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Rethinking Role of Technology in the Classroom

Rethinking Role of Technology in the Classroom

Study finds added access can lead to decrease in students' academic motivation. Engagement "is more than a matter of providing children with access to the latest electronic devices."
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Motivation, Social Skills, Technology

Colored filter improves dyslexic children's reading speed

Colored filter improves dyslexic children's reading speed

Reading, one of the most difficult activities for children with dyslexia, can be improved by the use of a colored filter.
Posted in Attention, Engagement, Neuroscience, Reading Skills, Technology

Kids connect with robot reading partners

Kids connect with robot reading partners

Kids learn better with a friend. They’re more enthusiastic and understand more if they dig into a subject with a companion. But what if that companion is artificial?
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Motivation, Technology

NeuroNet Goes to China!

NeuroNet Goes to China!

We recently travelled to China to see how schools in Beijing are using NeuroNet, as well as to share the science behind NeuroNet with parents and teachers in Shanghai.
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Health & Wellness, Language, Memory, Motivation, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, Technology

Tablet computers during math lessons may help increase the quality of teaching

Tablet computers during math lessons may help increase the quality of teaching

KFU’s invited professor Andreja Istenic Starcic is a widely known expert focusing on questions of teaching, development, implementation of teaching technologies, and innovative concepts for various groups of people with learning difficultie

 

Posted in Education, Engagement, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Technology

School, health and behavior suffer when children have TV, video games in bedroom

School, health and behavior suffer when children have TV, video games in bedroom

A new Iowa State University study is one of the first to demonstrate the consequences of allowing children to have a TV or video game system in their bedroom.
Posted in Health & Wellness, Motivation, Reading Skills, School Readiness, Technology

Write-To-Read: Improve Reading Skills With Purposeful Writing

Write-To-Read: Improve Reading Skills With Purposeful Writing

Early childhood is a crucial time for children’s reading and writing development. Children who lag behind in the early years usually encounter considerable difficulties throughout their academic careers. A recent study tested an exploratory write-to-read method in first grade classrooms as an alternative reading program.
Posted in Education, Handwriting, Neuroscience, Reading Skills, School Readiness, Technology

Learning to Read Today: Emojis, Photos, and More

Learning to Read Today: Emojis, Photos, and More

Technology dominates every aspect of our lives: how we work, how we live and how we communicate. A recent study in the Journal of Early Childhood Research examines our communication and looks at how it is affecting children learning to read.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Reading Skills, Technology

The "Couch-Potato" Generation

The "Couch-Potato" Generation

Kindergartners and first-graders are rapidly becoming mini-couch potatoes as they are spending more time sitting and watching television and less time actively playing and moving around. How much TV is too much?

 

Posted in Movement & Exercise, Technology

Kindergarteners and iPads: Sharing is Key

Kindergarteners and iPads: Sharing is Key

To give children iPads in school, or not – that is the question. The ‘correct’ answer to this question still remains a bit of a mystery. The use of iPads in the classroom has caused a political uproar in some school districts.
Posted in Education, Reading Skills, Technology

Moving for Math

Moving for Math

A classroom full of children waving their arms up and down, jumping, and tapping to the beat may sound like a gym class, but these movement exercises are actually designed for the classroom to help children learn math and writing.
Posted in Engagement, Handwriting, Mathematics, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, Reading Skills, Technology

Is Handwriting Relevant in Our Digital Age?

Is Handwriting Relevant in Our Digital Age?

Encouraging preschoolers to practice their handwriting skills should take place before children ever step foot into a classroom, new evidence suggests. 
Posted in Handwriting, Technology