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Live @ CoSN2024

Meet the Winners—Dr. Kellie Wilks, Chief Technology Officer, of Ector County Independent School District, TX (ECISD)

April 12, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

The CoSN Withrow CTO Award recognizes an exceptional district CTO who serves as a true technology champion and whose leadership has been ... Read more

Live @ CoSN2024

Meet the Winners—Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) in Manassas, Virginia wins the 2024 Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity.

April 12, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

The CoSN Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity recognizes a district that is working to address digital equity, narrow the Homework Gap ... Read more

Live @ CoSN2024

#CoSN2024 Conversation – Tom Ryan Co-Founder K-12 Strategic Technology Advisor Group (NM)

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

Tom Ryan wins CoSN’s Seymour Papert Lifetime Achievement Award, a recognition that has only been bestowed seven times in CoSN history.

Student Data Security

It’s not business, it’s personal: Building a culture of trust to protect personal data

April 8, 2024 by Laura Pollak, CoSN Student Data Privacy Committee

A culture of trust encourages and enables the smooth adoption of effective data protection, like those that require multiple steps.

Protecting our privacy and security is challenging. Really challenging. It is also inconvenient, time-consuming, and sometimes frustrating. Forgot your password? Yeah, that’s going to take some time to…

Live @ CoSN2024

Admins need PD too— Insights on CoSN’s CTO Academy

April 8, 2024April 5, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

What does it take to run the tech for a school district in 2024? A lot more than resetting the ... Read more

Live @ CoSN2024

Show Stopper—CTL on Connected Chromebooks

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

CTL, a global cloud-computing solution leader for education, will present at the upcoming Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) conference in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, ... Read more

Ancillary

CoSN2024 Wrap Up

April 16, 2024March 29, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

Live @ CoSN2024

CoSN: The Basics

April 1, 2024March 28, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

What is CoSN? The Consortium for School Networking is the national professional association of K-12 EdTech leaders, their teams, and ... Read more

Live @ CoSN2024

Raising Bids to Raise the Bar in Edtech

April 2, 2024March 28, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

A large part of CoSN’s mission is to participate in edtech-related policy discussions at both national and state levels. Their ... Read more

Live @ CoSN2024

#CoSN2024 Remote—How to Do It

April 2, 2024March 28, 2024 by ESchool News Contributor

CoSN2024’s Virtual offering is “The CoSN Experience.” The event will no longer be a hybrid event, but a fully virtual ... Read more

CoSN Corner

CoSN IT Leader Spotlight: Don Wolff

April 11, 2024March 6, 2024 by ESchool News Contributor

These IT Leader spotlights highlight how innovative edtech and IT leaders are influencing teaching and learning across the nation.

In partnership with CoSN, eSchool News is highlighting the innovative and dedicated work of IT leaders in school districts across the country.

Edtech Trends

CoSN names 9 edtech hurdles, trends, and tools

February 27, 2024 by Laura Ascione

CoSN's annual Driving K-12 Innovation report reveals significant shifts in the K-12 innovation landscape, impacting edtech and learning.

Teacher retention, learner agency, and, yes, generative AI are among the Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends) and Tech Enablers (tools) impacting education innovation for the year ahead.

Innovation Insights

Big Deals—AI GUIDANCE for Schools Toolkit, Assessment PD for Teachers, and EV Buses Hit the Road.

October 27, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

New resources from Code.org, ETS, the International Society of Technology in Education, Khan Academy, the World Economic Forum, ISS, and more.

CoSN Corner

10 key CoSN back-to-school resources for edtech leaders

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 by CoSN Staff

As edtech leaders head back to school, resources touching on equity, cybersecurity, asset management, and more can make for a smooth start.

This collection of CoSN resources can help guide K-12 edtech leaders through the beginning of a new school year.

CoSN Corner

Digital citizenship, digital literacy, and education

December 11, 2023August 23, 2023 by Kathleen Stephany, Technology Integration Coach, Oshkosh Area School District

The Oshkosh Area School District is actively addressing digital citizenship in schools with students in elementary, middle, and high schools.

Sometimes it feels as though social media has taken over the world. We live in an age of competing attention to hold our interest. If you have ever…

Innovation Insights

Data Dump

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

Highlights from the CoSN 2023 State of EdTech Leadership Survey; PowerSchool 2023 Education Focus Report Spotlighting Top EdTech Challenges and Priorities; and the Department of Education’s State of…

Newsline

Lightspeed Systems’ New ‘Digital Equity’ Module Provides Actionable Insight Into Students’ Internet Connectivity And School-Issued Device Health When Learning Outside of School

May 5, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

AUSTIN, TX – Lightspeed Systems, the leader in safe, secure and equitable education technology, announces Digital Equity—a module that provides ... Read more

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

4 ways school leaders can target the homework gap

March 24, 2023 by Laura Ascione

The pandemic spread awareness about the challenging in eliminating the homework gap--here's what schools can do to connect students.

While the homework gap has existed for some time, the massive virtual learning spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic shed a bright light on the challenge of ensuring all…

IT Innovations

7 facts about the state of edtech in schools

December 5, 2022May 19, 2022 by Laura Ascione

Districts are modernizing their edtech strategies, but IT leaders still grapple with near-constant cybersecurity risks.

School networks are getting faster and more modern, but school IT departments struggle to keep up with the demand for remote access and support, according to an annual…

eSchool Media

Safely embracing digital learning with managed network security

December 3, 2021 by Richard Twilley, Group Vice President, Vertical Markets, Spectrum Enterprise

Managed network security services can mitigate the risk of service interruptions and also may free up school IT professionals for strategic projects

Digital learning surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it isn’t going away with the return to in-person classrooms.

Meet the Winners—Dr. Kellie Wilks, Chief Technology Officer, of Ector County Independent School District, TX (ECISD)

Meet the Winners—Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) in Manassas, Virginia wins the 2024 Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity.

#CoSN2024 Conversation – Tom Ryan Co-Founder K-12 Strategic Technology Advisor Group (NM)

It’s not business, it’s personal: Building a culture of trust to protect personal data

Admins need PD too— Insights on CoSN’s CTO Academy

CoSN2024 Wrap Up

CoSN: The Basics

Raising Bids to Raise the Bar in Edtech

#CoSN2024 Remote—How to Do It

CoSN IT Leader Spotlight: Don Wolff

CoSN names 9 edtech hurdles, trends, and tools

Big Deals—AI GUIDANCE for Schools Toolkit, Assessment PD for Teachers, and EV Buses Hit the Road.

10 key CoSN back-to-school resources for edtech leaders

Digital citizenship, digital literacy, and education

Data Dump

Lightspeed Systems’ New ‘Digital Equity’ Module Provides Actionable Insight Into Students’ Internet Connectivity And School-Issued Device Health When Learning Outside of School

4 ways school leaders can target the homework gap

7 facts about the state of edtech in schools

Safely embracing digital learning with managed network security

AI Educational Partnership to Elevate Classroom Presentations, Assessments

SME Education Foundation Expands Manufacturing and Engineering Opportunities to 15K Additional Michigan Students

Ozobot Launches Self-Service Professional Development Courses

Demco Acquires StickTogether, Accelerating StickTogether’s Mission and Expanding Demco’s Range of Innovative Solutions

EPS Learning Programs Selected by Virginia Board of Education as Recommended Literacy Solutions

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