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Brandi Vesco

Brandi Vesco

Staff Writer

Brandi Vesco is a staff writer for the Center for Digital Education. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and has worked as a reporter and editor for magazines and newspapers. She’s located in Northern Nevada.

The nonprofit group’s weighted framework of 14 controls seeks to simplify school cybersecurity in an effort to make the most critical protections more approachable and, in turn, more widespread.
School cellphone bans are key to combating skyrocketing rates of adolescent anxiety and depression, author Jonathan Haidt said in a webinar. Performance increases follow, California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond said.
The county is already home to six operational Best Buy Teen Tech Centers, but that number is slated to double. The facilities give middle and high school students a chance to learn tech skills that could translate to jobs in entertainment, fashion and other L.A.-centric industries.
Rhode Island teacher Benjamin Hamill beta tested four AI tools now available for math educators in the Kiddom classroom management system. He said the automated feedback tool gave him a “huge quality-of-life upgrade.”
Elizabeth Barker, an accessibility manager at Khan Academy, shares her insights on how ed-tech developers can make their tools user-friendly for everyone, including the need for field testing, observation and feedback.
The three-year $200 million Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program opens its application window this fall. The near-term goal is to secure schools most in need, but long-term it will help nationwide.
The Los Angeles County Office of Education and the USC Education Technology Accelerator have partnered on a new program to unite educators and developers in the quest to create more effective ed-tech tools — and implement them.
By building a software package based on the music of Taylor Swift, researcher Jake Thompson laid the groundwork for a free tool that makes diagnostic classification models easier to use for student assessments.
Artificial intelligence may help schools identify and resolve cybersecurity issues faster, as long as it's on a unified platform or has interoperability with other applications on the school's network.
The proposed ASIS International School Security Standard includes detailed recommendations for the use of technology such as panic buttons, surveillance cameras, AI and biometrics to improve school safety.