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Science … and 2020 … Prove Print is Essential to Education

17 December 202017 December 2020|Print

A new scientific report is in, affirming what most teachers can probably already tell you: Print is vital for effective education. “The argument that reading on paper results in deeper comprehension and retention, concentration, vocabulary building and memory has been...

Australian School Bans iPads… Does Educational Science Agree?

19 February 202019 February 2020|Paper, Print

When Reddam House Private School outside Sydney, Australia got rid of iPads, they did so based on feedback from the students. The school had been using iPads to access e-textbooks for the past five years, according to Jenn Ryan writing...

Parents, Skip the Ebooks and Bond with your Kids

18 December 201918 December 2019|Print

Little brains. That’s what parents and teachers are helping to build, with every interaction. Increasingly, those interactions seem to be on digital devices rather than in print. And that could be having a negative effect on how those little brains...

Paper, Technology, and the Little Humans We are Teaching…

05 October 201705 October 2017|Paper

Pencil, paper, backpack … tablet? Today’s classroom necessities are a far cry from the good old slate and chalk. In many ways, technology has opened up learning far wider than we could have imagined; sister classrooms across the world, parents...

Teacher to Students: Take Notes, On Paper

31 August 201631 August 2016|Paper

What one nationally recognized educator has to say about students and how they learn best. The 2012 National Teacher of the Year has something to say to students about effective learning. “Take notes. On paper,” writes Rebecca Mieliwocki in Paper...

The Bare Truth about Digital Textbooks

13 January 201613 January 2016|Print

Students would prefer printed text if cost wasn’t an issue. One researcher believes digital textbooks may be harming our next generation. Don’t believe everything you hear about Millennials and their preference for digital media. That’s the sage advice Samir “Mr....

Why Print Still Matters for Learning

10 September 201510 September 2015|Print

There are times and places, says Dr. Naomi Baron, professor of linguistics at American University, when digital books are fantastic -- like in developing countries where the price of print is prohibitive. “Besides convenience and potential cost savings, they can...

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