EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2020

School districts can’t afford to lag behind, especially with the coronavirus pandemic spotlighting gaps in technology access, adoption and security during remote learning. Learn more by downloading the full report: “IT Investment Priorities and Realities.” Yet budget remains a top concern for educational leaders across the country.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2020

School districts can’t afford to lag behind, especially with the coronavirus pandemic spotlighting gaps in technology access, adoption and security during remote learning. Learn more by downloading the full report: “IT Investment Priorities and Realities.” Yet budget remains a top concern for educational leaders across the country.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2020

School districts can’t afford to lag behind, especially with the coronavirus pandemic spotlighting gaps in technology access, adoption and security during remote learning. Learn more by downloading the full report: “IT Investment Priorities and Realities.” Yet budget remains a top concern for educational leaders across the country.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2020

School districts can’t afford to lag behind, especially with the coronavirus pandemic spotlighting gaps in technology access, adoption and security during remote learning. Learn more by downloading the full report: “IT Investment Priorities and Realities.” Yet budget remains a top concern for educational leaders across the country.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2019

Others deploy monitoring tools to give students access to the latest digital resources, while also keeping them safe. One interesting finding from the WEF’s “ The Future of Jobs Report 2018 ” is that future workers may put a premium on different skills. Some deliver hands-on experience in areas such as robotics and coding.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl – Bio as Submitted Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl is an expert advisor for the WE organization’s WE Schools program, which is accessed by over 18,000 schools across North America – with a special emphasis on social and emotional learning and mental wellbeing. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The increasing digitalization of education has put even more emphasis on internet access in K–12 schools , leading more school districts, nonprofits and government agencies to invest in programs and services to ensure each student is connected. . Characterized by bandwidth of 100Kbps per student and one wireless access point per 1.5

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2019

For IT staff and administrators, the work of ensuring all students have equal access to the internet , and to technology that is now standard for modern classrooms, is complex. . Districts also need to address factors that prevent students from completing assignments outside of school — namely, poor internet access. . by Wylie Wong.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 18, 2023

According to PowerSchool’s 2022 Education Focus Report, 46 percent of educators say that juggling multiple digital tools was one of their top challenges. This concern is reflected in another data point from the same report: In a given month, teachers accessed an average of 148…

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Students can practice persuasive writing, comprehension, and typing skills by completing reviews, reports, and reading logs online. Once you find a book, you access a scanned version (if available, say from Project Gutenberg) or purchase it at a linked bookstore. Access this catalog via the website.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

Cybercriminals are becoming relentless in their efforts to gain access to critical school networks that hold confidential student and staff data. According to the K12 Security Information eXchange, over the past six years, there have been 1,619 cyber incidents in K–12 schools in the U.S. How can we reduce these attacks?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl – Bio as Submitted Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl is an expert advisor for the WE organization’s WE Schools program, which is accessed by over 18,000 schools across North America – with a special emphasis on social and emotional learning and mental wellbeing. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2019

Millions of students lack the ability to access the internet from home — a problem compounded by increasing expectations from educators that students do so to complete homework and research. . Fourteen percent of children ages 3 to 18 lack home internet access , according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

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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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The “education system is evolving at an unprecedented rate, and making effective edtech investments will be critical in the year ahead,” according to a recent report by Promethean. Here are key findings from their report. Yet there are remaining challenges that need to be addressed. school administrators and teachers.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2019

The cloud-based platform makes it easy to filter inappropriate content on all devices , Dover says, and to receive detailed reports on student searches and site visits. As the technology director at Harpeth Hall, Justin Dover works to provide a layer of safety for students’ internet access. by Chris Hayhurst.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: About 20 years ago, I had a transformative reporting experience when I was assigned to “shadow” a 4-year-old named Jaylen at a Milwaukee preschool.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

When they transitioned to remote learning during the pandemic, many K–12 schools encountered challenges trying to ensure all students could access course materials and instruction.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2022

While previous reports found that remote learning resulted in learning disruptions in K–12, it turns out that the quality of technology students have access to plays a significant role in online learning outcomes.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

The Consortium for School Networking’s “Driving K–12 Innovation: 2021 Hurdles + Accelerators” report describes digital equity as three interrelated concepts: digital foundations, learning conditions and meaningful learning opportunities. Part of building digital foundations is ensuring students have access to connectivity and devices.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A new report from national education nonprofit Project Tomorrow says adding mobile devices to the classroom provides students with equity, empowerment and a better understanding of complex concepts. Drawing on the data gathered, Evans points to three key ideas to take away from the report: . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In 2019, Education Week reported that one in five learners with significant ADHD don’t get the help they need in school. According to ADDitude Magazine , “Executive functioning develops more slowly in students with ADHD. This makes it more challenging for those with ADHD to use executive functioning skills to make academic progress.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The “education system is evolving at an unprecedented rate, and making effective edtech investments will be critical in the year ahead,” according to a recent report by Promethean. Here are key findings from their report. Yet there are remaining challenges that need to be addressed. school administrators and teachers.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

News and World Report estimated that families spend between $1,000 and $3,000 per college visit, depending on the proximity of the institution. In most cases, these tours require only a device and an internet connection, which most of today’s students can access. For others, it’s a practical impossibility. Virtual Tours Make More…

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Reports went to an assistant principal or dean at each school, on to the child’s counselor, and then the parents were contacted, all very rapidly,” says Lenon Harvey, PCSD’s director of information services. What responsibility do you have to report students’ online behavior to parents? How do you determine what you filter and flag?

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A recent study shows that some students may have started the school year as much as a full grade behind in math , while many still lack full access to high-speed internet, a device , and the guidance needed to use them. Reading materials can include print or digital books, graphic novels, magazines, and online articles.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 27, 2018

Across all industries, 3D-printing spending is projected to reach $20 billion in 2021 , an IDC report found. “3D They don’t run until the door is closed, so there is no access to the hot mechanisms during the job,” Faust says. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Learn from 3D Printing Messes.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

News and World Report list of the nation’s top colleges (it could even lead to a fall on that list). And that puts colleges into the uncomfortable position of having to choose between prestige and access. The report points to Georgia State University as “a national model for graduating more low- and moderate-income students.”

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation fund a series of research reports called Teachers Know Best. In 2015 they released a interesting report titled What Educators Want from Digital Instructional Tools 2.0 , that sought out 3100 educators to establish the state of technology integration across K12. Making a spreadsheet. Conclusion.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The “education system is evolving at an unprecedented rate, and making effective edtech investments will be critical in the year ahead,” according to a recent report by Promethean. Here are key findings from their report. Yet there are remaining challenges that need to be addressed. school administrators and teachers.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The latter are valuable, Abshire said, because the majority of parents don’t keep a close eye on their children’s credit reports for suspicious activity. “By Security breaches are situations in which someone gains intentional, unauthorized access to district data. Too often, Abshire said, “data is too accessible by too many people.”.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2018

Bringing IoT into schools maintains connectivity for students and teachers during the day, through both personal devices and classroom tools like smartboards, Kellie Wilks, chief technology officer of Ector County Independent School District , TX, told EdTech magazine at the ISTE 2018 conference. . “If by Eli Zimmerman. “If by Eli Zimmerman.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2023

I recently stumbled upon a post from Time Magazine that showcased the 200 best inventions of 2023. Think about how much easier it would be for teachers and students to generate custom visual aids, whether for lesson plans, presentations, or reports. Best AI tools of 2023 are the the topic of our blog post today!

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2018

In response, America’s Promise Alliance , the Aspen Institute’s Education and Society Program and the Council of Chief State School Officers have issued a report to help school districts address these equity issues. “We Accessibility Through Online Learning Programs. Some districts have already begun to create these types of networks.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 27, 2019

A version of this post was originally published in Teach Secondary Magazine , July 2019. According to The Smart Audio Report from NPR and Edison Research from 2018, more than two in 10 American consumers own an Amazon Echo. Whether you love it or hate it, technology is here to stay — and continuously change our lives.

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