Read to discover the significance of nurturing student well-being with digital safety, featuring insights from Linewize and Trafera experts!
Classroom technology is constantly turning over, changing, and evolving – often in completely unforeseen ways, but as we draw near to the new year, it is time to look ahead at a few potential EdTech trends that we expect to see in 2023.
Student safety and well-being will always be a top priority in education. Not only is it a benchmark for measuring how well your school community is thriving. It’s also paramount to supporting the academic success and improved education outcomes of students.
The pandemic forever changed how we work, learn, and connect. The shift was particularly dramatic for children, as millions moved to distance and hybrid learning due to the shuttering of schools across the country. We’ve seen screen time rise to an average of 6 hours per day, nearly double the amount in 2019.1 This increased screen time has doctors concerned. In a 2020 survey from UnitedHealthcare and Eyesafe, 94% of …
Teen suicide is an urgent and tragic issue in the U.S. and throughout the world. As we acknowledge September as Suicide Prevention Month, we and many others look to raise awareness toward this matter and offer insights to help schools and educators play a proactive role in saving young lives.
[Originally appearing on eyesafe.com] High-energy blue light, or simply “blue light”, has been a frequent topic in the media over the last several years. We get blue light from several sources, including the sun, computers and smartphones. Although humans have evolved to accommodate proper amounts of beneficial blue light from the sun, we are only now recognizing that man-made digital light presents new concerns for the health of our eyes. …
We’ve been amazed at how quickly some of our EdTech partners have responded to shifting learning environments brought on my COVID-19 closures. GoGuardian–one of our go-to classroom management software providers–has been no exception. By tapping into the needs of schools prepping for long-term distance learning, GoGuardian has built one of the best tools we’ve seen for facilitating remote learning sessions. This new synchronous learning tool, Video Conferencing, will be launched in time for …