Early Childhood & K-12 EdTech
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Is Two Hours of Screen Time Really Too Much for Kids?
Joanne Orlando, Western Sydney University One of the most frustrating issues modern parents face is how to manage children’s screen time. Official guidelines say ... -
The Ten Characteristics of Teachers Who Successfully Use EdTech
Technology is changing the landscape of teaching and learning. Textbooks are being phased out, makerspaces are becoming increasingly common, and communication between teachers and ... -
3 Apps to Empower College Students’ Study Skills
One of the most essential skills for college students to develop to succeed is their study skills. Studies have shown that procrastinating and cramming ... -
5 Movie Making Apps for Student Projects
How many of us remember watching educational videos in school? How many of us remember having to perform as a group in front of ... -
How to Use E-Portfolios in the Classroom
Students have made portfolios for classrooms of various kinds for many reasons over the last few decades. In the past, the teacher was the ... -
How to promote real inquiry in mathematics classrooms
A colleague of mine has been struggling recently to understand how to develop inquiry in her mathematics classroom. Despite having secure content knowledge and ... -
Without teacher guidance, all the tech in the world will be quite useless
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest ... -
Using Google Cardboard to Simulate Virtual Learning Experiences
The reason that many teachers strive for a more virtual experience instead of the traditional talking points is that the interaction makes the lesson ...
