EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The education sector is no exception to the ever-present threat of cyberattacks and data breaches. 1 thing the bad actors are going after is data,” says Fadi Fadhil, field CTO for Palo Alto Networks and… K–12 schools in particular are increasingly targeted by malicious actors seeking financial gain and disruption.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Many K–12 organizations and districts lose essential data due to ineffective planning. They suffer when unexpected malware, ransomware, weather events and other mishaps occur that require a cogent data restoration procedure.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 15, 2024

For over 20 years, Fulton County Schools in Atlanta provided an annual “balanced scorecard” to stakeholders in a PDF format that included point-in-time data from all areas of the organization. So, we went looking for a comprehensive data analytics solution, and soon it became clear that Microsoft’s Power BI was the best choice for us.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A lot of attention goes into protecting data. K–12 IT teams ponder cybersecurity, disk arrays, cloud availability zones and bandwidth to keep their schools’ data flowing. And are they sure they can actually restore a school’s data when the need arises? But do they give backup systems the attention they deserve?

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Data is becoming the lifeblood of many schools. District and IT leaders are using data from these platforms to gain insights into their staff, students and operations. But what if the data that fuels these insights suddenly becomes unavailable? They can’t afford to have their data down for…

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

By the Editorial Team at (ET) Magazine This is something school districts have talked about for years. And if there was a company that could simply […] The post Is Hands Off Data Best for Districts first appeared on EdNews Daily. They have dreamed about it. They have danced around it. They have spent billions to warehouse it.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 13, 2023

Schools store, handle and transmit some of the most sensitive data that exists about people, including grades, health status, addresses, Social Security numbers and even financial information.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Modernizing K–12 data infrastructure to enhance efficiency, agility and robustness becomes mission critical with limited IT resources. The use of cloud-based technology in schools has grown more complex and widespread, giving way to various methods to protect private student data in the cloud.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 13, 2019

How K–12 Schools Can Safeguard Student Data Beyond Graduation. So, what happens to the pile of data high school students leave behind when they graduate? Federal, state and district mandates dictate graduates’ data receive the same oversight and privacy protection required throughout their K–12 education. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 12, 2019

When students design an infographic they visualize data and present their research in a dynamic way. They can use icons, charts, shapes, stylized fonts, borders, photos, and more to make data more engaging and understandable. In addition to infographics, students can create magazines, flyers, greeting cards, and more.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2023

Use student data to personalize learning: The concept isn’t new. The number of times children raise their hands in class is data; the percentage of students who missed the same question on a test is data. Where technology now plays a role is in scaling the use of data.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Many K–12 districts are not using data analytics tools, which is not to say they shouldn’t be. Good data analytics solutions don’t simply churn out data for IT leaders to analyze and interpret, they give IT administrators visibility into their systems.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the digital education landscape, modern technology collects a large amount of data. While it’s important to protect student data, it’s also important to note that there is more digital data available to educators than ever before.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 11, 2022

Both IT leaders take a proactive approach to online security, emphasizing the importance of protecting student data and school networks. Vrain Valley Schools, and Tim Tillman, CTO at Chesterfield County Public Schools in Virginia, share their strategies for improving cybersecurity in their districts.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

When students design an infographic they visualize data and present their research in a dynamic way. They can use icons, charts, shapes, stylized fonts, borders, photos, and more to make data more engaging and understandable. In addition to infographics, students can create magazines, flyers, greeting cards, and more.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

He understood that instructors were racing to bridge the gap between school and home to keep student learning on track, but in the back of his mind, a question lingered: What impact would these new resources have on student data privacy? “We Teachers might be able to use an application at no cost…

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Data storage is critical to modern education, particularly in K–12 schools. With the increasing use of technology in the classroom, the amount of data being generated and stored is growing rapidly, and that brings an issue schools must consider: bit rot.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 17, 2023

“School systems are swimming in valuable data that potentially could be used to support students,” says Susan Bearden, former director of digital programs for InnovateEDU, a nonprofit educational organization that is home to the data advocacy group Project Unicorn.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Parents and guardians of K–12 students are rather aware and concerned about student data privacy, but a majority are lacking specific information from their schools. However, the same report shows that less than half of parents (4 in 10) say their child’s school has discussed with them how it protects student data.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

However, despite the widespread use of cloud tools in K–12 education, only 23 percent of respondents are “very concerned” about data breaches or leaks, the…

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

To effectively address student data privacy, K–12 IT leaders need to understand the legal requirements. The main federal statute guiding student data privacy is FERPA, which stands for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The notion that “every company is a data company” is so widely accepted that it’s almost a cliché. Still, many organizations continue to struggle even to inventory and organize their data, much less leverage it in a way that helps them to arrive at transformative insights.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Data analytics tools may be the answer to questions that IT leaders are only beginning to ask in K–12 education. There’s a further benefit to these analytics tools: helping K–12 educators evaluate the impact of their chosen digital solutions and manage their virtual and in-person classrooms.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2022

The TLE Seal is awarded to K–12 districts that meet the requirements within CoSN’s framework for protecting student data privacy. KEEP READING: Discover the three…

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As systems continue to evolve, it is crucial that data security strategy advances at the same speed. This means ensuring watertight protection of educational data against one of the most common forms of attack: ransomware. If schools took proactive precautions, such face-offs might never be necessary.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

It achieved these increases by taking a closer look at its student data, with the help of Randall Sampson. The Ohio high school additionally saw a 35 percent increase in students’ scores on AP exams rising from 3 to 4. Sampson was an administrator at Westerville City School District at the time. Now, he works as the chief curation…

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The national K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center reported 408 publicly disclosed cyber incidents in 2020, including student and staff data breaches, malware outbreaks, denial of service attacks, phishing attacks and other social engineering scams. That’s an 18 percent increase from 2019, according…

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2023

Plus, managing a traditional data center is not exactly easy. When it was time for New Albany–Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. in Indiana to upgrade its aging server and storage hardware, it could have purchased another server and storage area network. So, NAFCS decided to explore the latest technology.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments. When it comes to assessing student knowledge levels, data has empowered more schools to choose formative assessments versus summative assessments. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 10/16/2018 - 11:44.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2020

But there’s another need that K–12 administrators should also prioritize, experts say: data privacy. Most of these technology systems are in the cloud , and there is data being transferred back and forth, so that piece of the puzzle has to be fortified and secured.”.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

Data Interoperability Looms Large as Districts Pursue Innovation and IT Savings. Until now, data integration at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools required IT staff to manage point-to-point data integrations, with 40 data extracts to schedule and run each night. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 01/08/2019 - 16:29.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

IT Shops Strike Partnerships to Make Data Center Overhauls More Efficient. The HVAC unit in the suburban Sacramento district’s data center was at the end of its life, and maintenance was constantly repairing outages and system failures. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how your school can avoid these common data center mistakes.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

It’s impossible to put a value on the data K–12 districts collect and store, so it’s important to treat it as an asset and defend it with the protection it deserves. Whether stored on-premises, in the cloud or with a hybrid strategy, data is always vulnerable to attack.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As data transforms educational processes, it’s easy to forget what the alternative looks like. Without data — and a culture that facilitates data-driven insights — decisions may be based on opinion, assumption or speculation.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

They’re targeting a rich cache of data and IT resources. Cyberattacks on our nation’s K–12 schools are on the rise. Since 2016, there have been 1,180 cyber-related incidents in K–12 public schools, and this number continues to grow. With the shift to online and hybrid learning, schools have found themselves more exposed than ever.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

In response to the increasing conversation about digital equity, schooling loss and achievement gaps, many schools are examining student data more closely this year. Curating and analyzing students’ data can lead to impressive initiatives when done effectively.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2023

Schools collect sensitive student data that will follow them for the rest of their lives. As one of the most popular ed tech platforms for K–12, Google Workspace for Education offers advanced tools that can help schools boost data privacy. DIG DEEPER: Here’s how Google creates a more secure workspace for teachers and students.

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