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How to make your school IT budget go further

Vizor

Schools should establish a device care policy that outlines the rules and guidelines for device care. ITIL is a set of standards and guidelines for managing IT services and processes, such as service design, service transition, service operation, and continual service improvement.

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Got Charge? Inside My BYOD Charging Lockers

The Daring Librarian

Last year I mentioned at the bottom of my Amazon Echo blog post that I was trying something NEW in our library, a BYOD Charging station. Until one kid had a beef with another and a tablet left on it's own over many class periods went missing. Using The Magic Words "Pilot Test!" It worked like a dream for months!

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Implications of the 2012 NMC Horizon Report for 21st Century School Leaders

The 21st Century Principal

Schools are implementing BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies that allow students Wi-Fi access using their smartphones. Instead, we need poliies and guidelines that encourage students and teachers to engage in the use of these tools. Tablets are the type of disruptive device to do just that.

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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

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Critical guidelines that can lead to successful and sustainable professional learning include specific content areas focus, opportunities for teachers to engage in hands-on learning, and professional learning experiences connected daily with classrooms. ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

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Leading a District Effectively During an Unprecedented School Year

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The priorities included having multiple scenarios for school openings and closings, based on evolving CDC guidelines and COVID infection rates, and continued development of the district infrastructure needed to handle them. Domenech identified key areas for leaders to focus on and highlighted some of the recommendations that had been made.

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Creating and Leading Equitable, Effective Learning Systems

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Step 2: Develop and Communicate a Districtwide Policy for Accessibility, Including Guidelines for Accessible Purchasing. Styles said that when developing and communicating guidelines for accessible purchasing, it is important to include students in the process. “We ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

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

edWeb.net

Yet, 1:1 classrooms, BYOD, and tech-supported education are today’s reality. On the school side, the students need to become responsible stewards of the tech as well and should be involved in setting guidelines for responsible use. Everyone has been to school and has their own image of what a classroom should look like.