How positive psychology reduces stress and boosts reading comprehension
While stress disrupts the brain’s learning processes, a positive mood has the opposite effect. Cultivating a positive emotional state helps to reduce the harmful effects of stress and even improves cognitive function.
Why AI is the future of Socratic learning methods
Ensuring that each learner is accommodated, supported, and engaged on a platform that is no longer a classroom with walls, or borders, or exclusivity, is the conundrum teachers are facing at this very moment.
How classroom journaling engages and empowers students
The benefits of journaling in school are numerous – from improving mental health to heightening academic performance. It seems tailor-made to counteract some of the most devastating consequences of the pandemic on students, such as learning loss and social-emotional trauma.
Post-COVID plans should focus on program values and evaluation
Strategic documents must become more fluid and include ongoing evaluation and revision as a fundamental piece of the process. VMOSAE and SMARTE can help organizations build strategic success.
Is digital citizenship the most important takeaway from distance learning?
Practicing good digital citizenship should include a pathway of communication and online community rules to build a safe place for everyone involved.
How to use technology to address vaccine gaps in the classroom
As schools reopen, investing in emerging technologies is crucial to fill the vaccine gaps left by unvaccinated students, faculty, and parents.
3 things parents of neurodiverse kids should know
For many parents, this April could be the first time they are recognizing Autism Acceptance Month, or the first time it’s been on their radar. Maybe they just received a diagnosis and are feeling overwhelmed. As great as these initiatives are, the parents of neurodiverse kids may need something simpler: connection, guidance, and empathy from other parents who know their situation.
High schoolers want a permanent virtual learning option
A recent survey of 16- to 18-year-olds in the U.S. and U.K. shows that one in three students say their ideal post-pandemic learning environment includes some kind of virtual learning component.
The 10 most popular learning channels for kids
A new resource from Connections Academy features some of the most popular learning channels online, analyzing the number of subscribers they have and how many people have watched their videos to reveal the top 40 best educational influencers parents can trust.
3 keys to protecting student data and privacy
How do educators ensure that they keep students’ data, records, and personal information private and secure?