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5 Steps K-12 Schools Need to Consider When Moving to the Cloud

EdTech Magazine

Districts integrating cloud computing are able to tackle broadband and network capacity issues — one of the top three focus points for K–12 IT professionals — as well as enable educational benefits, including expanding and reinvigorating STEM learning programs. . Prepare Staff for the Cultural Shifts of Cloud Computing.

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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

Perhaps more importantly, in this scenario, schools remain in charge of decisions about student data privacy, about technology formats and platforms, and about how easily they can share, modify, combine, and enhance their content – with no inherent need to password protect it.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

Broadband internet access and cloud computing made it easier to distribute educational software once sold on floppy disks and CD-ROMs. Over the past decade, technological advancements turned education technology from a fringe to an increasingly mainstream market. Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable.

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Lightspeed Systems’ New ‘Digital Equity’ Module Provides Actionable Insight Into Students’ Internet Connectivity And School-Issued Device Health When Learning Outside of School

eSchool News

Address issues in real-time and save time troubleshooting school-issued devices with student-level data, including internet speeds at home, service providers and more. An extension of Lightspeed Digital Insight , the Digital Equity module takes the guesswork out of understanding how students are using digital tools off-campus.

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The top 10 school IT leader concerns

eSchool News

Annual survey outlines broadband, instructional materials, student data privacy as top among school IT leaders’ concerns. Broadband and network capacity is school technology leaders’ top priority, according to the results of an annual IT leadership survey from CoSN.

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5 ways to give teachers and principals more say in ed-tech buying

eSchool News

They’re charged with considerations like scale, compliance, and student data privacy. In most cases, district hardware and broadband infrastructure don’t support site-level decision-making or deployment. But technology is changing — as is the promise of what it can provide for schools, teachers and students.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

This leading nonprofit believes in the promise of digital learning opportunities and advocates for all students to have equal access to educational opportunity. Such opportunity requires high-speed broadband in every school and Education SuperHighway is working to make that opportunity a reality.