High-tech cheating
One third of teens admitted using a cell phone to cheat during tests in a Common Sense Media poll. Two thirds said other kids use a cell phone to cheat. Yet 23 percent say it’s not cheating to use...
View ArticleTeachers: Technology cuts attention spans
Diverted and distracted by technology, students can’t focus or persevere, say teachers in two new surveys. In a Pew Internet Project survey, nearly 90 percent of teachers said digital technologies are...
View ArticleTeachers want tech, but need training
“It seems a waste,” writes Hechinger’s Meghan Murphy. Despite “millions of educational apps, millions of lesson plans available online, millions of laptops in the hands of students,” few teachers “find...
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