EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2022

On June 17, 2021, I got the call that every IT person dreads. Matthew Fields, now my executive director of technology, called me at 5 a.m. I received this call only 30 days after I took on the role of assistant superintendent of technology for the Judson Independent School District in Live Oak, Texas.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Science, technology, engineering and math classes expose K–12 students to science- and technology-focused career paths, which can lead to some of the most sought-after jobs in the market.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We see thousands of attacks of all kinds yearly,” said one respondent in the State Educational Technology Directors Association’s “2022 State EdTech Trends Report.” “In In 2021, we had nearly 1,000 distributed denial of service attempts alone.” Every day, school IT teams face and work to defend against cyber breaches.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Educators who rose to the many challenges presented this past year often did so with the aid of educational technology. Many K–12 districts adapted to new learning styles, sometimes more than once, as the year progressed.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Educational technology trends for 2022 look a bit different. In 2020 and 2021, educators pioneered ed tech tools for their classrooms at an overwhelming pace. In response, they are now seeing an increase in teachers and students who are burned out on technology.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

As of April, at least 14 states were requiring in-person instruction in all or some grades, and the 2021 National Assessment of Educational Progress School Survey found 77 percent of U.S. The return to in-person schooling is already underway. public schools with fourth and eighth graders were holding classroom instruction this spring.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

New York, NY — EdTech startup Pressto AI is thrilled to announce that Esther Wojcicki will be joining the leadership team as the Chief Academic Advisor. The platform-wide enhancements leverage the technology’s real time feedback and journalistic approach to writing, offering a modernized one-on-one approach to pedagogy in the classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

Experts say to expect more of the same this year and beyond as schools mull how to safely return students to the classroom and maximize technology — both in person and online. The coronavirus pandemic upended education in 2020, sending more students home to learn virtually and bringing new concepts such as hybrid learning to the mainstream.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 27, 2018

Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) spaces are popping up in schools all over the U.S., Across all industries, 3D-printing spending is projected to reach $20 billion in 2021 , an IDC report found. “3D Across all industries, 3D-printing spending is projected to reach $20 billion in 2021 , an IDC report found. “3D

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

In the long term, however, it creates opportunities to build stronger technologies that can reinvigorate the educational experience. Trying to adapt to learning environments that are both remote and hybrid in nature can create a lot of disruption for classrooms in the short term.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 1, 2022

The recent rise in educational technology has allowed K–12 students to become more connected than ever before, despite being physically farther apart. Additionally, the increase in technology has broken down geographical barriers that formerly determined how students could learn. In Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s 2021 Educator…

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

From sharing digital resources with teachers to helping students in research projects, librarians around the country have found themselves going above and beyond to guide teachers and students at all grade levels, including in their efforts to engage and educate using technology solutions.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In an April 2021 survey, 39 percent of rural residents reported that their children had some difficulty in using technology and the internet for online instruction.…

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2021

Finding technology tools and solutions amid the challenging year that was 2020 often felt like Mission: Impossible at times for many school districts. The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has identified its top three tech enablers as part of the next report in its Driving K–12 Innovation series, set to be released in early 2021.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 14, 2022

They are also outfitting dedicated physical spaces with technology to facilitate high-quality and engaging online education. One-fourth of districts surveyed by RAND in 2021 planned to run a virtual school in the most recent academic year, up ninefold from before the pandemic. Another quarter were exploring a virtual school…

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2021

The 41st annual edition of the Future of Education Technology Conference promises to look a lot different than the prior 40. 26-29, which gives educators and administrators a look at the latest trends in educational technology that can enable teachers and administrators to better do their jobs. The event will present important…

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The large-scale increase in network and technology use allowed bad actors new opportunities, which they quickly seized with phishing attacks and other attempts to exploit new vulnerabilities. K–12 Education Faces Growing Cybersecurity Concerns Across sectors, 2021 has been a banner year for ransomware.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2023

This is not a problem that’s going to disappear anytime soon: SonicWall's 2023 Cyber Threat Report found that ransomware attacks against K–12 schools in 2022 were up an alarming 827 percent over 2021. There’s been a major surge in third-party risk from applications used in schools…

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

Working against looming deadlines, The Lincoln Academy public charter school partnered with corporate and community stakeholders to build a STEM-infused K–12 program integrating tech throughout all grades, just in time to welcome its first incoming class in September 2021. The 115,000-square-foot charter school in Beloit, Wis.,

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Want to start an esports program at a K–12 school? Since then, access to personal computers and the internet as well as other advancements in technology have supported esports’ growth into a substantial industry with professional teams, high-stakes competitions, team sponsorships and more. by Snow White.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 13, 2022

There is a discrepancy in the types of educational technology tools that school administrators and teachers select, and teachers want more say, according to the results of a survey that ed tech company Clever conducted with 1,500 administrators and educators at the end of 2021.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

New York, NY — Within a month of its official launch, edtech startup Pressto has seen unprecedented growth. There hasn’t been a disruptor in writing in decades until now, and Pressto has found a way to implement this new wave of AI technology to help educators with writing instruction.”

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2023

Viraj Pandey is a 14-year-old from California and a 2021 finalist. Sarah Park is a 15-year-old from Florida and a 2021 America’s Top Young Scientist & Grand Prize winner. Moitri Santra is a 13-year-old from Florida and a 2021 finalist. Congratulations to each of the recipients of the inaugural alumni grants program!

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: See how artificial intelligence can help strengthen personalized learning in the classroom. A recent Gartner report predicts one in five workers will have some form of artificial intelligence as a coworker, and Forrester predicts by 2021 , automation technology will account for the work of nearly 4.3

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

More than ever before, teachers are turning to technology to support their learners’ scaffolding needs. Thompson began her career as a fifth grade math and science teacher and is now an instructional designer for EduSpark, a learning specialist for NCCE, an ISTE Ambassador and an EdTech Magazine 2021 Top 30 K-12 IT influencer.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Want to start an esports program at a K–12 school? Since then, access to personal computers and the internet as well as other advancements in technology have supported esports’ growth into a substantial industry with professional teams, high-stakes competitions, team sponsorships and more.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Want to start an esports program at a K–12 school? Since then, access to personal computers and the internet as well as other advancements in technology have supported esports’ growth into a substantial industry with professional teams, high-stakes competitions, team sponsorships and more.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Want to start an esports program at a K–12 school? Since then, access to personal computers and the internet as well as other advancements in technology have supported esports’ growth into a substantial industry with professional teams, high-stakes competitions, team sponsorships and more.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Want to start an esports program at a K–12 school? Since then, access to personal computers and the internet as well as other advancements in technology have supported esports’ growth into a substantial industry with professional teams, high-stakes competitions, team sponsorships and more.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2018

A recent report from Technavio found that revenue from digital signage in the education market is expected to grow 10 percent by 2021. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! They can promote activities to students while using the same technology to guide parents to the corresponding events.”.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

Most of the new rules will not go into effect until 2021. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Calculating Category Two budgets on a districtwide basis (starting in the 2021 funding year). This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

Most of the new rules will not go into effect until 2021. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Calculating Category Two budgets on a districtwide basis (starting in the 2021 funding year). This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Most of the new rules will not go into effect until 2021. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Calculating Category Two budgets on a districtwide basis (starting in the 2021 funding year). This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Most of the new rules will not go into effect until 2021. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Calculating Category Two budgets on a districtwide basis (starting in the 2021 funding year). This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2020

When Keith Price became technology director of Alabama’s Vestavia Hills City Schools in 2019, one of the first tasks he tackled was replacing the district’s aging video management system. The old system was an “antiquated version that didn’t take advantage of modern technology,” Price says.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2020

Reopening schools during a pandemic will also require new investments in technology — from thermal body temperature scanners to sanitation tools — and additional staff hiring. Many districts are also expected to spend more for technology upgrades and service if they continue with remote learning or adopt a hybrid approach.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 23, 2020

Reopening schools during a pandemic will also require new investments in technology — from thermal body temperature scanners to sanitation tools — and additional staff hiring. Many districts are also expected to spend more for technology upgrades and service if they continue with remote learning or adopt a hybrid approach.

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