IT Spotlight
"In addition to the purely legal issue, [student data privacy is] really something that school districts should look at from a PR and political perspective and to engage the right people throughout the process," according to attorney Bret Cohen. MoreA responsible approach to student data privacy requires careful scrutiny of the agreements that schools make with vendors. MoreDelsia Malone has headed W.E. Striplin — the Gadsden, AL, school she attended as a child — since 2004. Under her leadership, the K-5, Title I school now boasts a computer lab, iPads in every classroom, MacBooks for every teacher and a 1-to-1 program for fifth-grade students. MoreA third-grade teacher who has used the devices in class for two years offers her best practices to help make tablet implementations run smoothly. More
Tutorial
Common wisdom says you just can't apply conditional formatting in a Google Apps spreadsheet using data from a different sheet. But here at THE Journal, we laugh in the face of wisdom, common or otherwise. But is such jocularity is justified? Read on. More
Ed Tech Research & Trends
Annual school expenditures on surveillance and access control systems will reach more than $1.1 billion by 2018. MoreVendor responses to SIIA's annual ed tech market survey show that, driven by districts implementing the Common Core, sales in the testing and assessment category have reached almost $2.5 billion per school year. MoreHalf of middle and high school students judge the amount of technology use in their schools as "moderate." A third of them consider that just fine; but 55 percent would rather see more technology in use, according to a new survey from CompTIA. MoreThe number of 4G LTE handsets is set to explode in the coming year, with growth of more than 43 percent from 2014. Meanwhile, according to a new report, telecommunications networks in 14 countries are now commercially operating high-speed LTE-Advanced. MoreThe number of things connected to the Internet and in use will grow 30 percent from this year to next, for a total of 4.9 billion, according to a new report from market research firm Gartner, and will hit 25 billion by 2020. MoreTwo surveys by Kaplan Test Prep find respondents saying admissions officers are more likely to check applicants' social media activity but that students aren't worried about what they'll find. More
K-12 Technology News & Issues
Schools and districts that took part in the PARCC and Smarter Balanced trial runs share their experiences to help you prepare for online testing this spring. MoreA new study from the University of California, Los Angeles has found that teachers at high poverty schools are more likely than their peers to report lost instruction time owing to poor access to technology, libraries and qualified substitute teachers. MoreThe use of technology-enabled approaches in education is receiving attention today as the White House hosts its second "College Opportunity Day of Action." MoreAutodesk has released its design software free to students, instructors and educational institutions anywhere in the world. MoreCalifornia's Rescue Union School District has launched a $3 million initiative to improve the energy efficiency of school facilities. MoreOregon's South Lane School District has agreed to a $2.1 million energy savings performance contract designed to reduce energy costs by approximately $132,000 each year. MoreMercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania has replaced its 100 megabit-per-second (Mbps) Ethernet network with a new service that provides download speeds up to five times faster to give students and faculty faster access to online resources and better Internet performance from anywhere on campus. MoreSplashtop, a provider of cross-device computing and collaboration solutions, has partnered with IT security provider, Soliton, to develop the Soliton SecureDesktop appliance. MoreThe Oakland Unified School District is improving its broadband infrastructure to better support personalized learning curriculum and applications. MoreWebAssign has partnered with Instructure and Desire2Learn in an effort to make it easier for students to access WebAssign course content through the companies' respective learning management systems, Canvas and Brightspace. MoreHutchinson Public Schools in Kansas has integrated a document management system with its student and business management systems. MorePrinceton Public Schools in New Jersey has upgraded to a 500 megabit-per-second (Mbps) dedicated business-class Internet connection to support the district's increasing use of online resources and assessments. More
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