Vi är uppkopplade mot University of Central Florida. Guide är Taylor Bousfield som gästar Högskolan Väst för att demonstrera och dela med sig av sin kunskap om simuleringar i klassrummet. Via datorn ser vi fem avatarer – låtsaselever – som den blivande läraren möter utifrån olika scenarios.

Digitalisering kan väcka engagemang och kreativitet i undervisningen. Men det gäller att välja rätt verktyg, enligt forskaren Ewa Skantz Åberg. Annars riskerar elever och lärare att fokusera på fel saker.

Artificial intelligence can help personalize lessons for students, says Zoran Popovic, director of the Center for Game Science and founder of Enlearn. However, Kelly Calhoun Williams, an education analyst for the technology research firm Gartner, says school districts need to consider student data and privacy concerns.

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.