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Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

eSchool News

It reported one of the highest rates of ransom payment, with 47 percent of K-12 educational organizations paying the ransom requested. Here is some of the feedback we received and shared: “The E-rate program is vital to our organization and essential to student achievement. These organizations, on average, paid $2.18

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Understanding the legal implications of using web filters in K-12 schools

Hapara

CIPA requires schools or libraries eligible to receive discounts through the E-rate program to adopt and implement an internet safety policy. Restricting content that learners have a constitutional right to view is one of the cons of web filters in schools, according to the American Library Association.

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10 of the best K-12 sources for digital textbooks online

Hapara

Digital textbooks are textbooks that teachers and learners can access online or download to their devices. Core Knowledge is a digital textbook source that offers free textbooks online to download, use, adapt and share as long as you include attribution. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER).

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Resources for learning at home while we’re keeping each other safe

NeverEndingSearch

And, this may be the very right time to make sure we spread the word about both our own and our public library colleagues’ digital media collections. I no longer subscribe to print magazines because of my public library’s access to RBDigital. Checked out issues may be read instantly on the library site or downloaded to your app.

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Play Library Santa: Sharing gifts of digital media

NeverEndingSearch

This year, I’ve found myself giving many of them a rather unintentional gift–an introduction to their public libraries’ digital media collections. I no longer subscribe to print magazines because of my public library’s access to RBDigital. I propose that after dinner, we have some library fun.

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Best Websites to Help You Find Academic Books and Journal Articles

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Almost all of these tools provide extra features beside online search including, for instance, the ability to create personal libraries where you can save and organize your books, automated citations generation , social networking with other researchers, collaboration, and many more. Only you can see the articles in your library.

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Wi-Fi radiation: Practical steps to implement safer tech in classrooms  

eSchool News

In 2020, the New Hampshire State Commission on 5G released a Final Report recommending that cell towers be distanced from schools and that Wi-Fi be replaced with safer technology in schools and libraries. Teacher unions have passed resolutions and numerous resources are available to educate students on safer ways to use modern technology.

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