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Defeat the Digital Divide Helps Bring Reliable Internet Connections to Schools Nationwide

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Defeat the Digital Divide ( [link] ) offers school districts engaging learning tools to build solutions that will enable them to close the gap between those who have access to reliable internet service and those who don’t.

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Internet Safety Labs Advances Mobile App Safety for K-12 Students, Families and Educators with New App Microscope

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SAN DIEGO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Internet Safety Labs , a non-profit organization dedicated to independent software product safety testing, today announced a big leap forward to help ensure mobile app safety for K-12 students, families and educators with the introduction of the App Microscope. We all deserve to know what’s inside.”

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Kenneth C. Griffin Donates $2 Million to Nonprofit Achieve Miami’s Teacher Accelerator Program to Strengthen South Florida’s Teacher Pipeline

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TAPs comprehensive and streamlined program equips college students and career changers with the skills, knowledge, and certification necessary to excel in the classroom. TAP addresses the nationwide teacher shortage crisis by providing a built-in path to teaching, inspiring a new generation of educators.

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How the Internet Neighborhood is Like Any Other Community

Ask a Tech Teacher

Thanks to the pervasiveness of easy-to-use and free web-based tools, most teachers have one or more computers in the classroom with internet access. Because of this, educators have come to expect students to participate actively in the learning process and transfer their knowledge from the classroom to life.

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Edtech gone rogue? Tackling “Dirty Stream” attacks amidst uncontrolled app overloads

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These hallowed halls of knowledge host sellable information, from Social Security numbers and medical histories to mental health records and bus routes on outdated systems, making them tempting targets for attackers. Of course, digital learning also depends heavily on internet access. However, open access can lead to unsafe browsing.

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Can AI help reduce math anxiety?

eSchool News

The 16- to 18-year-old students queried are participants in this years MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3 Challenge), an annual internet-based, intensive math modeling contest organized by SIAM. The survey polled 1,500 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S. How can AI help reduce math anxiety?

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5 strategies to build better information literacy in students

eSchool News

Thanks to the internet, we now have all the world’s knowledge at our fingertips. The internet is an inescapable part of our students’ lives. We live in the age of information. It’s pretty astounding when you take the time to consider it. This presents educators with a difficult problem.

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