Isaac Pineda, the technology-integration specialist at a private school in Monterrey, Mexico, that has a one-to-one technology program, shares in this blog post three lessons learned during his school's integration process.

The prime minister wants schoolchildren to learn Mandarin, but it is a notoriously difficult language. From filthy mistakes to the impossibility of text messaging, here are eight of the biggest challenges.

Teachers can follow five steps to make Twitter their own secret weapon for improving their practice with a strong professional learning network, teacher Jo-Ann Fox writes in this blog post.

This week: how teachers can help pupils with tourettes, schools breaking admission systems rules and more.

Les lektor Tor Arne Holms seks forslag til hvordan norsk skole kan bli bedre.

"Det er fint, hvis PISA-undersøgelsen giver os anledning til at diskutere, hvad det gør med børn, at de konstant har adgang til teknologi", mener lektor Jeppe Bundsgaard fra Institut for Uddannelse og Pædagogik på Aarhus Universitet.

Learning to focus on one task while tuning out the many distractions vying for attention is a crucial life skill that some students are missing.

I samband med Kemins år 2011 producerades tolv tematiska YouTube-filmer om kemi, där kemin kopplas till vardag och samhälle. Filmmaterialet, som finns på både svenska och engelska, heter Kemikalendern och inkluderar teman som mode, kärlek, idrott, kommunikation, hälsa och mat. Decemberfilmen handlar om Alfred Nobel och Nobelprisen. Se filmerna här.

How long can students stare at a frozen screen before their minds wander off? How long can they wait for a webpage to load during testing before losing patience and focus? These were some of the critical issues facing the 800-plus technology staff, educators and administrators who attended CETPA 2013 in Pasadena, CA.

This year, schools' chief technology officers have experienced a number of challenges, including issues related to equity and the digital divide and insufficient bandwidth and infrastructure, tech leaders said during a recent forum held by the Consortium for School Networking.

Taking selfies at funerals. Tagging pictures of teens drinking alcohol at parties. Kids (and adults for that matter) post a lot of silly stuff online — and although most of it is chatter, some of what might seem harmless leads to tragic consequences. But is it the job of schools to teach kids the dos…