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7 things K-12 IT teams can do now to manage OT risks

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Microsoft’s Global Threat Activity Map by Industry shows that, as of June 16, education institutions had been victims of 5.9 Relentless cyber activity, ransomware, and more sophisticated attacks expose education IT professionals to increased pressure to maintain operational continuity. million malware attacks within the last 30 days.

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Gaggle and AWS Collaborate to Create Mental Health Hotline that Connects K-12 Students to Trained Crisis Counselors, Anywhere, Anytime

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Students can communicate with a crisis counselor in whatever ways they are most comfortable – by SMS text, web-based chat or phone calls. Fildes, Director of Technology and Communications for New Fairfield Public Schools/Town of New Fairfield. This new hotline is another tool we are offering to do just this.”.

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Cybersecurity in K-12 Education

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We’ve seen the FCC launch a cyber security pilot program as well, and there was other money devoted to sort of SLT, state and local governments, broadly speaking, for which schools could benefit. And so they serve all of state and local government, including school systems. Depending on your. Celebrate right.

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DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable

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What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? Department of Education’s recent edtech plans] discussed active vs. passive consumption of technology. This is a community problem that our local government should be investing in. AR: [One of the U.S.

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Districts put DEI into action

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What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? Department of Educations recent edtech plans] discussed active vs. passive consumption of technology. This is a community problem that our local government should be investing in. AR: [One of the U.S.

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Election Organizing Went Online This Year With Help From Students Too Young to Vote

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The effort, called MoCo to 100 , seemed extra important during the pandemic, Gelillo says, because classes and school activities were largely pushed online, disrupting normal in-person voter registration initiatives.

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A Lockdown Abroad Disrupts Testing at Home

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On March 22, the company “elected to pause exam activity due to an unexpected closure of our support and proctoring centers related to the COVID-19 crisis,” Sarah Pauling, its senior director of marketing, said in an email. Consequently, test-takers will not be able to access their proctoring appointments today.”

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