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4 Ways to Get Started with Security

EdTech Magazine

Thu, 02/01/2018 - 09:51. And second, schools are inherently open environments, so districts try to open up network access to as many people as possible. Guests should only have internet access and should not have a path to any of the school’s financial or personnel systems. 4 Ways to Get Started with Security. meghan.bogardu….

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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Is technology outpacing you?

Ask a Tech Teacher

What technology does, and does quite well, is make learning materials more accessible, more equitable, more up to date, and better suited to individuals. Here’s why 2018 and 2019 are not the years you should feel like technology will roll over you like a steamroller. ” — RAND Education. You’re not alone.

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Ohio import of NYC community college program passed rigorous 3-year test

The Hechinger Report

The treatment was a multifaceted and expensive program that included not only free tuition and books for three years, from 2015 to 2018, but also a $50 a month stipend. Students were required to attend college full time, participate in a first-year seminar and meet frequently with an adviser.

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Video: How edtech connects

eSchool News

At SXSW EDU 2018, The Christensen Institute’s Director of Education Research, Julia Freeland Fisher, reveals innovative schools that are creating learning models that strengthen teacher-student relationships, and emerging edtech tools that promise to expand students’ networks to experts and mentors from around world.

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Video: How edtech connects

eSchool News

At SXSW EDU 2018, The Christensen Institute’s Director of Education Research, Julia Freeland Fisher, reveals innovative schools that are creating learning models that strengthen teacher-student relationships, and emerging edtech tools that promise to expand students’ networks to experts and mentors from around world.

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OPINION: Can Zoom classes keep students excited and engaged? We have found some ways

The Hechinger Report

NEW YORK — When planning an election-year trip to the Southwest border for our undergraduate political reporting class last spring, we imagined reprising an award-winning reporting journey we took to a rural swing district in Maine during the 2018 midterms. Related: With many schools choosing online learning how can we keep the music alive?

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