Educational Trends Archives

February 18, 2025 | Kelsey Jern

The Spark Behind eSpark: How Learning Designers Bring the Science of Reading to Life

Welcome to The Spark Behind eSpark, a behind-the-scenes look at the brilliant minds shaping the future of learning. In this [...]

July 29, 2024 | eSpark Contributor

A Guide to AI-Powered Gamification for Teachers

In today’s post-pandemic landscape, capturing and maintaining student engagement is more crucial than ever. Students are struggling to pay attention, [...]

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July 24, 2024 | John Jennings

EdTech Survey Report: What Teachers are Looking for in 2024

EdTech Evolved’s parent company, eSpark, recently surveyed nearly 600 teachers on their edtech vetting and adoption habits. The results paint [...]

July 10, 2024 | Kelsey Jern

Are Today’s Students Suffering from Algorithmic Anxiety?

“Why is this showing up in my newsfeed?” It’s getting harder and harder to find the things you actually want [...]

Two people cloaked in shadow stand next to piles of money at the front of a classroom looking over "research" on the chalkboard.

May 23, 2024 | John Jennings

Is EdTech Research a Sham? How to Be a Healthy Skeptic

“Is this actually good for students?” This seems like such a simple question. It’s one we, collectively, have answered wrong [...]

Teachers and administrators locked in a tug of war battle over teacher choice in edtech.

May 8, 2024 | John Jennings

EdTech Tug of War: Teacher Choice vs. District Mandates

Teacher choice or district centralization? Do we lean into individual autonomy or do we drive consistency across classrooms? This decades-long [...]

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April 8, 2024 | John Jennings

AI Predictions: 3 Ways EdTech Will Change for the Better

People have been attempting to predict the future since the earliest reaches of human history. The Oracle at Delphi, Nostradamus, [...]

March 22, 2024 | Sarah Irwin

Survey Report: The State of AI for Teachers

In just over a year since ChatGPT’s launch, generative AI has ignited explosive discourse about its implications for education, frequenting [...]

March 18, 2024 | John Jennings

The AI Impact Assessment Template for K-12 Schools

From the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act to the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, governments everywhere [...]

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March 4, 2024 | eSpark Contributor

How to Redefine Learning in an AI-Powered World

Imagine you’ve traveled back in time about 40 years and someone asks you, “What is the capital of Poland?” You [...]

An AI robot standing at the front of a classroom replacing the teacher

January 19, 2024 | Kelsey Jern

Can AI Replace Teachers? We Finally Know the Answer

Artificial intelligence’s meteoric rise isn’t slowing down anytime soon: in the words of one technology editor, “You thought 2023 was [...]

A simple image showing a timeline to represent AI evolution over the course of a year.

January 10, 2024 | John Jennings

EdTech Checkpoint: One Exciting Year of Generative AI Evolution

The exponential growth of generative AI has introduced new innovations, new opportunities, and plenty of new challenges. [...]