What K-12 School Districts Need to Know about Student Data Privacy

Edtech applications are omnipresent in K-12 education. The latest EdTech Top 40 List reports that the average number of edtech tools in use in K-12 school districts in the 2022-23 school year was 2,591. These technology tools have become essential to preparing students for the modern world. However, because of the vast amounts and types … Continue reading What K-12 School Districts Need to Know about Student Data Privacy

Do you still use an on-site filtering appliance?

Sending devices home isn’t anything new, many schools started their journey to 1:1 years ago. But for those admins whose current circumstances have forced you to escalate that initiative, let’s talk about common challenges and important things you should definitely take into consideration. Network PerformanceFault ToleranceMiTM SSL DecryptionAuthenticationOff-Site Filtering Network Performance - Anytime the network … Continue reading Do you still use an on-site filtering appliance?

Safe Image Search Resources for Students

The rise of edtech and 1:1 devices affords teachers to encourage online research.  Recent Pew Research Center data suggests that the very nature of research has drastically changed: students quickly find just enough information to satisfy research assignments via big name search engines and stop there.  Transfer a few sentences and an image onto a Prezi slide … Continue reading Safe Image Search Resources for Students

Web Filtering in K-12 Schools: The Past, Present, and Future

By Tom Walker A Brief History of Web Filtering in K-12 Schools When I started my career in K-12 IT, web content filtering in schools was a fairly new creature. The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was still in its early stages and various approaches to content filtering began to emerge. A handful of companies began to surface as the … Continue reading Web Filtering in K-12 Schools: The Past, Present, and Future