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CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns

EdTech Magazine

Integrating technology into the classroom continues to be the most understaffed IT function. Twice as many districts that are seeking to create a one-to-one computing environment are providing the device versus using a BYOD strategy. Budget constraints are ranked as the top challenge for the fourth straight year.

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Mobile learning: The good and the bad

Neo LMS

It’s about mobilizing the learning experience, from being merely seated in a classroom discussing matters with your teacher or stuck with a laptop at home answering online assessments, to taking an assessment while in a cab. Mobile learning is about transforming how everyone can access shared knowledge and resources.

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Network Essentials for School Board Members

Education Superhighway

School board members play an important role in school districts’ ability to improve the level and quality of digital learning opportunities in the classroom. With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. School Network Structure. How to Fund Network Upgrades.

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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

edWeb.net

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. The IT staff support teachers in the classroom.

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FOLLOW THE MONEY: FUNDING INNOVATION

techlearning

Forsyth News Guilderland (NY) Central School District will receive $531,447 from the state’s Smart Schools Bond Act, of which the lion’s share—$498,723—will go for classroom technology, including buying new Chromebooks for each middle- and high-school student. In making its transition to online assessment, Delaware used this strategy.

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Calculating your school district’s bandwidth need: Network Essentials for Superintendents

Education Superhighway

It should be straightforward to count the number of district-owned devices, but keep in mind, if your district has a Bring Your Own Device (“BYOD”) policy or a guest network, many students, teachers, and visitors will bring one or more devices of their own to your network. View diagram.)

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

techlearning

They then met in person to decide which technologies will have the most impact in the classroom and deserved to be named Best of Show. ACER CHROMEBOOK TAB 10 ( WWW.ACER.COM/AC/EN/US/CONTENT/HOME ) The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 will be used in classrooms to expand and enhance student learning.