Cybersecurity

With the help of his students, Hubert Ham put esports on the map at Alexander Dawson School. It came with a worthwhile price: learning, not just playing.

Seniors at Atlantis Charter School in Massachusetts have continued their career readiness programs in the virtual space, says DA guest columnist and Career Academy Director Pat Hawkridge, who provides four strategies for making the move online.

Using technology to personalize learning for inpatient and day hospital program students is important to maintain engagement and connection, says DA guest columnist Emily Hersh, superintendent of Mount Pleasant Blythedale Union Free School District in New York.

Screen time, social media, video games and various other online and digital activities are pretty much the only way students can maintain social lives under stay-at-home orders.

All screen time is not created equal, notes Chief Technology Officer Rich Boettner of Hilliard City Schools in Ohio, which has been a trendsetter managing student devices.

How teachers and administrators can set guidelines when helping students—and parents—navigate screen time, smartphones and the internet.