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

EdTech Magazine

The education sector is the least secure of 17 industries studied this year, according to a new report released Thursday. The results show that although hackers have become increasingly deft at stealing school and student data, the education industry is no better prepared to deal with these malicious threats,” the report’s authors conclude.

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The K-12 Business Model: How to Innovate in an Ever-Changing Learning Environment

EdNews Daily

Almost no other industry operates under this unique business model, where each year your audience is replaced with a completely new one. And therein lies the challenge for both educators and EdTech leaders – how can we best serve an industry that’s constantly evolving every nine months? By Steve Halliwell and Cheryl Miller.

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Why Your School Should Stick to Core Principles Instead of Market Trends

EdNews Daily

In 2017, EdTech industry investments rose to a record-breaking $9.5 Cheryl has over 20 years in the tech industry and joined Promethean from Microsoft where she was the GM of the One Commercial Partner Team, leading the worldwide go-to-market efforts. What’s hot in education technology?

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

Edsurge

This week, KKR announced it has sold its majority stake in Weld North Education, a subset of the overall Weld North portfolio, to Silver Lake, another private equity group whose holdings also include Dell, GoDaddy and Symantec. As a result, Silver Lake will own a majority share of Weld North Education, which Grayer will continue to run.

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Coding and Computer Science during CSEdWeek

edWeb.net

The Digital Learning & Leadership PLC, hosted by Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec , hosted the webinar, “ Now I Have to Teach Coding? A Beginner’s Guide ” was hosted by edWeb.net and Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec. A Beginner’s Guide ,” on December 8th. WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING.

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?Overcoming Hacking and Cybercrimes — The Next Obstacle to Edtech

Edsurge

Moving to the cloud can be good for both vendors and schools It is in the interests of the edtech industry for educators to feel confident about using technology. By providing cloud services that IT directors can feel good about, edtech companies can help maintain the momentum that has been powering the industry.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Google to Symantec: We don't trust you anymore | InfoWorld → Admins need to consider whether they still want to use Symantec (the cybersecurity firm!) "In these cases, boards need to provide access to a school device. after its repeated mistakes with issuing TLS certificates.

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