school technology and support resources, and how attendance affects critical-thinking skills.