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PROOF POINTS: This is your brain. This is your brain on screens
One brain study, published in May 2024, detected different electrical activity in the brain after students had read a passage on paper, compared with screens. Credit: Getty Images Studies show that students of all ages, from elementary school to college, tend to absorb more when they’re reading on paper rather than screens. The advantage for…
This PD Book From Harvard University Press Is a Game Changer for Getting Learning To “Stick”
One of these strategies led to students averaging a full grade letter higher than students taught with traditional methods. One of these strategies led to students averaging a full grade letter higher than students taught with traditional methods. Classroom Ideas, PD Books We Are Teachers
This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain on Screens
Studies show that students of all ages, from elementary school to college, tend to absorb more when they’re reading on paper rather than screens. The advantage for paper is a small one, but it’s been replicated in dozens of laboratory experiments, particularly when students are reading about science or other nonfiction texts. Experts debate why…
Edtech orgs outline quality indicators to vet edtech, AI
Key points: Edtech groups are hoping to alleviate the burden schools have when it comes to the evaluation process for digital learning tools 5 can’t-miss events at ISTELive 24 A new teacher’s perspective: Today’s best edtech resources For more ISTELive news, visit eSN’s Live @ ISTE 2024 hub Seven leading edtech organizations have developed a…
How one high school became a Minecraft powerhouse
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. John Dewey High School senior Jayla Mallette had an unusual request for her teacher after 9 p.m. a few months back. She was so excited about a project that she wanted permission to work on it through the night. Jayla and…
Floating Microschools: Adaptive and Mobile Learning Environments
We’ve been thinking a lot about microschools across the United States over the last few years, and certainly, they’ve garnered a lot of media attention. Certain policy moves and philanthropic attention have increased opportunities to reimagine the microschools that exist in the country and to launch hundreds of new microschools in both the public and…