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FETC 2025: Overcoming the hidden harm of ‘racial battle fatigue’

On FETC 2025’s Coach Leader Track, featured speaker and educational consultant Asia Lyons will shed light on a lesser-known and physically debilitating harm.

FETC 2025: Reimagining time, space and pace in the classroom

The transformation is necessitated by technology—from the good old Internet to generative AI—that is making traditional teaching obsolete.

Ainsley Hill tells us how to tame the ‘AI circus’

Has AI, with all of its new capabilities and challenges, made the world of edtech feel a little out of control? If so, FETC speaker Ainsley Hill is here to help.

FETC 2025: Why tech needs diversity in more ways than one

Cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and diversity are three of the top issues in K12 IT departments. They are also the big themes at next month's FETC 2025.

FETC 2025: How to return to relevance in the ‘era of distraction’

There are more effective ways of re-capturing your students’ attention than banning smartphones. As most educators know, engagement was a challenge prior to the arrival of Snapchat and TikTok.

FETC 2025: ‘Highlighting voices who are doing really cool things’

Featured speaker and classroom leader Victoria Thompson brings a fresh spin to her sessions, starting with how educators can collaborate across the curriculum at their schools.

FETC 2025: How to grow when things don’t go our way

A lot has changed, and a lot has stayed the same for educators since the turbulence of the COVID years, says FETC 2025 featured speaker and former superintendent Jill Siler.

FETC 2025: How all educators can embrace AI right now

Featured speaker José González, the chief technology officer for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, recently led his agency—with the help of students, parents, administrators, teachers and community organizations—in developing artificial intelligence guidelines.

FETC 2025: How to merge AI, creativity and inclusivity

On the latest episode of District Administration's Talking Out of School podcast, FETC featured speaker Kimberly Zajac share ideas for using the efficiencies of artificial intelligence to make instruction ever more inclusive.

FETC 2025: How esports is building strong communities

A K12 subject has truly arrived when it gets its own track at the Future of Education Technology Conference. That honor goes to esports at the big gathering in Orlando.

How educators can help shape the best edtech

It's this leader's job to ensure that new edtech products meet the demands and expectations of those using such technologies: the educators.

Edtech trends: What are state leaders focused on right now?

When it comes to the biggest edtech trend of all—AI—various agencies are trying to provide districts with more support in adopting the technology responsibly.

New roadmap shows us how to navigate K12 cybersecurity

The “Roadmap to Developing a K12 Districtwide Cybersecurity Ecosystem" is a crucial guide that equips districts to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses effectively.

4 ways tech is helping kids avoid summer learning slides

What's encouraging you is that a healthy number of students, particularly those in grades 2 through 8, are engaged in summer learning—and parents deserve the credit.

What do effective AI guidelines look like? Check out this new approach

New Jersey recently published statewide resources for its educators. Let's dive in and learn about their approach to AI in education.

EdTech Top 40: It’s all about unique tools and interoperability

This year's EdTechTop 40 list shows districts, teachers and students are continuing to experiment with a wider range of digital tools.

Want to teach AI literacy? Here are 5 new strategies

In order to support AI literacy, it's best to teach educators and students how to understand, use and evaluate AI tools, declares a new report.

How to take advantage of the CoSN Resource Library

The Consortium for School Networking is pleased to offer easy access to the CoSN Resource Library, a list of more than 20 edtech topics designed to meet the ongoing digital transformation needs of K12 district leaders.

Why this tech director isn’t racing to adopt AI

Tech director Brian Miles and his IT team at Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District are waiting for guidance and watching how other districts are bringing AI into their classrooms.

Selecting the right AI tools for learners: 5 key considerations

Explore 10 AI-powered tools in today's free FETC webinar, which will highlight each platform's features and benefits so administrators and teachers can grow their skills and begin implementing new technologies with students as lessons are planned for next fall.

Survey: AI adoption is lacking for these 3 reasons

Despite widespread experimentation with such tools, educators simply need more support and professional development, a new survey finds.

Get to the point! More cybersecurity funding and accelerated summers

In this new series, District Administration covers what you need to know for the coming school week: There's a new pilot program to protect schools from cyberattacks and ideas for closing the digital divide and accelerating summer schools.

3 innovative ways schools are using AI to improve learning

One-quarter of public school teachers say AI does more harm than good for K12. However, that's not stopping these schools from innovating.

Personalized learning: How to embrace a transformation

Embracing personalized learning is a transformative journey that requires vision, commitment and collaboration. School leaders can create a learning environment where every student can thrive by creating a supportive culture, empowering teachers, leveraging technology and involving all stakeholders.

Connecting district leaders: A key to overcoming challenges in education

Here’s why administrators should seize the opportunity to speak at national conferences, and the significant benefits they stand to gain. 

Embracing AI in Education: A breath of fresh air for teachers and students

In the bustling world of education each May, where teachers and administrators often find themselves navigating an array of tasks and challenges at the end of the school year, the emergence of AI presents both an opportunity and a relief.

What keeps edtech leaders up at night? The answer is unanimous

Ninety-nine percent of districts are currently taking steps to bolster their cybersecurity and they worry that AI will bring forth new types of cyberattacks.

Searching for edtech? Look to these globally ranked products

TIME Magazine recently published its list of the "World's Top EdTech Companies 2024." Some familiar faces made the top 15 spot.

10 of the most common reasons teachers use AI

Despite the technology's prominence in K12 education, most learners will tell you that the human connection can never be replaced.

DA’s Top EdTech Products of the Year 2025 contest is now open!

The contest is now open for the District Administration Top EdTech Products awards, which are designed to showcase the latest in edtech innovation, with the emphasis on how these technology solutions are breaking new ground in the edtech market. 

How this leader is helping her students and staff navigate the cyber space

We have to ensure students grow up to be responsible digital citizens, argues Pascagoula-Gautier School District Technology Director Eva Harvell. Here's how she's doing just that.

How to use your ‘SPARK’ to get optimal results from AI

"SPARK": It's an acronym Designing Schools' CEO Sabba Quidwai teaches in her AI Bootcamp that helps educators engineer their prompts to get the most out of AI tools like ChatGPT.

Artificial intelligence: Will it soon take the place of plagiarism?

Nowadays, students are much more likely to rely on completing assignments using artificial intelligence than plagiarizing someone else's work, new research suggests. Should we be surprised?

Here’s what you need to know about students’ digital reading habits

Ebooks give students greater access to popular titles thanks to their portability and the option to read through listening via audiobooks. That's why more students are leveraging this technology than ever.

How to encourage reading literacy in a digital age

The digital age is here and it's forcing educators to adapt new ways of approaching reading literacy. How can we teach students not only to be digitally literate but be literate in this time?