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3 Ways K-12 Schools Can Improve Their Cybersecurity in 2019

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In particular, education institutions struggled with application security, endpoint security and patching cadence, according to the “ 2018 Education Cybersecurity Report ,” conducted by the information security company SecurityScorecard. Additionally, companies like Barracuda offer application security software and firewall appliances. .

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4 Tips for Controlling Shadow IT

EdTech Magazine

In fact, Gartner recently estimated that, on average, 40 percent of IT spending at companies is on shadow IT. It’s likely that in K–12 school districts, where IT is typically more physically and logically distributed than in the average company, shadow IT may be even more widespread. Educate Users on Shadow IT Risks.

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Using Social-Emotional Learning to Combat Digital Stress

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This edWeb broadcast was hosted Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec. She designs and delivers professional development for preK-12 educators that focuses on the implementation of Common Sense’s K-12 digital citizenship resources along with how to integrate technology into the classroom. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Silver Lake Acquires Majority Stake in Weld North’s Digital Curriculum Business

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For more than two decades, Jonathan Grayer has made a career out of welding educational companies. In 2010, he pooled his own money with KKR, a private equity firm, to launch Weld North , which has since acquired another 16 edtech companies (and invested in 4 others). Yet that’s not all.

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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Social Media

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Resource misuse: First, schools should survey their constituents (parents, students, community) about what social media they use. This edWeb broadcast was hosted by Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec. Symantec was founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenter.

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Four Steps to Help Students Develop a Healthy Media Diet

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Post resources, highlight successes, and create a place where students can report problems like cyberbullying. ” This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec. Symantec was founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenter.

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Top Edtech Classroom Tools

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Teaching Tolerance : An amazing professional development resource as well as a classroom tool, this is the place to go to tackle tricky topics like religion and race. This broadcast was hosted by Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec. Symantec was founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists. Excellent SEL.

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