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Can Ed Tech Make Learning More Accessible?
Ed tech experts say simple digital tools can help make learning more accessible if utilized correctly. Arizona educators set out to do just that for students with autism. Arizona Autism Charter Schools students have been using Lego robotics kits provided through Intel.
Long before K-12 schools moved to online remote learning last year in response to the coronavirus pandemic, education policy advocates were clamoring for ways to improve education for neurodiverse students. Concerns ranged from lack of appropriate state and federal school funding to curriculum design and everything in between.
Much of the recent discourse about ed tech has revolved around accessibility, mainly in terms of device availability and Internet connectivity. But this still leaves another obstacle making the learning itself more accessible.
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Cincinnati Public Schools has been fortunate and hasn t had a successful attack yet, says Jeremy Gollihue, CPS chief information officer. Everybody s really nervous, he says. The overall landscape has changed. There definitely has been an uptick. The most common attack going on right now against K-12 are ransomware attacks.
That s when a hacker steals your data, encrypts it and makes you pay to get it back.
The internet security company Sonic Wall reports ransomware cases are up 40%. In addition, the amount demanded has increased from a few thousand in 2018 to an average of $230,000.
Baltimore County, Maryland, schools were hacked just before Thanksgiving, leaving seniors wondering how to get high school transcripts to colleges, among other things. At the time, school officials said they had cyber insurance but were in the process of figuring out what it covered.
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The year 2020 was full of challenges. Rather than curse the darkness and light a candle, the Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) lit a bonfire of opportunity and optimism. With the leadership of our committed and student-focused Board of Education, we adopted a can-do attitude, reinventing learning as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Joining us were amazing governmental partners, volunteer organizations and district volunteers.
Teachers, school site staff, counselors, nurses, custodians, nutrition workers, principals and assistant principals have done phenomenal work keeping students engaged and progressing. The heart of our work is at the school sites, and district leadership and staff are committed to ensuring that we support teaching and learning every day.
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The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday rejected a call from educators to limit access to one of its broadband services to educational institutions.
Education groups including the Consortium for School Networking, the State Educational Technology Directors Association, the Nebraska Department of Education and the Council of Chief State School Officers submitted a joint request to the FCC last year that the agency not allow non-educational institutions to use the Educational Broadband Service a chunk wireless spectrum controlled by the FCC that has been historically reserved for educational institutions, such as schools and libraries.