• Report Examines School Safety and Threat Response Tech Solutions

  Parks Associates has released a new report, “Leveraging Tech to Improve Security and Safety in Schools,” an overview of how technologies utilizing AI and machine learning can initiate a rapid response to a threat situation and how legislation and training can support that goal.

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• SXSW EDU Unveils First Half of Lineup for 2023; Emphases Include Diversity, Equity, Student Agency, Teacher Retention

  SXSW EDU has unveiled nearly half of the lineup for the 2023 event scheduled for March 6–9, 2023, in Austin, featuring topics considered the most pressing in education, the organization said, after more than 1,200 proposals were whittled down by conference organizers and voting through PanelPicker.

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• Leveraging Zero Trust to Reduce Cyberattacks in the Education Sector

  Zero trust provides an architectural approach to address the need for a unified security solution in today’s fragmented space. Zero trust brings explicit control to the IT environment where all devices and entities must be known — authenticated and authorized; their behavior must be explicitly allowed; and their actions must be understood and monitored. These principles are in stark contrast to what most organizations follow today.

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• What's Next for 1:1 Devices: Strategies for Maximizing Purchases and Learning Outcomes

  With more ed tech being underutilized than not in K-12 schools across the United States, an education researcher from Logitech offers methods for evaluating ed tech hardware tools and strategies for using them after purchase, paving the way for better returns on ed tech spending and more positive impacts on student achievements.

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• 7 Questions About Branching Minds MTSS Platform with CEO Maya Gat

  For the 7 Questions Ed Tech Explainer series, Branching Minds CEO Maya Gat explains how its Multi-Tiered System of Supports solution works, how it impacts teachers, administrators, students, and learning outcomes, and how it incorporates a school district's existing data to help teachers equitably and efficiently differentiate instruction and ensure it's helping students catch up.

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• Apple Rolls Out iPad Learning App Updates, More Resources for Educators

  Apple recently announced a number of updates and new resources for K–12 educators, including new instructional resources emphasizing project-based learning, creativity, and collaboration, as well as professional learning opportunities.

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• D2L Brightspace Creator+ Aims to Simplify Content Creation for Educators

  Ed tech provider D2L has released an addon to its Brightspace learning platform. D2L Brightspace Creator+ provides tools for educators to design and create digital course content without the need to know coding and without putting a strain on teachers' time, according to D2L.

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• DARPA AI Adult Learning Tools Competition Open for $750,000 in Awards

  The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), an arm of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), is taking proposals to compete for $750,000 in awards to develop projects that use innovative AI approaches, such as self-directed, remote AI tutoring, to train adults for the current and future national security workforce.

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• First Substitute Teacher Management Symposium Coming in January

  K–12 substitute teacher management company Red Rover Technologies will hold its first substitute management one-day online symposium (SMS) on Jan. 24, 2023. Registration is free if completed on or before Dec. 15, 2022, but will cost $120 thereafter.

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• New Guide Offers Tips, Case Studies on How to Choose High-Quality Online Teaching, Learning Solutions

  As the pandemic’s negative impacts on learning outcomes continues to make headlines in K–12 education and as leaders consider what works and what doesn’t, a new guide from VHS Learning offers research-based help in selecting online learning solutions.

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• NSTA Teacher Awards, with $60K in Prizes, Accepting Nominations till Dec. 21, 2022

  The National Science Teaching Association is accepting nominations through Dec. 21, 2022, for its annual teacher awards, with grant prizes totaling over $60,000. The awards recognize informal and classroom educators, researchers, new teachers, longtime teachers, and more.

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• Study Shows Millions of Student Privacy Breaches on Social Media

  A 15-year study of 18 million Facebook posts linked to U.S. schools and school districts shows that millions of students have been unintentionally put at risk by identifiable images, names, and locations available to the public.

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• Texas Tech to Pilot Statewide Online Diploma Completion Program

  Texas Tech University is launching a new pilot program to help students in the state complete their diplomas or earn a GED. The program is in partnership with TTU K–12, a fully online school district operated by Texas Tech, and is being made possible by a $1.8 million grant from the United States Department of Education and the Texas Workforce Commission.

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• The Teacher Support Program That Kept Growing Even Through the Pandemic

  When COVID-19 prevented in-person coaching, observing, and co-teaching, the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program started using video and continued in full force, with over 1,000 teachers participating in the 2020–21 school year and the program has continued growing, with nearly 1,400 teachers participating this school year — data shows it is indeed helping the state retain teachers.

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• Free K–12 Resources to Help with Remote and Blended Learning in 2022

  As you seek out software and services to augment online and blended instruction this year, start here. Please see the list of grant opportunities here (includes ongoing updates)

• AAUW Community Action Grants

  Sponsor: American Association of University Women
  Award: $3,000 to $10,000
  Number of Awards: TBA
  Application Deadline: Dec. 1

• NSTA Teacher Awards

  Sponsor: National Science Teaching Assocation
  Award: Up to $6,000
  Number of Awards: TBA
  Application Deadline: Dec. 21

• STEM Education Grants

  Sponsor: American Water Association Charitable Foundation
  Award: Varies
  Number of Awards: TBA
  Application Deadline: Dec. 31

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