The controversial subject of having phones in school has reared its head once again with divergent views being the norm. According to the Daily Telegraph in the UK, back in June, the then Minister of Education announced a period of consultation on the matter but declared that he wanted to ban phones in schools entirely,…
Día tras día – sobre todo tras el comienzo de la pandemia – el uso de los dispositivos digitales sigue creciendo. Por una parte era la única manera de seguir con el aprendizaje escolar una vez cerrados los colegios pero al mismo tiempo estábamos dando a los niños una herramienta a través de la cual…
The pandemic has made us all into some kind of junky, according to The Guardian newspaper in its interview with the chief of Stanford University’s dual diagnosis addiction clinic, Dr Anna Lembke. She propounds that “our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit…we’re seeing a huge explosion…
As schools around the world return to classrooms, The Economist wonders whether the advent of new variants and higher rates of vaccinations among adults might drive infection rates in children now that schools have opened. The data shows that in “England…between May 20th and June 7th…the proportion of children between five and 12 testing positive…
Desgraciadamente el acoso escolar sigue siendo más habitual de lo que nos gustaría, según el informe “La opinión de los estudiantes” reportado por ABC, aunque esto se ha reducido bastante en el curso 20-21 respecto a los números de 2016, en parte debido a la pandemia y distanciamiento social impuesto en los colegios. La parte…
Edtech has been changing in recent years and will continue to change. The introductions of concepts like gamification, active learning and personalisation are all elements that will have a great impact on what education develops into in the future. According to Education Technology the expectation is for the industry “tripling in size by 2030…alongside the…
There is still a lot of discussion over the usage of masks at school, especially at pre-school and elementary-school level. This article from the NY Times discusses how those opposed to wearing masks “have expressed concern that wearing masks will impair children’s ability to learn language and socialize”. But the fact is, backed up by…
El estudio y éxito en matemáticas en el colegio por parte de niños y niñas es algo comentado frecuentemente. Este artículo de El País recoge el discurso e investiga si las niñas se consideran menos buenas en matemáticas y si estos exámenes les generan más ansiedad que a los niños. El gran problema de fondo…
An interesting recent report from McKinsey reveals that students´ learning in the US fell in major subjects: leaving children five months behind in mathematics and four months behind in reading. As well as this they also, as everywhere around the world, experienced social-emotional as well as mental health challenges. The analysis suggests that the earning…
Usually tactics by tech companies to help reduce child pornography are met with great appreciation. However the announcement by Apple, on August 5th, that the company was introducing new image detection software that would alert the company if any known illegal images were uploaded to the individual´s iCloud storage as well as a parental control…