Technology in U.S. classrooms is about to jump a level this year with research showing virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and gamification are set to be among the top education trends in 2023.
High-tech and game-related components are quickly becoming a new reality in classrooms, and some teachers are concerned.
Part of that is because it’s happening amid the backdrop of increased anxiety and depression in students.
There has also been a surge in problematic behavior since the return to in-person classes in 2021.
Students sit with their laptop computers at St. Joseph Catholic School in La Puente, Calif., on Nov. 16, 2020. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
Then there are plummeting grades to address. Test scores in multiple subjects and age groups in the United States reached historic lows in 2022….
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