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Education needs to go back to school for cybersecurity

eSchool News

The year before the pandemic saw sky-high growth and adoption in education technology, with global edtech investments reaching €15.87 Many education institutions have their own bring your own device (BYOD) policies, while downloads of educational apps have risen by 130 percent over the past year. The growing edtech challenge.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Now, we know that edtech has been proven to improve test scores and overall classroom engagement. Will the cloud continue to reign? Indeed, $2.3

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How to Secure the Work-From-Home Environment

EdTech Magazine

Applying technical protections — such as setting strong anti-phishing on email and installing centrally managed endpoint security tools — certainly helps, but technology alone won’t top a good dose of quality, targeted end-user training and an easy-to-reach online help desk staffed for as many hours a day as the district can afford.

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How to bundle education device management

eSchool News

Technology has opened up endless possibilities in classrooms around the world. The pandemic accelerated the adoption rates of educational technology solutions. In some cases, demand far outstripped supply, leading to backlogs of requests for laptops, tablets, Chromebooks, and other school-issued devices.

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How to Secure the Work-From-Home Environment

EdTech Magazine

Applying technical protections — such as setting strong anti-phishing on email and installing centrally managed endpoint security tools — certainly helps, but technology alone won’t top a good dose of quality, targeted end-user training and an easy-to-reach online help desk staffed for as many hours a day as the district can afford.

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How to Secure the Work-From-Home Environment

EdTech Magazine

Applying technical protections — such as setting strong anti-phishing on email and installing centrally managed endpoint security tools — certainly helps, but technology alone won’t top a good dose of quality, targeted end-user training and an easy-to-reach online help desk staffed for as many hours a day as the district can afford.

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Purchasing Devices Does Not Equate to Learning

A Principal's Reflections

William Horton says it best, "Unless you get instructional design right, technology can only increase the speed and certainty of failure." Below are some lessons we learned after hitting the reset button on our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative in order to get it right that I captured in a 2015 post.