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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. It blocks ads and tracking and also anonymizes learners’ Google searches. This is increasingly important as school 1:1 device use becomes more common in classrooms with younger learners.

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In cybersecurity, balancing vigilance with access

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billion in 2021. It is particularly common for struggles between organizations that utilize the Google Suite verse those that use a Microsoft Suite. Most of us have had a situation where a Zoom, Teams, or Google call was complicated or failed due to one or both institutions involved having too tight of security.

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Attitudes About Homeschooling May Get Unexpected Boost From a Year of Remote Learning

Edsurge

Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey finds homeschooling rates have more than doubled during the pandemic. For more evidence of increased pandemic appeal, the Census Bureau notes that while national homeschooling rates grew rapidly from 1999 to 2012, since then they’d held steady at about 3.3 Two surveys make it look that way.

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Hunter Hobson Shares 15 Scholarships For Students Who Are Interested In STEM Careers

EdTech4Beginners

According to studies over the years, STEM jobs are growing at a rate twice that of non-STEM jobs. million in 2021. citizens who obtain doctoral degrees in science and engineering (S&E) disciplines. The Google Lime Scholarship. SWE granted almost 290 new and renewed scholarships worth over $1.2

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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

Hapara

In fact, a 2021 report on OER in K-12 found that “The number of districts designing their own curriculum is almost as large as the [number of districts selecting curriculum] from one of the top three publishers.” . Google Workspace. You can also directly upload files from Google Drive. Screencasting tools. Jupyter Notebook.

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Groundbreaking Educational Video Conferencing Platform InSpace Raises $6M in Seed Funding

eSchool News

Burlington, VT (June 8, 2021) – InSpace , a collaborative video conferencing platform that replicates personal interaction between students and teachers in virtual classrooms, today announcedthat the company has closed on $6 million in two rounds of seed funding. The funding is led by a $2.6 Educator Testimonials.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? | New York Times → Could it be that Google has become a natural monopoly by supplying an entire market’s demand for a service, at a price lower than what would be offered by two competing firms? By 2021, most of the student body should be in the system."

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