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How Identity Management Makes Schools Less Vulnerable to Cybercrime

EdTech Magazine

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

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4 Surprising Benefits of Gaming for K–12 Students

EdTech Magazine

It’s all about creativity and collaboration,” says Ron Pirayoff, director of secondary education for Saddleback Valley USD. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Those are tenets that we’re trying to support every day in all of our subject areas. I look at esports as a vehicle for engaging kids.

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TCEA 2025: Could Leasing Help Schools Meet Budget Challenges?

EdTech Magazine

K12 budgets across the nation continue to shrink as support from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund comes to an end, so a conversation about ed tech funding is timely. Its about making sure that students and teachers have what they need to prepare them to thrive in the 21st century.

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Capitalize on Blended Funding and Critical Funding Periods

EdTech Magazine

With Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding gone and continued uncertainty about what federal funding will look like going forward, K12 IT leaders may feel stuck in a holding pattern. But while its too soon to tell how federal funding will evolve, schools dont have to wait passively.

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TCEA 2024: Planning and Administrator Support Are Necessary to Sustain Devices

EdTech Magazine

The last bucket of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding expires in September. The funding cliff is looming over K–12 school districts this year. For some schools, this means scrambling to find ways to sustain the technology they purchased during the pandemic.

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5 K–12 Ed Tech Trends to Follow in 2024

EdTech Magazine

Affecting many schools’ budgets this year, the final round of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding expires in September. School IT administrators need to be ready to adapt as numerous shifts at the federal level create impacts throughout the education landscape.

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Refreshing Your Devices? Here’s What You Need to Know!

EdTech Magazine

K–12 IT leaders must reflect on what we learned during that time and use that knowledge to guide our approach to refreshing our districts’ devices, especially with the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund cliff approaching.

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