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Educational Technology Innovations: The Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers

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Sponsored by ClassLink Through the Driving K-12 Innovation series, CoSN continues to share high-quality trend reports supporting emerging technology in K-12 education to transform learning. Learner agency refers to students as active choice makers in their education, reconceptualizing their role from “student” to “learner.”

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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

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Every two or three years, state and federal laws regarding accessibility in education change. However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. Highlights. Dr. Carol L.

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Best Practices for Securing a School District’s IoT Devices & Infrastructure

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As recently reported by Comparitech , a cybersecurity and online privacy product review website, global ransomware attacks against K-12 and higher education institutions— breaching over 6.7 million personal records—are estimated to cost over $53 billion in downtime between 2018 and mid-September 2023.

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It’s Go Time for 2022-23: Superintendents Want to Keep Moving Forward

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There are many elements from the past two years that educators are happy to leave behind. Digital equity is essential: Whether it’s bouncing signals off water towers or building new connections, schools need to make sure that every student has the same access at home and school. Weekly testing and contact tracing. Join the Community.

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Getting Whole Community Buy-in for 1:1 Technology Initiatives

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Yet, 1:1 classrooms, BYOD, and tech-supported education are today’s reality. The why, said the presenters, should always be about impacting students’ education. has been an educator for over 20 years and begins his 10th year as Superintendent of the Meriden Public Schools. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Benigni, Ed.D.

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Getting Stakeholders to Back the Edtech Budget

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Show stakeholders that when investing in technology, you need to examine all costs from the impact on bandwidth to teacher training and student-home access. Reach out to the business community to provide your students with internships, apprenticeships, and access to technology. Dr. Brubaker has CoSN CETL certification and a Ph.D.

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Transitioning Edtech to the Cloud

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But, they also saw a large number of resources being recommitted to just this one aspect of education: space for server farms, money for hardware and software upgrades, overworked personnel, etc. While the presenters named several reasons they chose to move to the cloud, their top reason was equitable access to edtech.

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