Kanawha County Schools in West Virginia has implemented 4G LTE Wi-Fi connectivity to its fleet of 158 school buses, so students can complete homework assignments while traveling to and from home, sporting events and field trips.
Broward County Public School District in Florida has implemented open content caching in an effort to deliver online content to classrooms faster.
A frequent conflict that educators have with their IT departments is over access to content for students — content that's often being blocked at the behest of administrators and parents. And many IT directors are becoming less interested in being stuck in the middle.
Time Warner Cable Business Class has partnered with i-SAFE Ventures with the goal of making it easier for E-Rate schools to comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act.
An annual report published by the Georgia Institute of Technology examined the emerging cyber threats for the coming year, among them: ever-shrinking personal privacy, lackadaisical security considerations in the Internet of Things and a dearth of trained experts to stay on top of cybersecurity considerations for organizations.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/09/15
Education IT leaders still consider affordability the main obstacle to securing "robust connectivity" for their schools, according to the latest Consortium for School Networking Infrastructure Survey.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/09/15
Two non-profits are teaming up to "help finish the job" of connecting every school and library in the country to high-speed Internet access.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/30/15
Tremendous pressure for broadband access is being placed on schools, stemming in part from educational needs, in part from the demands of online testing and in part from the motivation to provide equitable access for all students.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/23/15
In the Derry Township School District in Hershey, PA, students as young as the fourth grade are allowed to bring their own devices to class to support their learning, at the discretion of their teacher.
A joint school district in New Hampshire is taking advantage of E-rate discounts to add fiber, Internet and voice services in its schools.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/21/15