Assistive technology—from visual timers to help students with learning differences keep track of their schedules to digital captioning software for those with hearing difficulties—can improve outcomes ...

Technology offers too many distractions from learning. It gives kids easy-to-access, sophisticated tools to cheat. And it prevents students from engaging in the cognitive struggles that are the ...

A coalition of investors managing $1.15 trillion is pressing Alphabet to explain how it monitors government use of its cloud ...

Responsible technology use is increasingly a concrete business consideration, motivated by a diverse set of priorities and focuses. In association withThoughtworks Consideration of how to deploy ...

The use of education technology in the classroom has revolutionized the way teaching and learning occur, offering new opportunities to enhance educational experiences. Integrating digital tools such ...

Mobile phones, computers, social media and the internet are part of the daily lives of children and young people, including at school. Concerns over the risks of too much screen time or online ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Bluetooth is one of technology's great survivors. Once ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

Old school presentations (meaning before technology) were augmented by slides, overhead projectors, chalkboards, whiteboards and flip charts. Then in 1987, PowerPoint was released, not by Microsoft as ...

A previously social middle schooler is now reluctant to attend family mealtimes and movie nights and has dropped out of her soccer league. Instead, she prefers to spend hours watching videos online.