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Tips for getting started with an esports program in K-12

Snow White | March 27, 2020

Simply generating a conversation around esports can help your K-12 school get on a path to be a game-changer, but be sure to set out a strategy and get buy-in from stakeholders.

6 steps to ensuring safety and preserving bandwidth through web filtering

Steven Blackburn | July 19, 2019

What school leaders need to know about web filtering—from identifying a team of decision-makers to communicating openly and regularly

The privacy risks of AI use at school

Adam Galvan | September 13, 2018

Whether school system leaders realize it or not, voice-activated, artificial intelligence devices such as Alexa and Google Home are becoming a part of classrooms. “I know of a lot of school districts where teachers use it, and in some districts the [school administrator] knows about it, but in other districts they don’t” says Eileen Belastock, […]

Digital monitoring improves student outcomes and teachable moments

Adam Galvan | July 30, 2018

Robert Sexton has worked with school-based tech for more than 15 years, so there’s not much he hasn’t seen. “Kids are pretty ingenious; keeping up with them is a challenge” says Sexton, currently the director of technology for Olentangy Local School District, just north of Columbus, Ohio. That challenge is mitigated by the district’s secret […]

Internet filter providers

Nancy Mann Jackson | January 19, 2018

For most school districts, internet filters are crucial for complying with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which requires restricting students from accessing inappropriate online content. Filtering also allows districts to manage limited bandwidth. Below are a list of internet filtering providers: Link to main story: Digital gatekeepers for K12 Blocksi, blocksi.net CIPAFilter, cipafilter.com ContentKeeper […]

Digital gatekeepers for K12

Nancy Mann Jackson | January 19, 2018

For most school districts, internet filters are crucial for complying with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which requires restricting students from accessing inappropriate online content. Filtering also allows districts to manage limited bandwidth. At West Rusk County Consolidated ISD in East Texas, for example, too many people running too many applications at once was […]

Tools of technology for schools

Adam Galvan | May 19, 2017

Making the transformation from traditional to online assessments can cause confusion for many districts, even when it comes to basic definitions. In Houston ISD, for example, analysts found that school leaders were using the right terminology, but their understanding of the words differed widely. Some thought an online assessment was about downloading a scoring sheet, […]

Ohio adopts statewide internet safety curriculum

Adam Galvan | January 15, 2015

ince its inception in 2001, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) has required internet content filtering to keep students safe online. Policymakers amended CIPA in 2008, requiring that students also be educated on internet safety. In addition to providing this required online safety training, schools must show evidence that training has occurred. With the new […]

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