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Connecting their responsibilities to the organization’s strategic direction and providing training and support to ensure everyone knows what they are doing regarding equity, inclusion, and diversity is essential to students’ success in and out of school. ClassLink is ideal for 1 to1 and BYOD initiatives.
Anyone who collects or has access to students’ personal information needs training and resources on how to use student data securely, effectively, legally, and ethically in keeping with district policies and requirements. Data privacy training should not be a checkbox at the beginning of the school year.
One suggestion was having video training available during the summer so that staff can do more extensive learning on their own time. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.
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She has more than 25 years of progressive experience in K-12 educational settings with a background highlighted by professional training and achievement in the areas of education, product, and service management. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.
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With all of the discussion of data centers and outsourcing services, the presenter reminded attendees that they still need to provide staff with security training. We can do a lot of training, but if you forget to train that one person, that’s the way in for something to happen.”.
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Enhanced teacher training: Professional development has always been a part of edtech initiatives, but there’s a difference between leading small group projects within the same classroom and coordinating them between students at home. Some are also becoming de facto internet service providers as they try to provide WiFi accessibility.
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So for us, in terms of whether it’s changing the passwords or doing more training. What we do for training is we’re involving our HR…the cyber training has to become a part of the core work of the district…that it elevates the level of importance because we centralize it and don’t make it just an IT issue.”.
And, administrators shouldn’t neglect privacy training for non-classroom staff. Next, schools need to develop that same training for parents. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.
Don’t Forget the Training: Although seemingly obvious, each presenter reminded attendees that there should be ongoing tech training for students and staff. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.
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