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Jackie Edwards

Jackie Edwards

Besides being a mother, Jackie writes full time on topics ranging from health and wellness, right through to news and current affairs. In her spare time she volunteers for a number of local charities that support adults and children with autism as she herself is on the spectrum.

3 Ways edtech can help education get back on track

A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 million users and record a market share of $1.96 billion in 2021, according to Analytic Insi...

Can outdoor learning help hone your students' learning?

'Nature deficit disorder' is a term coined by the renowned author of The Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv. It espouses the idea that all human beings — especially children — need to spend time in...

Top tech to teach Art remotely

Renowned poet and writer Dana Gioia once said, “The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human...

E-learning smarts: What students need to remember about cybersecurity

Governor John Bel Edwards reported that several school districts in Louisiana were recently struck by cyberattacks. So it follows that big businesses and government aren’t the only targets of cybercri...

Teaching students financial literacy with education technology

One in five 15-year-olds in the U.S. lack basic financial literacy, U.S. News reports. And although children begin forming their attitudes towards money as young as the age of six, most parents and sc...

How tracking academic performance can nip (cyber)bullying in the bud

Bullying is a prevalent problem in American public schools. This behavior has negative effects on the academic performance of those who are bullied and can take a toll on their physical and mental hea...

Raising world class content creators by teaching these 4 skills

Ernest Hemingway once said, Prose is architecture, not interior decoration. Content creation or writing is one of the most useful skills any student can learn. In school, content creation is applied i...

Introducing game design into the modern classroom

The American Optometric Association found that 79% of children use some form of technology for up to 4 hours a day. The 21st century child is growing up surrounded by computers, laptops, smartphones a...

Working memory exercises for students of all ages

Working memory, sometimes called short-term memory, is the part of your brain’s memory capacity that deals with immediate tasks. Remembering directions, where you saved the document you were just typi...

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