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Edtech leaders see expanding roles as concerns over AI and cybersecurity increase

eSchool News

AI, which relies on internet access supported by E-rate, presents both opportunities to transform educational strategies for individualized instruction and learner empowerment as well as challenges–such as cyberattacks, cyberbullying, and misinformation. CDW values our partnership with CoSN to support our K-12 districts.

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California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it?

Cal Matters

That detector first became popular among professors when the internet made it easy for students to copy and paste information from websites into their assignments. The Center for Democracy & Technology, a D.C.-based Most of these campuses have licensed Turnitin’s plagiarism detector since 2014.

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30 K–12 IT Influencers to Follow in 2025

EdTech Magazine

Ten years ago, EdTech: Focus on K12 published a list of blogs that covered all things relating to educational technology. Over the past decade, that list has become an honored tradition for our community, changing with the times to feature education IT influencers, podcasts and more.

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Remote Learning Strategies: Beyond the Pandemic

eSchool News

How do you extrapolate that to the to the to the Internet? Part of it is the pandemic spurred a lot more adoption of computers, laptops, better Internet bandwidth, all those pieces. Digital programs that are transcending barriers of time and space, and part of that is the experience that a lot of people had during the pandemic.

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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology. Not all students have reliable internet connections or devices, creating a digital divide that exacerbates existing inequalitiesespecially for younger learners in an online elementary school setting where consistent access is critical for foundational development.

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Savvy Cyber Kids Appoints New Members to Board of Directors

eSchool News

Promoting responsible internet use begins at home, and Savvy Cyber Kids equips parents with the guidance and talking points they need to raise digitally aware and cyber-safe children.” The organization’s mission, under the leadership of Ben Halpert, deeply resonates with me.

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What Will Kids Lose If PBS Gets Cut?

Edsurge

Those local outreach programs are particularly important in what some call “low-resource” areas, meaning places where children live in lower-income households and have less access to broadband internet or information centers like libraries. “I

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