Author: Matthew Lynch
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Where Do Teachers Turn for Technology Assistance?
Being a teacher and being a technology expert are two very different professions, and although some teachers are also technology experts, many teachers are left in ... -
How Games Can Hook Students With Short Attention Spans
Craig Blewett, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Ebrahim Adam, University of KwaZulu-Natal Modern human beings have a shorter attention span than goldfish: ours is, on average, below ... -
How Should We Teach Our Kids to Use Digital Media?
Jenny Radesky, University of Michigan Any time a new technology is introduced, it disrupts values, routines and behaviors. This goes back well before the printing press ... -
9 Steps to Keep Student Data Safe
Technology makes accessing student data rather easy. However, all student data needs to be maintained in a confidential manner to protect students’ rights, security, and dignity. ... -
Tablets at the Table Can Influence Child Development, Not Always in a Good Way
Joanne Orlando, Western Sydney University Do you “i-Pad your child” when you go to a restaurant? I couldn’t help but notice the one-year-old at the restaurant ... -
Do Mobile Devices in the Classroom Really Improve Learning Outcomes?
Matthew Lynch, Virginia Union University Mobile devices as teaching tools are becoming a more and more common part of the American education experience in classrooms, from ... -
Parents express concerns as more toddlers switch on tablet computers
Natalia Kucirkova, Manchester Metropolitan University Most parents have profound concerns about their children reading digital books on tablets. In a new survey of 1,500 parents of ... -
8 Essentials for a Virtual School that Works
Many students choose a virtual school to replace their traditional school schedules partially or completely for a few reasons. In some ways, virtual school has completely ... -
Why It’s Wrong for Pediatricians to Eliminate Daily Screen Time Recommendations
Brigitte Vittrup, Texas Woman’s University This month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced a disappointing decision. Sixteen years after they published their formal recommendations discouraging ... -
Two-Hour Screen Limit for Kids is Virtually Impossible to Enforce
Andrew Plumb/Flickr, CC BY-NC-S Michael Rosenberg, University of Western Australia; Simon Hunter, Strathclyde University, and Stephen Houghton, University of Western Australia It’s almost universally recommended that ...