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Not every ed-tech tool has to be a bespoke platform or mobile app. A fourth-grade teacher at the Future of Education Technology Conference this week presented a collection of useful or fun websites available for free. -
North East Independent School District, which is located in San Antonio, may soon be fighting a legal battle with the Texas Education Agency over its controversial cellphone policy.
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One of the key lessons from Florida Virtual School’s collaboration with the AI-enabled data platform Doowii was the importance of spending time with users to understand their needs and limits.
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In the first of a two-part series, career school technologist Kipp Bentley examines some important ways that ed tech helped schools navigate the move to remote learning. Part two will focus on new and ongoing challenges.
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As their final computer science project at Hermantown High School, a group of seniors built the Hawk Tip Line app to allow students to anonymously report vandalism, as well as acts of kindness, to school officials.
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Complementing online coursework and extracurricular activities through the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, high school juniors toured engineering and science labs at the University of Idaho this week.
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Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District is working with Raptor Technologies to evaluate its camera surveillance system and implement new tools to manage visitors and emergency drills.
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A survey of close to 8,000 stakeholders, conducted by Gov. Mark Gordon's Imagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education (RIDE) Advisory Group, found widespread frustrations with education and student assessments.
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A nonprofit that builds technology solutions for other nonprofits is looking for high schoolers to participate in a daylong "hackathon" in which they'll help design a program to track and coordinate volunteers.
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The Biden administration appointee was confirmed June 8 by the Senate in a bipartisan vote. Loyd moves from an acting to a permanent assistant secretary position at the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education.
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Two North Dakota students received recognition for their performance solving real-world problems in a free online cybersecurity training program with 45,000 other high school students across the country.
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Six large member districts of Chiefs for Change, a national network of education leaders, will work with Safer School Solutions to close security gaps through data-driven ideas and assigned tasks at school campuses.
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The South Carolina facility has about 200 seventh through ninth graders participating, each choosing two of 10 possible programs to attend, including lessons about drones, robotics and automotive technology.
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The editorial board of the Seattle Times is concerned about a gap between the number of technology professionals being trained in the state's institutions and the number of jobs the state's tech companies are creating.
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Tenafly Public Schools last week found ransomware had encrypted data on some computers in the district's network, leading to the cancellation of exams and classes going back to paper, pencils and overhead projectors.
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MetaMetrics, which devised systems to evaluate students and educational materials in both reading and math, is working with the e-learning company Istation to offer a 20-hour professional development course for teachers.
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With the participation of more than 20 universities and their researchers, a VR platform developer is mounting a study to gauge how schools can make the most of AR/VR tools for different age groups and use cases.
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South Park High School in Fairplay, Colo., will install a security system that sends immediate notifications to staff and students, sidestepping 911 and third-party call centers to connect directly with police dispatch.
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Voters this week passed a referendum for a school on Danbury's west side that will contain six academies, including for emerging technologies, scientific innovation, information and cybersecurity.
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A federal judge has sentenced a former media communications specialist to 33 months in prison for defrauding Orangeburg County School District into buying remote learning cameras from him at a substantial markup.
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With Wi-Fi connectivity problems causing data storage issues for bus drivers and timing issues for parents, Clayton County Public Schools turned to Samsara’s GPS tracking solution for reliable real-time data.
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