EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Smith spoke to EdTech about his district’s student data privacy journey and how schools can easily shore up data privacy to stop staff from inadvertently oversharing student data. EDTECH: How did you get involved in protecting student data privacy for your district…

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 5, 2024

EdTech: Focus on K–12 talked with four experts about the NETP’s strengths, opportunities and key takeaways. 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.”

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

We put their synergy to the test with our EdTech game show:… Over the past four years, these departments have improved their communication skills and professional development offerings, culminating most recently in the development of their Portrait of a Graduate.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 6, 2023

Since appearing on the first Consortium for School Networking’s State of EdTech Leadership survey in 2013 as a low priority, the topic of cybersecurity has skyrocketed in importance to K–12 IT leaders.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In an interview with EdTech Managing Editor Taashi Rowe, Wrenn discussed the importance of the state partnering with school districts to fund technology and cybersecurity and how that helps her to enable digital teaching and learning across the state.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Episode 859: “ How to Use AI to Promote Equity Now “ Guest: Victoria Thompson Original Release Date: August 18, 2024 Link: [link] Book: Elevate Equity in EdTech by Victoria Thompson Meta Llama 3: The most capable openly available LLM to Date. Time Magazine. February 9, 2024. April 18, 2024. December 23, 2009.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2024

As a professor of educational leadership at the University of Colorado Denver and an EdTech IT influencer, Scott McLeod spends his days preparing educators to join a rare breed of K–12 principals and superintendents.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2024

Taashi Rowe, managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K–12… Paige Johnson, vice president of Microsoft Education, says schools should embrace this transformational technology as it has great potential not only for teaching and learning but also for back-end support.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2025

If youre wondering when the artificial intelligence wave will crash down upon education, the October 2024 release of the federal governments toolkit for AI integration, Empowering Education Leaders, serves as a bellwether for the state of AI in K12: a lot of talk but little action.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Today’s school buses are doing much more than just taking students to and from school. A growing number of school districts have begun investing in school bus technology to improve education or to enhance school safety and operate more efficiently, which can result in cost savings.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Panelists met to discuss some of the top challenges in education today and how technologies such as artificial intelligence can help K–12 teachers and students in a CDW Education webinar Oct.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Digital citizenship provides important lessons about how students should conduct themselves online. For elementary school students, digital citizenship means starting to learn what healthy screen time looks like and the basics of safe online behavior, says Kasha Hayes, associate director of onboarding and coaching for Digital Promise.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2024

As companies race to embed artificial intelligence in their products, Samsung stands out by taking a more thoughtful, learner-focused approach. I say this after recently getting a chance to observe a virtual demonstration of the Samsung Interactive Display WA65D, which includes its AI Class Assistant upgrade.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Many K–12 schools that operate in the cloud have different technology needs than they did when they made their initial investments. As organizations re-evaluate their cloud environments, they should consider the educational technologies they’re using now as well as the tools they plan to adopt and implement in the future.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Years ago, the IT professionals at Leander Independent School District handled device management all on their own. Today, however, that wouldn’t be the best use of their time. The main difference between then and now has to do with the district’s use of one-to-one devices. “We

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2025

A bit over a decade ago, some forward-thinking school districts began to transition their on-premises email to the cloud. Around the same time, Chromebooks popped up, and as more schools invested in one-to-one device initiatives, more students connected to Googles suite of cloud applications.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Nation-state adversaries and cybercriminals continue to launch cyberattacks at an unmatched pace across all industries, and the education sector is in their crosshairs. Education is among the most heavily targeted sectors due to its vast stores of valuable data and its comparatively weak security measures.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Ongoing training is a must-have in K–12, and teachers don’t get enough of it. In a survey of 1,200 educators by TPT, 68% of new teachers said they need more professional development.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As schools work to improve connectivity and close the digital divide, school bus networks can fill the void left by unreliable internet at home for millions of students.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As artificial intelligence stands poised to disrupt every industry in myriad ways, education has already witnessed a sampling of early impacts from AI and AI-enhanced technologies. The topic of AI’s potential in K–12 schools was discussed Nov.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

K–12 schools are No. 1, and not in a good way. Last year alone, the number of ransomware attacks on K–12 schools topped the number on secondary schools, hospital systems and governments.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Schools face significant cyber challenges. In K12, IT teams may be under-resourced, with limited budgets and personnel. Meanwhile, the shift to digital learning has expanded the attack surface, and most end users are kids, who may not be well versed in cybersecurity best practices.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Digital Promise has released “A Framework for Digital Equity,” a new resource for states, K–12 schools and higher education institutions. 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.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 10, 2025

The introduction of Gemini, Googles generative artificial intelligence tool, offers educators many opportunities to enhance their productivity via one of K12s most popular platforms, Google Workspace for Education. I have been using AI in my Spanish language and STEAM classes at Riverview School District in Oakmont, Pa., for several years.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

As the needs of K12 students change, and educators become more pressed for time, more school leaders should implement personalized learning. It challenges the traditional, one-size-fits-all approach and leads to a dynamic, student-centered learning environment.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Ruben Puentedura developed the SAMR model in 2010 to help schools integrate technology into teaching and learning. SAMR stands for the four tiers in this education model: substitution, augmentation, modification and redefinition.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 5, 2025

The integration of AI into tech tools has become inevitable, and augmented reality is no exception.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sharing artificial intelligence projects as an art teacher yields mixed reactions, Tim Needles said at FETC 2025 in Orlando, Fla.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Educational technology plays a crucial role in learning today, but with finite IT resources, school districts are looking for ways to standardize and consolidate their tech tools. This allows district leaders to streamline staff and teacher training, make efficient use of small budgets and minimize IT complexity across school sites.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2025

As K12 schools face mounting cybersecurity threats, states are stepping up with a wave of new laws and policies focused on offering them funding, training and IT solutions.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Schools faced more ransomware attacks than hospitals or governments faced in 2023, according to research from Emsisoft. Districts were targeted more in 2023 than they were in the previous two years combined. Because of the heightened risk, schools need tools that provide security directly to users without further straining IT budgets.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Before William Pierce began his career in K–12 information technology, he was a classroom teacher for nearly a decade with Jefferson County Public Schools in Kentucky. He has multiple master’s degrees in education, and at one point he considered becoming a school principal.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 14, 2025

Schools are frequently overwhelmed by the sea of information they must swim through when selecting an educational technology provider, whether theyre looking for hardware or software solutions. The result? Everything is a bid.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2025

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and the upcoming 2025 TCEA Convention & Exposition is no different as it takes on K12 professional development in a big way. This years conference marks 44 years of TCEA bringing educators, technologists and administrators up to speed on a cross-section of the hottest educational and technology topics.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2024

According to recent federal data, schools are still struggling with a shortage of teachers and other staff. An upcoming CDW webinar aims to provide solutions to help K–12 leaders bridge the gaps that result from having fewer staff on school grounds. Titled “Accelerating K-12 Education: Empowering Classrooms with Smart Solutions and AI,” the Nov.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security shared new resources to help keep students safe online this school year. DHS runs an awareness campaign called Know2Protect, whose goal is to help keep children and teens safe from online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA).

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

K–12 schools are entering an era of restricted budgets that require effective and sustainable solutions. Buoyed with ESSER funds, some schools have already exemplified thoughtful, sustainable planning through their investments and the positions they created within their districts.

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