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The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 14, 2025
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How Cloud Software Widens Student Access to Learning
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 6, 2023
They needed a way to give students access to applications that could scale rapidly, be accessed from anywhere and seamlessly integrate with one another. As more school districts implemented one-to-one programs over the past few years, they were faced with a challenge. The solution? Software as a Service.
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3 Myths About Identity and Access Management
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 6, 2024
But amid all of the change is a constant: the importance of identity and access management. As the threat landscape continues to evolve, so does security. IAM is a cornerstone of cyber resilience and security preparedness. But the longer it’s around, the more misconceptions about it arise.
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Learning Without Limits: Increasing Tech Accessibility in the K–12 Classroom
EdTech Magazine
MAY 24, 2021
And while a portion of this back-to-school reticence stems from safety concerns, a subset of students also found solace in the accessibility of e… Recent survey data from Echelon Insights found that 45 percent of parents would keep their children entirely online, if possible, while 22 percent of parents preferred a hybrid learning model.
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Keep Accessibility in Mind for Modern Learning Environments
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 11, 2019
Keep Accessibility in Mind for Modern Learning Environments. One way to increase the accessibility of classrooms is to remove any unnecessary distractions. If a presentation, assignment or class website is overloaded with clip art, unreadable fonts and other bells and whistles, students may find the information less accessible. .
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CoSN2022: Technology Supports Accessible and Inclusive Learning
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 13, 2022
Having devices only furthers education when students can access learning. With a focus on closing the digital divide, school districts are now working toward making the provided technology equitable.
Eye on Zero Trust: How to Implement Identity and Access Management in K–12 Schools
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 30, 2024
It is an evolving methodology in cybersecurity that governs user access to data and networks. Developed in 2009 by former Forrester Research analyst John Kindervag, the zero-trust security model revolves around the motto “never trust, always verify.”
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Getting Disconnected Students Access to Their Online Classrooms
EdTech Magazine
JULY 1, 2021
However, for many of our students back then, virtual learning was impossible; 39 percent of K–12 students had little or no internet access in their home. Four days later, the Ector County Independent School District began educating 34,000 children in a virtual environment.
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Breaking the Algorithm: How Flipboard and the Fediverse Empower Educators
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 27, 2025
Human-Curated Content: Tips for creating and managing your own professional learning hub to access diverse, relevant resources. An award-winning innovator, Coach Jeffery is an ambassador for ISTE and ASCD and has received honors from Microsoft and Corporate Visions Magazine. They go live on YouTube at 9 am Eastern on Mondays.
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Technology Offers K–12 Families 24/7/365 Access to Learning
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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13 Ways to Use Canva in Your Classroom
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 23, 2024
When Microsoft Publisher came out a lifetime ago, it was the first major desktop publishing effort to blend layout, colors, and multimedia that was accessible to everyone. Covers Cover pages add just the right amount of professionalism for reports, poetry collections, ebooks, a magazine, or any other project that shares curated knowledge.
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Helping Kids Be Healthy and Whole While Learning from Home
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 15, 2020
Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl – Bio as Submitted Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl is an expert advisor for the WE organization’s WE Schools program, which is accessed by over 18,000 schools across North America – with a special emphasis on social and emotional learning and mental wellbeing. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.
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How Effective User Lifecycle Management Keeps K–12 Data Safer
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Like many organizations, technology teams in K–12 are the gatekeepers that make it possible for students and employees to access the tools they need to do their schoolwork or their jobs.
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K–12 Schools Seek to Connect 12 Million Students Without Home Broadband Access
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 2, 2022
Despite the leaps made in Internet of Things devices and educational technology, a report by Boston Consulting Group estimated 12 million students don’t have adequate internet access at home. Without it, these K–12 students can’t connect to remote classes…
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A New Framework Helps Schools Tackle Digital Equity
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Digital equity has been a primary topic of conversation in recent years, as K–12 schools contended with students who didn’t have access to the tools and skills they needed for online learning. Digital Promise has released “A Framework for Digital Equity,” a new resource for states, K–12 schools and higher education institutions.
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How Identity Management Makes Schools Less Vulnerable to Cybercrime
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Identity and access management is one… Faced with sobering data like this, school technology leaders such as Neeraj (Raj) Kapur are placing identity management on the front lines of their cyber strategies.
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How IT Leaders Can Make Learning More Accessible to Students with Low Vision
EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Last month, Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface became available on Google Fonts. Created by Applied Design Works with guidance from the Braille Institute, Atkinson Hyperlegible is designed to aid readability for users with low vision. The font is named for Robert J. Atkinson, founder of the Braille Institute.
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What Is Identity and Access Management for K–12?
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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Next-Gen Firewalls Supply Detailed K–12 Network Access Control and a Big-Picture View
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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Linksys Wi-Fi 5 Outdoor Wireless Access Point Supports Learning in the Great Outdoors
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 30, 2022
Most elementary, middle and high schools have access to large outdoor spaces used for recess or sports activities. Some schools are making use of every available space, including nontraditional classrooms such as hallways and the outdoor parts of school grounds. The new Linksys AC1300 Wi-Fi 5 Outdoor…
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K–12 Educators Embrace Ingenuity and Adaptation to Prepare Students for the Future
EdTech Magazine
JULY 2, 2019
Others deploy monitoring tools to give students access to the latest digital resources, while also keeping them safe. Ryan has been a magazine and newspaper editor for 18 years, with the last 12 covering a variety of bases for CDW’s family of tech magazines. Some deliver hands-on experience in areas such as robotics and coding.
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Tools for Designing Awesome Graphics
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 9, 2019
I’ve learned to use free web tools to design headers on different social networks, graphics for books and digital badges, banners, flyers, parent newsletters, programs, digital magazines, book covers, logos, and more! The awesome part is these tools are free and offer access to awesome fonts, stock photos, frames, templates, and icons.
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369 E–Rate Updates Free Up Resources for New Classroom Technology Projects
EdTech Magazine
JULY 16, 2019
K–12 schools now have much more flexibility to fund projects, thanks to the Federal Communications Commission ’s recent announcement to make internet access a priority, combined with an increase to the annual E-rate cap from $2.4 It even provides hotspots to roughly 1,000 students who don’t have internet access at home. billion to $3.9
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Top 10 Ways to Give Back While at Home
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 15, 2020
Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl – Bio as Submitted Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl is an expert advisor for the WE organization’s WE Schools program, which is accessed by over 18,000 schools across North America – with a special emphasis on social and emotional learning and mental wellbeing. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.
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3 Levels of Connectivity K–12 Schools Should Consider
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
The increasing digitalization of education has put even more emphasis on internet access in K–12 schools , leading more school districts, nonprofits and government agencies to invest in programs and services to ensure each student is connected. . Characterized by bandwidth of 100Kbps per student and one wireless access point per 1.5
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Diving Deeper Into the Effects of Smartwatches on Kids, Schools and Families
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
With all the talk of the downsides of smartphones for teenagers, parents have looked to smartwatches as a way to stay in contact with their young children while avoiding the full internet and social media access of a phone. At least that was the narrative a couple of years ago.
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Wi-Fi 6 Access Points Expand Connectivity in K–12 Districts
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 1, 2022
Learning during the pandemic benefited from what many schools had already started to build: Wi-Fi-enabled environments with top-notch connectivity that could support all users, from students working in the classroom to physical education teachers out on the field.
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Equal Access to Computers Moves Entire Casa Blanca School Community
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 31, 2021
As soon as the boxes of laptops arrived at the homes of Casa Blanca Community School students, the phone calls to school leaders began. Now what do we do?” “How How do we plug it in?” Where is the ‘on’ button?”
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EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 15, 2019
Millions of students lack the ability to access the internet from home — a problem compounded by increasing expectations from educators that students do so to complete homework and research. . Fourteen percent of children ages 3 to 18 lack home internet access , according to National Center for Education Statistics data.
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How K–12 Schools Can Safeguard Student Data Beyond Graduation
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 13, 2019
When students graduate or transfer out of ZCS, they can access their Microsoft Office 365 accounts for 30 days, and their data remains active in the district’s Enterprise Office 365 for another 30 days. . School Districts Keep a Firm Grasp on Data Access. After that, most of the data is destroyed. “We by Tommy Peterson.
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Tech Teacher Appreciation Week May 6-10, 2024
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 6, 2024
Subscription Services to a tech-related magazine or online learning platform where they can further develop their skills. Books on the latest trends in educational technology, pedagogical strategies for integrating technology into the classroom, or biographies of tech pioneers.
How the Internet of Things May Change K–12 Culture
EdTech Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2018
This reduces labor costs while allowing IT departments to oversee both systems with one dashboard, according to an article in EdTech magazine. To protect IoT devices, IT professionals should limit bandwidth access and employ user verification — similar to how they secure other technology.
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Review: Okta Grants Access to Necessary Apps for Authorized Schools Anywhere
EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
There’s a common misconception that increased security must come at the expense of productivity. This can seem especially true in K–12 classrooms, where students can easily forget passwords for multiple applications, bringing learning to a halt and turning teachers into help desk technicians.
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Graphic Design for Educators
The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 7, 2022
You’ll get access to activities, strategies, and tools to improve the four domains of wellness. And this is very interesting. Look at Magazine Covers for Modern Color Palettes I always think magazines, if you go just to the magazine bracket, Barnes and Noble, or wherever, still sells magazines, look at the magazines.
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Display Technology Enhances the Student Experience in the Classroom and Beyond
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Schools now have access to digital signage and mobile displays that can transform the way messages are sent and received, enabling K–12 leadership to send real-time communication for everyone in the building to see. In an age of digital everything, long gone are the days of posters and corkboards in the hallway.
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5 Ways K–12 Schools Can Get the Most Out of a Cloud Assessment
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
But the shift highlights how modern K–12 schools are dependent on network-accessed apps and data for learning and administration purposes. Parents of a certain age have had to adapt to their kids doing most of their homework on a Chromebook instead of on paper.
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Highlight Incredible Learning with a Newsletter
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 7, 2020
You will have to sign up for a free account to access and edit the templates. Tools to Create a Newsletter. The following tools offer freemium accounts for educators to design a beautifully designed newsletter. These tools come with example templates you can easily edit. Click Use Template to copy and edit.
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Wi-Fi 6E Access Points: Why the Aruba 635 Makes Sense for Schools
EdTech Magazine
MAY 14, 2024
For many schools coming into a purchase year in their three- to five-year refresh cycles for wireless access points, the improvements delivered by Wi-Fi 6E are significant and quite attractive. Wi-Fi 6E was the first standard to take advantage of the wide-open space provided by this new wireless spectrum.
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K-12 Districts Keep Students Safe with Web Filters and Monitors
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 25, 2019
As the technology director at Harpeth Hall, Justin Dover works to provide a layer of safety for students’ internet access. Chris Hayhurst is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Usually, this monitoring occurs in the background , and reports are delivered only when a teacher or parent requests them.
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Gale and Utah State Library Partner to Provide Residents Free Access to New Digital Resources
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Utah State Library has partnered with Gale , part of Cengage Group, to provide Utahs more than 3 million residents with free access to Gale digital resources. Many of our rural areas have limited access to library services. With a library card, Utah residents can access Gales digital resources 24/7 from anywhere and on any device.
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Summer Reading Online
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 19, 2023
Once you find a book, you access a scanned version (if available, say from Project Gutenberg) or purchase it at a linked bookstore. Access this catalog via the website. Access this collection via the website. Kindle –read ebooks, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on an easy-to-use interface.
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Educators Wrestle with the Real-Life Applications of New K–12 Federal Policy Document
EdTech Magazine
JULY 5, 2024
Department of Education released the nation’s signature educational technology policy document — “2024 National Educational Technology Plan: A Call to Action for Closing the Digital Access, Design and Use Divides.” EdTech: Focus on K–12 talked with four experts about the NETP’s strengths, opportunities and key takeaways.
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How to Tell Whether VDI or App Virtualization is Right For Your School
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Virtualization allows IT teams to streamline remote device management, and it helps to ensure all students can access the resources they need to succeed. Through VDI, students can access the full desktop experience, or IT teams can use app virtualization to target specific applications…
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What Is Universal Design for Learning in Today’s Education Environment?
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 10, 2022
They make the world accessible to a variety of people and they make everyday life easier for everyone. In education, students should have access to learning that meets their needs and makes their lives easier in the same way. The Universal Design for Learning framework supports learning for all students.
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