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23/09/2025
Digital well-being in the classroom: How’s life for children in the digital age?
The topic of digital well-being is at the heart of discussions regarding the new classroom landscape and the use of technology, whether in-school or at home.
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EmpowerED went through the latest OECD report 'How’s life for children in the digital age?' to identify key themes related to digital education and provide you with advice on what you can do inside and outside the classroom.
Read the EmpowerED 5-minute blog posts to get a quick look at the key takeaways from the report:
- Digital well-being: How’s life for children in the digital age?: What can you do about 3 key challenges in digital well-being – balancing the ‘real world’ and the ‘digital world’, combating digital inequality, and teaching digital citizenship?
- Navigating the digital playground: Balancing screen time and well-being in children’s lives: How does digital engagement affect children’s health and well-being, both in the classroom and at home?
- Empowering digital learners: The role of EdTech in equitable learning: How do digital tools transform learning environments and how can you combat the arising new inequalities and cognitive risks?
- Digital Citizenship for children: building safe, respectful and informed online behaviours: How can educators, parents, and policymakers foster digital citizenship?
Do you have time to delve deeper into the topic of digital well-being in education?
- Scientix® and EmpowerED participated in the School Innovation Forum 2025 event, which brought together policymakers and industry to discuss the topic of digital well-being. Read the report on the event’s parallel sessions to get a sneak peek at the discussions that took place in Lisbon!
- European Schoolnet® has published the ’Well-being in digital environment in school’ report, exploring how 20 education systems in Europe are addressing well-being in digital school environments. How does your country compare?
Go check out the other EdTech blog posts on the EmpowerED website!