An interactive robot named Minnie helped 10- to 12-year-old students understand what they were reading and feel more motivated to read, according to a study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student Joseph Michaelis. He said Minnie provided a "safe" environment for struggling students to practice reading.

Educators should take digital citizenship lessons a step further by teaching students digital leadership skills, advises Andy Plemmons, a media specialist at a Georgia elementary school. In this commentary, he shares several project ideas to inspire digital leadership, including having students collaborate to select new books for the school's library.

Some schools are tracking the words students type on school computers using safety management platforms, including Gaggle, Securly, and GoGuardian. The use of platforms, however, has raised questions about how to balance school safety and students' privacy.

Southgate primary in West Sussex is one of many British schools bringing games into the classroom, with staff seeing benefits for parents as well as students.

Närsynthet hos barn i 4-7 års ålder har ökat med 179 procent de senaste sex åren i Jönköpings län. Denna ökning sker samtidigt som digitala skärmar blir populärare. Ögonläkaren Tomas Bro vill nu se om de två har ett samband.

Coding programs don't have to break the bank. Here are some resources and tactics for funding computer science affordably and without skimping on quality.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education successfully used artificial intelligence to determine whether classroom teachers were asking students "authentic" questions.

A majority of teachers expressed discomfort with newer teaching practices that rely on technology and said they need more collaborative planning time with their peers, in addition to traditional PD.

Yes, cellphones and laptops do affect students' grades, and no, students can't multitask as well as they say they can.  

Behandling av personuppgifter i forskning ska även fortsatt kunna ske på ett ändamålsenligt sätt samtidigt som den enskildes integritet skyddas, nu när EU:s nya dataskyddsförordning (GDPR) har börjat tillämpas. För att det ska vara möjligt föreslår regeringen nu anpassningar av ett flertal lagar på området.