Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 28, 2024

Howard Gardner, aside from or because of his seminal research in multiple intelligences, has been cited by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the one hundred most influential public intellectuals in the world. Pick one or more of these oft-discussed books, be it pedagogy or hands-on experiences, overarching or specific applications.

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EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As per TIME Magazine, there are currently over 15,000 claims filed against major PFAS manufacturers in the U.S., Plaintiffs in these lawsuits often include local governments, water districts, and individuals who have suffered health effects due to PFAS exposure. including DuPont and 3M.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

In 2023, she launched her podcast To the Classroom: Conversations with Researchers and Educators. Jen is best known for creating books and resources rooted in research that help make responsive, strategic, differentiated literacy instruction possible for all teachers.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2024

California Community Colleges are all in. From their annual Futures Summit on September 10 to their work with AI in fighting admissions fraud, the 116 colleges of the California Community College system plan to be front and center in the use of AI Technologies.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2024

This year’s K–12 IT influencers have been in their educational technology era since long before the Federal Communications Commission’s cybersecurity funding pilot, the revision to the National Educational Technology Plan or any other federal ed tech topics in the spotlight this calendar year. These fervent ed tech experts come from across the U.S.,

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

The numbers don’t lie. Compared with K–12 girls, boys are disciplined at higher rates and are more likely to be expelled than girls. Additionally, their test scores are lower, and they are less likely to graduate from high school.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

With rising cyber insurance rates, more stringent insurance requirements, tight budgets and slim staffs, K–12 school leaders cannot afford to make any errors with their cybersecurity strategies.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

The potential fallout from a cybersecurity breach is keeping K–12 IT teams up at night.

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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

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

JANUARY 30, 2024

Schools strive to give students experiences that engage them in learning and prepare them for their future. In today’s education environment, that often means incorporating technology into teaching and learning, resulting in K–12 IT departments looking for ways to sustain and advance their tech investments.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2024

Funding school technology continues to be a concern for many K–12 school leaders. And in Illinois, where there are many small, rural school districts that have minimal or nonexistent technology budgets, this need is even more pronounced.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Long gone are the days of overhead projectors and handwritten papers. Today’s teachers have robust technology at their disposal, and students have grown up in an increasingly digital world.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Safety is imperative in conversations today about K–12 education. Schools are looking for the best ways to protect staff and students from on-campus incidents. At the TCEA convention and exposition in Austin, Texas, presenters additionally took into consideration laws the state has put in place around school safety.

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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

APRIL 17, 2024

K–12 schools looking to adequately prepare students to participate successfully in a rapidly changing 21st century economy can no longer avoid artificial intelligence. There is an increasing consensus that teaching students to use AI is more than just a nice-to-have — it will make them competitive job candidates later in life.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 18, 2022

There is no innovation without innovators. This year, EdTech sought out the IT innovators and collaborators who are making meaningful changes in K–12 education. Their work is driving the next iteration of educational technology and digital transformation.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

While the IT needs of K–12 schools are always changing, it seems that the number of student, educator and staff needs has grown exponentially over the past few years. One major change on the horizon for how schools use data is through artificial intelligence.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

To help her audience better understand the earthshaking impact of generative artificial intelligence, futurist Sinead Bovell, one of the keynote speakers at ISTELive 24 in Denver, compared AI to electricity.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

There is a lot of conversation around generative artificial intelligence in K–12 education. Experts discuss whether it should be used, while schools contemplate how to incorporate it. However, all the talk around AI has yielded very little movement.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Esports programs are popping up in K–12 school districts across the country. These initiatives are supported by research into esports’ benefits and college programs that offer esports career paths, scholarships and communities. For some schools, however, starting an esports program can feel like an uphill battle.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 20, 2024

No, not everything at ISTELive 24 in Denver will be about artificial intelligence. However, out of the nearly 1,000 sessions being offered, organizers say more than 200 of them will focus on this groundbreaking technology.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

Vrain Valley Schools began closely examining its cybersecurity posture, its staff didn’t have the best cyber hygiene. Unfortunately, many teachers would take their keyboard and write their password on the back,” says Michelle Bourgeois, the Colorado district’s CTO and one of EdTech’s 2022 K–12 IT influencers.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

Even in its infancy, the metaverse has become a buzzword that remains a bit difficult to pin down. So, what exactly is the metaverse, and why is it such a big deal? Vriti Saraf, founder and CEO of k20 Educators, a global social learning community, explains that the metaverse is “a virtual version of everything you can do in real life.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 6, 2022

K–12 school districts invested in many remote learning devices for teachers and students to ensure continued education during the pandemic. Districts rolled out one-to-one device programs and opted for peripherals that supported remote learning. Of these, webcams and microphones were two of the most popular products.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

Cerebral palsy confined Mercy, a third grader at Jenks (Okla.) Public Schools, to a wheelchair and prevented her from speaking or fully participating in learning activities. That was until a team of teachers, therapists and technology staff worked to find a solution.

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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

JULY 10, 2024

Westminster Christian School CIO Omar Valerio is so focused on cybersecurity that he’s essentially turned his office into his very own security operations center. Two video displays mounted on his walls and four desktop monitors provide real-time views of network traffic and security monitoring tools that alert him to potential threats.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Marlon Shears has spent more than 20 years working on the IT teams for some of the biggest K–12 districts in the nation. He started out as a software engineer at Los Angeles Unified School District and then moved on to Dallas Independent School District, where he soon became deputy CTO.

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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

APRIL 12, 2024

While their approaches to artificial intelligence diverged somewhat during the closing session at CoSN2024 in Miami, the keynote speakers agreed that K–12 schools must prepare students for a future with AI.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Esports came to Modesto City Schools in Fall 2021 when two seniors asked administrators to unblock a gaming website.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Jefferson County Public Schools, a one-to-one district in the diverse city of Louisville, Ky., is on a mission to bridge the digital divide and train a generation to become good digital citizens.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

The average U.S. high school class has 30 students, according to research from the National Council on Teacher Quality, and while each student learns in their own way, practice and specific feedback are repeatedly shown to be effective in modern classrooms.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 10, 2024

After making headline news for falling victim to a ransomware attack on Labor Day in 2022, Los Angeles Unified School District technology leaders are speaking out. Because LAUSD is the second-largest school district in the country, with more than 600,000 students, the attack was a wake-up call for all of K–12.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2024

The role of instructional coach is a complicated position in education. It requires flexibility, self-reflection and a thick skin. Instructional coaches often work with the entire faculty of a school building — or, in some cases, an entire district.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 9, 2024

Nationwide, pollinators are in trouble. After years of steady decline, 2022 to 2023 marked a 37 percent loss of managed bee colonies in the United States, according to the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership.

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