eSchool News
JUNE 11, 2025
In an era of constant change, where new tools emerge daily and attention spans are short, there’s immense value in legacy platforms that continue to evolve. Showcase them during professional development. Most importantly, they should be modelled for early and frequent use.
k12 Digest
MAY 15, 2025
This fundamental truth about human cognition has finally found its perfect technological match in the form of microlearning. As we witness the rapid evolution of educational technology, the convergence of bite-sized learning modules with intelligent virtual tutors is creating unprecedented opportunities for personalised education.
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Edsurge
JULY 14, 2025
Vito: In higher education, microcredentials like project management are getting a lot of attention, and they’re important. But they don’t always include enduring skills — critical thinking, teamwork, communication, creativity. Employers consistently say those are the skills they want most.
Edsurge
JUNE 16, 2025
Research indicates that reduced social interaction, coupled with overreliance on screen time, also worsened students’ social cognition skills, such as cooperation and communication, and executive functions , such as attention and memory.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 28, 2025
According to a study by the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 60% of students report feeling bored during class, a clear indication that the traditional model often fails to capture attention. You need to analyze these implications critically to make informed decisions about the future of education.
Edsurge
JULY 14, 2025
I feel as if more people are paying attention and deciding, ‘I can do something actionable,’” Knighten says. When national performance metrics come out, they often cause a flash of energy that quickly dies out, she says, pointing back toward the recent NAEP scores that showed concerning trends in student performance.
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2025
For example, most PBS Kids episodes are 11 minutes, accounting for children’s shorter attention spans and how much they can retain in a single sitting. There is also a large focus on “child-centered content,” designed specifically for the age of the target audience and how much they can process.
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