EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

At Hillsboro-Deering School District in New Hampshire, CISO Neal Richardson had a problem familiar to many K–12 IT leaders. “We To get the upper hand, Richardson implemented a cloud access security broker solution from ManagedMethods. For many K–12 IT teams, CASBs offer a way to get ahead of cyberthreats.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

Cybercriminals are becoming relentless in their efforts to gain access to critical school networks that hold confidential student and staff data. According to the K12 Security Information eXchange, over the past six years, there have been 1,619 cyber incidents in K–12 schools in the U.S. How can we reduce these attacks?

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In other cases, however, applications accessed and collected data that seemed irrelevant to their educational purpose. Savvy IT professionals in K–12 schools began investigating apps’ permissions and vetting the programs their users were…

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2024

Malvern, PA – Frontline Education , a leading provider of administration software purpose-built for educators in K-12, today announced the release of its inaugural “K-12 Lens: A Survey Report from Frontline Education.” We’re proud to announce that this report is just the beginning.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Adversaries have ramped up attacks on K–12 schools and universities, using ransomware and double-extortion campaigns to target institutions with vast stores of data but limited means to protect their critical digital assets. The education sector has a cybersecurity problem on its hands. Today’s schools fully depend on technology.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2024

Considering how long wireless technology has been available, most K–12 schools have probably already invested in some form of wireless networking for their students and staff. But older wireless technology was never designed to support the number of users found in a typical school building.

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As K-12 schools increasingly rely on online resources in day-to-day instruction, safety takes on new proportions. It helps prevent students from accessing inappropriate content while learning online and is administered by the Federal Communications Commission. Why are K-12 schools required by law to filter the internet?

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

As the school year began this year, the White House announced several initiatives to curb cyberattacks on K-12 schools. This was in response to a 2022-2023 school year that saw eight major cyberattacks in American K-12 schools, four of which caused classes to halt or caused the school to shut down for good.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

The Consortium for School Networking’s “Driving K–12 Innovation: 2021 Hurdles + Accelerators” report describes digital equity as three interrelated concepts: digital foundations, learning conditions and meaningful learning opportunities. Part of building digital foundations is ensuring students have access to connectivity and devices.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2022

Preparing students to explore and pursue these careers at the K–12 level can lead to more diversity in these workplaces in the future. To prepare students for these careers, K–12 schools must provide access to opportunities that allow learners to feel safe while building their tech skill sets.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In fact, K–12 education is now one of the top targeted industries. While K–12 education is a leader in cloud adoption, driven by the embrace of Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, districts often aren’t properly securing it. Students and staff collaborate on assignments, communicate with each other and access important…

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2022

“The greatest and most serious threat currently facing the K–12 sector today is cyberattacks,” says Fadi Fadhil, Palo Alto Networks’ CTO of the public sector and SLED Field Strategist. “At This is where SASE, or secure access service edge, comes in.” At this point, it is obvious that a shift in cyber strategy is needed.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

K–12 institutions face dual cybersecurity concerns: the need to protect student data, such as social security numbers, and ensure school-provided devices access only appropriate material.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2024

Let’s take a look at K-12 computer science trends and where computer science education is heading across the country: Who is a computer science educator? Fortunately, the skills students learn in a K-12 computer science framework are evergreen, and many of the changes within the field are manageable for the educators involved.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 8, 2022

Users may not like the additional validation prompts, but they understand the function and the need to verify access to sensitive accounts with something stronger than a password.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

These durable skills are critical for students during their K-12 years, in college, and in the workforce. Let’s take a look at the latest in K-12 coding education: What are the benefits of teaching coding? Why is coding in the K-12 classroom important? How are student benefited by learning coding?

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

But success on the job also relies on employees having access to a variety of technological tools, including software and hardware that support collaborative work, data searches and mobile operations in our 21st-century economy. Teachers in pre-K–12 school systems in the U.S. —

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

To effectively address student data privacy, K–12 IT leaders need to understand the legal requirements. It requires that schools protect the privacy of education records and give parents access to them,” says LeRoy Rooker, senior fellow at the American Association of Collegiate…

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

All K–12 school districts have some variation of content filtering in place. The school prevented students from accessing harmful content by blocking certain sites, keywords and search terms while in the building. They have to, to comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act. The pandemic added another layer to…

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2023

As notoriously short-staffed K–12 schools make the move to Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 6E to support additional access points on their networks, it’s a great time to turn to trusted external partners for help. Without a doubt, the successful upgrade of a school’s Wi-Fi will require extra hands, eyes and ears.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 22, 2022

Today, interactive textbooks, digital whiteboards and other tech-focused learning tools are in heavy rotation in K–12 schools, making continuous connectivity in the classroom a must.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 4, 2021

the digital divide, lack of access in rural areas, weather-related disruptions, overcrowded classrooms, understaffed school buildings, bullying, and many more. The post Innovating Beyond Avoidable K-12 Crises first appeared on EdNews Daily. But before the pandemic, there were already various challenges, both urgent and ongoing?the

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 1, 2022

The pandemic, which accelerated tech use in K–12 schools, also changed how that technology is consumed. Students are accessing more rich imagery and large video files as part of instruction. Today’s educators are using more applications to facilitate student learning in remote environments.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

As AI evolves to become an ever-present part of education, there must be a systemic imperative for K-12 school districts to cultivate an ethically-driven mindset. Questions for the district might include: How can we create AI usage guidelines that respect student and teacher privacy and ensure equitable access to technology?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Computer science has a wider footprint in schools than ever before, but there are differences when it comes to who has access to computer courses and who’s enrolling. While about 95 percent of students in Silver State have access to computer science, the report states that only 3.5 I like the challenge.”

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Even before the pandemic shifted learning online, schools had been integrating technologies to improve various admin processes, student onboarding, classroom learning experiences and communication methods. Once COVID-19 impacted the education system, teaching without the use of technology was simply no longer an option.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Though most schools already have identity and access management programs in place that provide IT leaders with best practices, processes and technologies to manage identities, modernizing an IAM program means moving beyond the technical operations to a more strategic function focused on educational objectives.

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Hapara

APRIL 21, 2023

Read on to explore the different types of web filters available for K-12. A web filter’s main goal is to block online content that internet users shouldn’t access and keep harmful malware from breaking into a network. When IT staff adds a URL to the allowed list, learners and educators can access that website at any point.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

Let’s take a look at how to safeguard students and block websites in K-12 schools. To block websites in K-12 schools you need a web filter. Why it’s important to block websites in K-12 schools. Under CIPA, schools must: block websites or filter learners’ internet access to inappropriate and harmful pictures.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It wasn’t just that students were starting to log on to the school network in Southern Florida from Germany, China and parts of the Caribbean, it was the dramatically different times they were logging on that made Phillip Dunn II pause. The Broward County Public Schools CIO vividly remembers the shift. “On

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Hapara

OCTOBER 19, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: The internet’s central role in K-12 classrooms gives students access to a wealth of resources for research and discovery. The best web filter for K-12 protects learners without slowing down network performance. Many are behind the scenes at the network level.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

How K–12 Classrooms Can Benefit from Robotics. This is especially critical in K–12 environments as millennials age out of the school system and are replaced by Generation Z. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how education robotics companies are invigorating K–12 learning. The STEM Robots Revolution Hits K–12.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 7, 2023

For group project work, they can access a teacher-provided playlist that integrates viewing selections. In a Quest Academy class, sixth to ninth grade students might choose between watching a video on a school-provided Chromebook, listening to a podcast or reading an article to learn about a new concept.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For K–12 institutions, it is frequently the personally identifiable information of minors that needs protection. Student addresses, health records and Social Security numbers are just some examples of the information bad actors could access in a successful cyberattack.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

We all think we know about phishing emails and how dangerous they are, particularly to K–12 school systems. In consent phishing attacks, bad actors use malicious apps hosted on legitimate cloud platforms to gain “access to an organization’s cloud services and data,” according to Microsoft.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2019

How K–12 Schools Have Adopted Artificial Intelligence. Thu, 01/03/2019 - 12:05. The ubiquity of AI across industries leads to two key points for K–12 schools. . First, K–12 schools should use current AI solutions to help with everything from classroom performance to network safety and monitoring.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Blending in Technology Boosts K–12 Instruction. There is no doubt that the marriage of online and physical classroom experiences is a boon for K–12 educators and students. MORE FROM EDTECH: How to keep accessibility in mind for the modern K–12 classroom. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 09/03/2019 - 10:08.

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