Technologies like single sign-on are convenient, but do they compromise the security and privacy of students' data?
THE Journal's readers have chosen their favorite and most revered software and hardware — tools that help them, as teachers, administrators and tech leaders, fulfill the mission of education.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/29/15
DDoS attacks are regularly launched on school systems to expose student records and hold information hostage. More often, DDoS attacks cause testing outages.
Mark Suter, a computer tech teacher at Pandora-Gilboa High School (OH), talks about how and why he invited students to join an entrepreneurial tech club that would provide Web design, video production and staff training to community businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Biology teacher Heidi Bernasconi talks about the changes that Google's new Classroom app have created in her classroom — and how it has made grading less daunting.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 09/21/15
Lori Woods, an instructional support teacher at Greenbrook Elementary in South Brunswick, New Jersey, discusses her approach to teaching CCSS-aligned math to her youngest learners.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 09/17/15
Common Sense Media’s service Graphite, which offers independent ratings and reviews of learning apps and websites, has compiled this list of apps that every STEAM classroom must have.
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- 09/15/15
Looking to create or expand an online personal learning network? This illustrated guide can help.
- By Denver Fowler, John Riley
- 09/11/15
According to a CoSN survey, 82 percent of school districts don't have a plan to address students' Internet access outside of school. That needs to change.
- By Keith R. Krueger, Marie Bjerede
- 09/10/15
Eddie Schwartz, the chair of ISACA’s Cybersecurity Task Force, discusses his group's recent survey that asked cybersecurity professionals the best ways to protect students' mobile devices.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 09/08/15