Parents Want More Use of Mobile Devices in Classrooms
In one of the most comprehensive studies of parents’ views on mobile devices in education, more than 50 percent of parents believe that...
The Web We Want: Free Online Reflection Handbook for Teens
The Web We Want is an educational handbook developed by European Schoolnet for 13-16 year olds aimed at helping to reflect on online experiences...
ESL Educators use Harry Potter Movies to Teach English
Expecto Patronum! The Harry Potter movies are the most popular films shown by ESL (English as a second language) educators to teach English during...
Survey finds 50% of 8-11th grade students in EU using technology in the classroom
Students and teachers have unprecedented access to educational technology and their opinion about its value and impact is overwhelmingly positive,...
Boo Radley or Katniss Everdeen: Who’s Motivating Kids to Read?
What do The Hunger Games, required reading lists, and state standards have in common? According to the largest annual report of its kind, all three...
3D Anatomy Learning Tool Helps Students Score Better In Exams
A professor at the University of Texas at El Paso has proven what teachers and parents have claimed for years: more studying leads to better grades....
Generation Z: A Look At The Technology And Media Habits Of Today’s Teens
Wikia, the world’s leading collaborative media company and home to many of the Web’s largest pop culture communities, today released...
New K12 Poll: More American Parents Customize Their Coffee Than Their Child’s Education
As online education gains acceptance and becomes more mainstream, individualized learning in pre-kindergarten through high school is expected to...
Children Make Tremendous Improvement In Literacy & Numeracy On Skoolbo
Skoolbo the educational game for kids, has just completed an improvement analysis on the 10 million literacy and numeracy questions answered by...
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6 Great Edtech Research Studies [iPad Magazine]
In our first issue of Teaching The AvatarGeneration iPad Magazine, we looked at 6 great EdTech research studies. Scientists and educators are...
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Case Studies of ICT in Primary Education Around the World [UNESCO Report]
The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) launched a new project in 2011 which aimed to research the role of ICTs in...
Report Finds Big Increase in Kids Reading eBooks, and Kids Who Read eBooks are Reading More… Especially Boys
In the fourth edition of the Kids & Family Reading ReportTM, a national survey released today, kids age 6-17 and their parents share their views...
63% of High School Principals feel that cyber bullying is a major problem at their school
Results just released from a national survey of K–12 principals offers new insight about how educators view the issue of bullying and how to...
New US Survey Finds That More Than 1/3 of Middle School Students Use Mobile Devices for Homework
More than one in three middle school students are using mobile devices to complete homework, and more of those who use these devices for learning in...
Blended Learning Booklets for Teachers
We know that many of you are either using blended learning techniques, or would like to use them in your classroom. In our daily trawl through the...
UTMB Study Finds Gamers Excel at Robotic Surgery Simulations
According to a new study from researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, high school and college students outmatch medical...
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Learning and Education in the Networked Society [Report]
Ericsson recently produced an excellent documentary film on that posed many questions on the new skills and educational platforms are redefining our...
What Tech-Savvy Teenagers Want: Better IT Education and Mum on Facebook
UK Survey reveals 6 out of 10 teenagers believe they deserve better IT education Current technology education in schools is not good enough,...
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ICT Education in Latin America and the Caribbean [UNESCO Report]
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) have recently published a report on the ICT educational integration and...
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Half of High Schoolers Own a Smartphone or Tablet [Mobile Learning Report]
According to a mobile learning report released today from Blackboard Inc. and Project Tomorrow®, nearly 50 percent of high schoolers and 40...
Amazing edtech photos from Africa
While reading up about elearning Africa’s 2012 report, we saw that they had run a photo competition under the theme ”The African...
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eLearning in Africa 2012 [Report]
We are always particularly interested in how elearning is developing globally, and a recent report from elearning Africa has shown us some great...
eLearning Research Papers: Creative Classrooms and 21st Century Teachers
eLearning Papers is a digital publication initiative of the European Commission, which publishes information on elearning research in Europe...
Digital Learning Now! Smart Series: Reports on Digital Learning and Common Core Standards
The Digital Learning Now! Smart Series is a collection of interactive papers that gives guidance to policy makers and educational leaders about the...
SIIA Vision K-20 Survey: Limited progress in eLearning goals for educational institutions
“Education institutions are making only limited progress in leveraging technology and eLearning to meet their educational goals.” One...
HMH Fuse: Algebra 1 App Boosts Math Scores
Year-long pilot study in Edison Township School District illustrates the benefits of HMH Fuse: Algebra I Global education leader Houghton Mifflin...