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#4: 5 ways teachers can improve student learning based on current brain research

December 26, 2017 by By Martha Burns, Ph.D.

Educators can positively influence students’ learning by understanding how the brain is shaped by their early experiences—and how it can be rewired and reorganized to work more quickly…

Stunning: Research shows intense spike in children’s media use

November 6, 2017 by Laura Ascione

New research has unearthed a dramatic increase in the number of young children who have their own tablet device--42 percent compared to 1 percent in 2011. The research…

Text, tweet, email, call—what do parents want in school communications?

October 5, 2017October 5, 2017 by Meris Stansbury

When it comes to school communications, parents today want more information from their children’s teachers and schools, but they also want that information to be timely, targeted, and…

3 critical things to know about boosting student engagement

September 15, 2017 by Laura Ascione

Engaging high school students in learning and breaking away from the typical boredom that seems to plague so many students is a challenge--one that could be addressed differently…

Believe the hype! How video games are changing education

August 23, 2017 by Tamara Sneyd

To draw a parallel between video gaming and education may cause the more traditional educators to balk at the thought, but recent developments in the field of video…

4 ways teachers can supersize Hattie effects

July 24, 2017 by Hilary Scharton

In 2015, researcher John Hattie updated his seminal research Visible Learning. Hailed as “teaching’s Holy Grail,”1 Hattie synthesized 15 years of research on more than 800 meta-analysis about…

Virtual island destination aims to prevent the summer math slide

May 25, 2017 by Mike Cohen and Karen Cator

The summer slide, a loss of academic progress during the summer break between school years, has been confirmed in many research studies since an early publication by White…

Debunked: 5 myths about classroom technology

May 8, 2017 by Anna Johansson

Parents, lawmakers, and even some educators have spoken out against this trend, arguing that excessive classroom technology could end up doing more harm than good, but the foundations…

6 growing trends taking over academic libraries

March 24, 2017 by Meris Stansbury

Spreading digital fluency is now a core responsibility of academic libraries, and Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) are poised to amplify the utility and reach…

Results of the 2016 National Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey

January 2, 2017 by Contributor

The Learning Counsel released the results of its third annual Survey of school and district digital curriculum strategy and transformation, sponsored by Ruckus Wireless. A total of 708…

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