More than 67% of IT employees say cyberbullying incidents at their schools have increased as students spend more time on laptops, Chromebooks, and other devices. Nearly 80% of those IT employees said cyberbullying behaviors sometimes happen on a device provided to...
Month: April 2021
How to be the superhero who protects your schools from cyber attacks
How to be the superhero who protects your schools from cyber attacks Your schools have a bullseye on them, and bad guys are taking their shots. The global education sector has seen a 20% increase in cyber-attacks as criminals exploit newly implemented virtual learning...
Book Time With An App That Drives Student Creativity
In a recent Lenovo webinar featuring staff from the Ottawa Catholic School Board in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, most attendees said they used three or four apps in their classroom, but some used half a dozen or more. That makes sense: In classrooms worldwide, educators...
Deeper Learning
Captured on video: deeper student learning Les MacFarlane, a teacher with Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB), saw the benefits of integrating creativity-driving software into the four Cs teaching model when his classes started using WeVideo. This online, cloud-based...
Keep your Curriculum Intact and Aligned to Standards Regardless of Where Learning is Taking Place
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, United Independent School District in Laredo, Texas, was more prepared to shift to a remote learning model than many other districts. That’s because the district had already been using the digital-curriculum platform Exploros in some...
How to Battle “Device Drift” of School-issued Computers
According to a Hanover Research report, 30 devices went missing on average at each school between January and September 2020 as students and teachers took devices home for distance learning in response to COVID-19. What’s more is that thirty-six percent of...
Classrooms are changing; are you keeping up?
When the pandemic started, you probably scrambled a bit to quickly develop educational continuity plans that ensured students could continue learning remotely, at least part-time. Likely, you increased the use of current technologies that created seamless learning...
The New World in Education
In its Emerging Trends in the New World of Education, cloud leader Amazon Web Service claims COVID-19 has expedited digital adoption in education as well as “encouraged educators to rethink how best to deliver education to students.” According to AWS, the digital...
Forsyth County Schools on Cybersecurity lessons from 2020
And how they’re shaping the future of education technology. Click below to join Tim Fleming and Curt Godwin of Forsyth County Schools as they guide us through how cybersecurity has changed in the past year and how it continues to evolve as we navigate a post-covid...
BRIDGETEK SOLUTIONS Named APC by Schneider Electric 2020 Territory Partner of the Year
Press Release: BRIDGETEK SOLUTIONS Named APC by Schneider Electric 2020 Territory Partner of the Year By Dmitriy Stepanov, Channel Manager: GA, NC & SC, APC At BRIDGETEK SOLUTIONS, we are dedicated to ensuring our customers have the infrastructure in place to...
14 Best Sources of Funding for your Classroom Technology Vision
Although Congress recently passed a stimulus plan to provide over $50 billion to public schools, school districts across the country will unquestionably still face funding issues. Thankfully, several public companies, as well as some private individuals, are stepping...