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Report Finds a Link Between Third-Party Access and Cyberattacks in 2022

EdTech Magazine

More than 50 percent of organizations reported a third-party data breach in 2022, and more than 70 percent found third-party breaches or cyberattacks in 2022 resulted from giving too much privileged access to third parties. The report’s authors note that while organizations…

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5 K–12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2022

EdTech Magazine

Educational technology trends for 2022 look a bit different. Districts with more than 1,000 students accessed an average 1,449 ed tech products online each month during the 2020-2021 school year, according to research conducted by LearnPlatform.

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Ed Tech Access and Competency Make Virtual Learning Options Equitable

EdTech Magazine

A mandate in Ontario, Canada, requires all school districts in the province to provide a virtual learning option to K–12 students for the 2021-2022 school year. Over the summer, families were asked whether they wanted their students to learn virtually or in person.

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How to Vet Schools' Apps for Student Data Privacy

EdTech Magazine

A December 2022 report from Internet Safety Labs confirmed that 96 percent of school apps shared student data with third parties, and 28 percent exposed kids to advertising. Here are some recommendations to support your school’s commitment to student safety and privacy while ensuring students have access to technology that…

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How to Solve the Cybersecurity Policy Whack-A-Mole in K-12 Education

EdTech Magazine

When an IT administrator in K–12 puts a cybersecurity policy in place after an incident, they could be responding to anything from a high-level ransomware attack to an amateur phishing attempt targeting emails for network access.

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What Is Third-Party Risk, and What Do Schools Need to Know?

EdTech Magazine

A LearnPlatform survey recently found that, despite concerns about known risks, districts accessed an average of 1,417 ed tech tools every month during the 2021-2022 school year. The top tools in many of the categories examined in LearnPlatform’s “EdTech Top 40: Fall 2022 Report” were Software as a Service applications.

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Search for America’s Top Young Scientist of 2022 Begins

eSchool News

Wednesday, February 3, 2022) – 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) are excited to announce that the 2022 3M Young Scientist Challenge ( #YoungScientist ) is now open to entries. Competition entries are accepted at YoungScientistLab.com until the April 26, 2022 deadline. . Paul, Minn. and Silver Spring, Md.

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