Latest education updates from around the world
Tech & Learning Announces Winners of Best for Back to School 2026
The 2026-27 school year is off and running, and it’s already shaping up to be another pivotal year for education. While AI remains a massive topic, the biggest headline this fall is the screentime debate, hands down. Communities nationwide—including the country’s two largest school districts—are advocating for strict limitations and outright bans to reclaim screen-free classrooms.
Yet, if there’s one constant in education, it’s resilience. We adapt, we evolve, and we keep going because at the heart of it all, we want what’s best for our students. Instead of a setback, this heightened scrutiny around screentime and AI has […]
Ask for Resources in Gemini Notebook
Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) makes it easy to create resources. Just ask.
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Flex Page Size in Canva
Sometimes I need part of my design project to be landscape, but others to be portrait. You can do that all in the same Canva project.
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Unseen Reality XR Glasses Secures $1.2M in Successful Kickstarter
Unseen Reality took to Kickstarter last month to fund its monitor-replacing mixed reality glasses, URXR One. Now concluded, the campaign has officially garnered over $1.2 million.
URXR One aren’t birdbath-style AR glasses like you might have seen with Viture or Xreal, but rather a lightweight VR headset with passthrough video, similar to Quest, albeit one that isn’t a standalone device because it needs to physically tether to a laptop, mobile device, etc to work.
That said, URXR One essentially wants to be the slim and light display replacement […]
8 Takeaways From UNESCO’s New White Paper: The Algorithm in the Room
Artificial intelligence is quickly moving from novelty to infrastructure. In many schools and universities, AI is already shaping writing, assessment, tutoring, research, student support, and administrative decision-making. UNESCO’s 2026 report, The Algorithm in the Room: Seeing and Confronting the Implications of AI for the Future of Education, argues that educational leaders should resist treating this transformation as inevitable.
The more important leadership question is not simply, “How do we adopt AI?” but “What purposes of education do we want AI to support, and what should remain distinctly human?” In some cases, the broader conversation might […]
What is Calm and How Can I Use It To Teach?
Calm is best known as a meditation and sleep app for adults, but the platform also offers resources specifically designed for use in schools.
The idea is simply to give teachers easy ways to introduce short periods of mindfulness, breathing, relaxation, and reflection into the school day. Calm says more than 250,000 teachers are already using its resources.
That could mean starting the morning with a short mindfulness exercise, using calming music during independent work, or giving students a simple breathing activity when the classroom needs to slow down.
This aims to lay out all you need to know about using […]
Snap Announces New “anticipatory” AI Service & Apps for First Consumer ‘Specs’ AR Glasses
Snap today announced new experiences, services and partnerships for SPECS, the company’s upcoming pair of consumer AR glasses.
Snap’s big Specs livestream today wasn’t technically a launch event—they’re still slated to arrive in the US, UK and France later this fall starting at $2,195—although the company did give a little more insight into what sort of software its first pair of consumer AR glasses will have when it does eventually arrive.
Firstly, Snap unveiled Specs Intelligence, or what the company is calling its “anticipatory AI service.”
Specs Intelligence […]
Steam Frame Review – Power-user’s Playground
Steam Frame is finally here. It’s Valve’s second-ever VR headset, and a radically different product than its first. Did Valve pull off the vision? And, if so, who is Steam Frame for? Read on in our full review to find out.
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Steam Frame Review Summary
Steam Frame is a […]
Meta Reportedly Unveiling Next-gen MR Headset at Connect, Hologram-like Call Experience
Meta isn’t only rumored to unveil its next-gen mixed reality headset next week, but also a photorealistic “hologram-like” call function using its latest avatars.
Images of Meta’s upcoming Project Phoenix headset have already leaked ahead of Meta’s Connect developer conference next week, which strongly suggests we’ll be getting an unveiling there, taking place September 23-24.
Now, The Information reports that Meta is preparing a major demo of Project Phoenix which includes “hologram-like video calls.”
The demo is expected to use an advanced version of its photorealistic […]
Meta Reportedly Building Smart Glasses without Cameras Following Public Backlash
Meta is reportedly preparing a new slate of smart glasses that are ditching those pesky cameras.
The News
Zuckerberg previously teased a pair of smart glasses in May alongside the official announcement of Connect’s September dates.
Now, according to a report from The Information, those may be a new class of camera-less smart glasses, slated to ship this Fall.
Internally codenamed ‘Luna’, the glasses are expected to be unveiled at Meta’s Connect developer conference, taking place September 23-24, which is also expected to be the venue […]
I Tested The Best Free Plagiarism and AI Content-Checking Sites
Plagiarism is an age-old problem. Artificial intelligence-generated content is a very new problem. Yet these two practices—one ancient and one modem—are linked by their ability to replace true learning with copy-and-paste.
How I Tested:Plagiarism – Each site was tested using passages of 150-200 words on these topics: plagiarism (Wikipedia), George Washington (Wikipedia), and Romeo and Juliet (Cliffsnotes). AI-generated text – Each site was tested using passages of 150-200 words generated by Google’s AI mode on the following topics: plagiarism, George Washington, and Romeo and Juliet.
The word plagiarism, derived from the Latin plagiarius (“kidnapper”), dates back to […]
Are You A Smart Leader Or A Dumb One? (Hint, It’s Not About Your IQ)
I was sitting in a leadership session presented by a fellow author in leadership, looking back and thinking about the stark contrast between smart and dumb leadership. It’s sad for me to admit, but after 30 years in education and leadership, I remember poor leaders better than good ones. The memory of poor leaders failing to meet the moment—and their gross inability to build trust, loyalty, and teamwork—remains vividly stuck in my mind.
The problem has as much to do with there being too many poor leaders as their impact on us. Fortunately, I have experienced the kind of […]
You Don’t Need a VR-Ready PC (or a PC at all) to Use Steam Frame
Valve essentially considers Steam Frame a ‘streaming-first’ VR device, capable of directly connecting to your PC via a Wi-Fi 6E dongle so you can play high-quality VR and flatscreen games. But don’t let the RAMpocalypse get you down: you don’t even need a PC, VR-ready or otherwise.
Before I ever got my hands on Frame, I had already filed away the headset’s standalone experience as something of an afterthought.
It’s a wireless PC VR headset that can do a few extra party tricks (I thought). The headset’s Qualcomm Snapdragon […]
Everything You Should Know Before Buying Steam Frame
So you’re looking to buy Valve’s first standalone VR headset, the long-awaited Steam Frame? There are a few things you should know though before plonking down your hard-earned cash.
What is Steam Frame?
Let’s get this one out of the way before we get into the nitty gritty. Here’s the short of it:
Steam Frame is Valve’s wireless VR headset, largely seen as a successor to the Valve Index, a tethered PC VR headset released in 2019.
Valve Confirms Half-Life: Alyx is Coming to Steam Frame Standalone, But Not in Time for Launch
The rumors are true: Valve finally confirmed it’s creating a standalone port of Half-Life: Alyx (2020) for Steam Frame, although it won’t be ready at launch.
Valve finally announced Steam Frame’s price and release date, starting at $1,060 with shipping beginning as early as September 18th.
Amid the avalanche of news, Valve has also confirmed it’s officially developing a standalone port of the award-winning ‘AAA’ VR game, meaning you won’t need a VR-ready PC to play.
It’s not going to be ready for Steam Frame’s launch though, as […]
Valve Announces Steam Frame Price, Release Date, and Accessories – Pre-orders Now Open
Valve today opened pre-orders for Steam Frame, its long-awaited standalone VR headset, which finally reveals pricing info, official accessories, and release date.
Steam Frame is set launch at the following prices (inclusive of VAT where applicable):
- Steam Frame 256GB: 1,059 USD/ 1,529 CAD/ 1,049 EUR/ 889 GBP/ 1,609 AUD/ 4,539 PLN
- Steam Frame 1TB: 1,299 USD/ 1,859 CAD/ 1,279 EUR/ 1,089 GBP/ 1,969 AUD/ 5,549 PLN
Valve says it’s following a similar approach to how it handled Steam Machine pre-orders, i.e. it’s using a randomized reservation lottery to […]
A Better Measure Than Screen Time
Schools across the nation are being told to limit screen time. That sounds reasonable until you ask a basic question: What exactly are we limiting?
A student could spend 30 minutes passively clicking through a poorly designed program. Another could spend 30 minutes researching a topic, reading, collaborating with classmates, writing, or creating a podcast or video. Same 30 minutes. Very different learning.
It’s a little like calories — 300 calories of avocado is not the same as 300 calories of Twinkies. The number tells you how much, but not enough about the quality.
Screen time has the same problem. A […]
‘Moss’ Developer Polyarc Announces Closure Following “major project” Cancellation
Moss developer Polyarc Games announced it’s closing shop following a “major project” cancellation earlier this year.
Polyarc announced the closure in a LinkedIn post (via Good Virtual Reality), marking the end of an 11-year stint in VR game development, most of which was spent creating its VR puzzle-platformer series Moss.
You can read the full message below:
Today is the end of an era for Polyarc.
After nearly 12 years riding the joyous rollercoaster of emotions that is making video games, our time together has come […]
Linus Tech Tips Steam Frame Unboxing & First Impressions Leaks Ahead of Official Launch
Linus Tech Tips’ secondary channel ShortCircuit appears to have jumped the gun on publishing its first impressions and unboxing of Steam Frame, suggesting we’re truly now right around the corner from launch.
Valve’s first standalone headset is coming very soon, it seems, as the LTT side channel ShortCircuit mistakenly released its unboxing and first impressions video yesterday.
Entitled ‘Our first 30 mins with the steam frame’, the video was quickly made private, although some users had just enough time to grab the video and rehost it across the Internet.
Meta’s Next-gen MR Headset Appears to Have Leaked Ahead of Connect
Images of Meta’s ‘Project Phoenix’ mixed reality headset appear to have leaked ahead of its anticipated unveiling at Connect later this month.
The News
Serial leaker ‘Luna’ appears to have found video within Quest’s Horizon OS showing off the headset’s prescription lenses, which are apparently set to be released in partnership by Meta’s official prescription lens provider, Zenni Optical.
‘In Death: Unchained’ Gets New Season Starting This Month After 2 Years of Silence
Award-winning rogue-lite bow-shooter In Death: Unchained (2020) isn’t dead, at least not with a new season coming later this month.
The last actual update for In Death: Unchained was three years ago when developers Superbright announced it was releasing enhancements for Quest 3. After that, it was assumed the game was essentially in developer purgatory.
Now, the studio announced that come September 29th, In Death: Unchained is getting its Fall 2026 Season. Like seasons past, the game is slated to reset every leaderboard, although achievement progress stays with […]
‘No Man’s Sky’ Brings a Whole New Universe of Possibilities in Cosmos Update
Hello Games has released its biggest update yet to VR-supported space sim No Man’s Sky (2016), completely overhauling space itself.
At the game’s 2016 launch, space was admittedly barebones, offering relatively sparse interactions outside mining asteroids for fuel and resources, and occasionally encountering pirates or other ships. And while there have been 40+ updates since then, space always felt a little more empty than it rightfully should.
The game, which supports PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets, just got its ‘Cosmos’ update in celebration of its 10th anniversary though, […]
Preparing Students For Quantum Computing
Quantum computing could mark the next revolution in tech. Giants in the industry such as Google and IBM are making big investments in these next-gen computers, and industry is not alone. In June, the U.S. Department of Energy announced its Quantum Genius Initiative, which aims to develop and deploy fully “scientifically relevant quantum computing capability for research and development by 2028.” In July the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced Project Triad, an initiative that seeks to unify “three domains of quantum technology — sensors, computers and networks — in a unified, […]
TikTok Parent Reportedly Building AI Model to Rival Google’s Genie for Real-Time Spatial Video
TikTok parent ByteDance is reportedly preparing an AI model that could let you create real-time spatial videos similar to Google Genie.
According to a Bloomberg report, ByteDance is readying an AI model dedicated to creating real-time spatial videos, which the company hopes will act as a “flywheel” to its various companies, including video streaming giant TikTok and its XR hardware subsidiary, Pico Interactive.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the report maintains founder Zhang Yiming is personally overseeing the development as it nears launch as soon as next […]
Beyond ChatGPT: 5 Ways Teachers Can Use RAG to Help Students Find Better Information
Generative AI has created a new challenge for teachers. Students can ask tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini almost any question and receive a polished answer in seconds. The problem is that polished does not always mean accurate.
Large language models (LLMs) can produce incorrect information, misrepresent sources, and even invent convincing citations to publications that do not exist, which is why many educators remain understandably cautious about students using AI for research.
The better response is not to tell students to avoid AI altogether but to teach them how to use AI tools that keep evidence […]