Defining Access in Terms of Technology Accessibility by Dr. Rita Fennelly-Atkinson
Access covers many different and broad ideas that are important to student learning. Educational access requires that schools and districts implement systems that ensure that every student has a chance…
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What Project Management Skills Are Crucial For K12 Educational Leaders
Continued from: Why Project Management Is Crucial for the Educational Technology Leader In my current role as a Senior Project Manager leading statewide educational technology projects and Initiatives over the last…
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Two Years of Lost Learning: Not the Case in All Schools . . .
COVID-19 has challenged all of us to think differently about life and learning. School systems across our nation were forced to quickly implement safety measures to support in-person learning while…
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Why Project Management Is Crucial for the Educational Technology Leader
As an educational technology leader for a school district, a regional service center, and a state organization for over 28 years in Utah; I have found the formal Project Management…
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The Glue of IT Modernization: Interoperability
Regardless of size, all school systems benefit from infrastructure modernization. Integral to much-needed modernization efforts is interoperability—the seamless sharing of data, content, and services among systems or applications. Without interoperability,…
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Reflections on Driving K-12 Innovation
When the opportunity to join the Driving K-12 Innovation Advisory Board for 2022 came across my social media feed, I jumped at the opportunity to support this work. Each year…
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Selecting the Right EdTech…Every Time
In a recent panel discussion presented by edWeb.net and sponsored by Veracity Verification Solutions, I was invited to moderate a discussion regarding best practices for evaluating EdTech. It was a…
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The “P” in Project Management = The “P” in People
The “P” in project management should be interchangeable with the “P” in people. That’s because project management is just as much about the people as it is about the project.…
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Using Value of Investment (VOI) to Guide EdTech Purchasing and Sustainability Planning Decisions
If EdTech leaders were in the business sector, purchasing decisions would be based on justification in money terms. Costs and benefits would be scrutinized before any money is spent. Investment…
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CTO’s Perspective: Importance of Cybersecurity
Those responsible for cybersecurity in our districts spend a great deal of time empowering our users with security knowledge and awareness. Yet, we often don’t allow ourselves to focus on…
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