What does zero trust architecture (ZTA) mean? It’s a ‘trust no one; authenticate everything’ strategy requiring that every user and device be authenticated and authorized to keep IT assets and data secure, and help you empower student success.
Podcast Series: Innovations in Education
Explore the full series of eSchool News podcasts hosted by Kevin Hogan—created to keep you on the cutting edge of innovations in education.
Three key steps to enabling the digital classroom
Digital transformation isn’t about new platforms, technologies, or equipment. It’s about transforming your campus with digital technologies that improve the way students learn, students and staff collaborate, and the overall student experience.
A crisis can happen at any time. I need a 24/7 plan!
Your schools are susceptible to numerous safety hazards and threats. An effective emergency response plan provides the ability to rapidly understand the scope and severity of any crisis and deliver critical campus communications and coordination.
How to be cyber smart at school
Being cyber smart at school used to simply mean logging out of your computer before leaving the lab. But with the move to 1:1 digital devices and remote learning, schools and students are being exposed to a high volume of threats from across the web — and inside the campus. Now it falls on school IT teams to ensure they have the right tools in place to protect students, teachers, school networks and endpoints from malware, hardware and data theft, and data leakage.
Why e-learning requires Wi-Fi optimization
Schools are officially in the age of technological learning. There are 1:1 programs, hybrid classrooms, free online learning platforms, eLearning applications and assessments, video collaborations, and the expectation of more to come with developments in augmented and virtual reality technologies.
While useful, these technologies can come with challenges. This includes:
- A need for reliable internet connectivity,
- Ongoing maintenance, and
- Ongoing optimization
The good news is that schools have access to free funds that will address all of these challenges thanks to the E-rate program. Here’s how to use it to best support student and teacher success.…Read More
Is it possible to innovate your district workflow?
COVID disrupted classroom teaching and learning, but it also prompted school district leaders to come up with new and paperless processes to keep school offices and operations running remotely.
Are you interested in building on your “keep after COVID” processes? Learn from a panel of experts in the first of two online conversations to discuss building efficiencies in education. If so, check out Part 1 of this eSchool News webinar series.
Discover how automating your district’s various workflows–from staff onboarding and 1:1 device management to digitized e-signature consent forms–can improve the user experience for administrators, educators, parents, and students alike, while also saving time and money.…Read More
Industry-Leading Charging Cart Company Launches new Caddy to Support Classroom Technology
To provide safety to children and their technology in classrooms across the United States, an industry leader in charging solutions launches two new carts with device caddy compatibility on October 4.
With an increase in 1:1 devices in the K-12 classroom environment, Bretford Technologies continues to notice the pain points teachers and students are facing. More technology equates to more time spent deploying and loading devices back into technology charging carts or other forms of storage.
“In our research we noticed that students removing and re-entering their individual devices into charging solutions twice a day was causing precious time to be taken from their classwork. We needed to supply classrooms with the necessary equipment to quickly and efficiently maneuver devices in and out of the cart to save time for teaching,” said Cory Doppelt, Senior Product Manager.…Read More
In this district, 1:1 device access became a pandemic reality
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings.
The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox, recognizes the determined and dedicated efforts of educators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. Administrators, technology leaders, classroom teachers, and educators in all roles have persevered as they taught each and every one of their students during a global pandemic.…Read More
How digital books connect vulnerable students with reading
The definition of success is a “favorable or desired outcome.” At Title I schools, where students are often at a disadvantage from the start, measuring success can look different depending on the student and the circumstance. So when it comes to reading, sometimes success can look like a student simply picking up a book.
In my classroom, students generally read below grade level. However, the increasing prevalence of 1:1 device programs over the last year sparked a significant improvement in their reading habits by providing more access to ebooks and audiobooks. Using digital books has given students access to a wider variety of texts at different reading levels that they can browse with a degree of privacy, removing stigma and instilling a love of reading.
Confidential access to digital books for readers of all abilities…Read More
This district’s 1:1 program led to high-quality virtual learning
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings.
The eSchool Media K-12 Hero Awards program, sponsored by Trox, recognizes the determined and dedicated efforts of educators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. Administrators, technology leaders, classroom teachers, and educators in all roles have persevered as they taught each and every one of their students during a global pandemic.…Read More