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Our study suggests the evidence for banning mobile phones in schools is weak when you look at the impact on academic results, student wellbeing and cyberbullying.

Via Peter Mellow

An 8-year-old’s YouTube snafu—and one unlikely parent activist—sparked a nationwide debate on the tech giant’s ubiquity and handling of children’s data.

Via Peter Mellow, David W. Deeds

COVID has shown us how powerful educational uses of digital technology can be informal, impromptu and conducted on the fly.

Via Peter Mellow, LGA

Check out the classroom of the future, Bill Gates’ style: Students are grouped according to skill set. One cluster huddles around a computer terminal, playing an educational game or working on a simulator. Another works with a human teacher getting direct instruction, while another gets a digital lesson delivered from their teacher’s avatar.

 

This kind of “game-based” learning is one of the priorities of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a nonprofit founded by the Microsoft creator.

 

Two years ago, the nonprofit brought together 20 of the country’s best assessment designers with 20 of the world’s best game designers to discuss creating games that engage kids more deeply, said Vicki Phillips, director of the college ready strategy for the Gates Foundation.

 

“Part of what we’re trying to do is make more robust the array of things teachers have access to at their fingertips that are aligned to standards, that are high quality, that engage kids though technology and let [teachers] be the orchestra leader,” Phillips said.

Via Josué Cardona, Kenia Cris

Administrators see them as an intensifying distraction — or, worse, a tax on students’ mental health.

Via Peter Mellow

Via Peter Mellow

A roundup of tech tools that disability access consultants recommend for college students with ADHD. These tech tools enhance learning in the classroom and help students take better notes and stay organized.