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Lightspeed Systems’ New ‘Digital Equity’ Module Provides Actionable Insight Into Students’ Internet Connectivity And School-Issued Device Health When Learning Outside of School

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Address issues in real-time and save time troubleshooting school-issued devices with student-level data, including internet speeds at home, service providers and more. An extension of Lightspeed Digital Insight , the Digital Equity module takes the guesswork out of understanding how students are using digital tools off-campus.

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The top 10 school IT leader concerns

eSchool News

Annual survey outlines broadband, instructional materials, student data privacy as top among school IT leaders’ concerns. Broadband and network capacity is school technology leaders’ top priority, according to the results of an annual IT leadership survey from CoSN.

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The Challenges of Easy Data Access

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Tactical student data privacy questions like “What can I do right now?” should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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Broadband internet access and cloud computing made it easier to distribute educational software once sold on floppy disks and CD-ROMs. Over the past decade, technological advancements turned education technology from a fringe to an increasingly mainstream market. Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable.

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5 ways to give teachers and principals more say in ed-tech buying

eSchool News

They’re charged with considerations like scale, compliance, and student data privacy. In most cases, district hardware and broadband infrastructure don’t support site-level decision-making or deployment. But technology is changing — as is the promise of what it can provide for schools, teachers and students.

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Get to the root of the edtech issues with three key questions

edWeb.net

Data can also show where programs may be contributing to student success and where the resources show minimal impact. Do you know if any of these applications violate student data privacy? Sometimes, even approved edtech tools may have an add-on that doesn’t follow your school’s privacy standards.

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5 Steps K-12 Schools Need to Consider When Moving to the Cloud

EdTech Magazine

Districts integrating cloud computing are able to tackle broadband and network capacity issues — one of the top three focus points for K–12 IT professionals — as well as enable educational benefits, including expanding and reinvigorating STEM learning programs. . Prepare Staff for the Cultural Shifts of Cloud Computing.