Schools in Iowa and beyond are currently developing their Return to Learn plans for the 2020-2021 school years. For many school communities, this includes contingency plans to continue lessons with bouts of required distance learning, a hybrid attendance model of some students onsite/offsite each day, and community buildings serving as classroom extensions to maintain distance […]
Education
K-12 Coronavirus Resources and Planning
Using Chromebooks Offsite Some 1:1 schools may already have Chromebooks setup for home use per their 1:1 policy, others may have restricted prior use to onsite only – regardless of your initial setup, you may need to make some changes to allow families to more fully and efficiently use devices at home. Most school Chromebooks […]
K-12 Coronavirus Preparation
Schools in affected parts of the United States have closed schools to allow for staff to sanitize surfaces and mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus – this is also a common practice when large populations of students have been ill with influenza and other highly contagious illnesses. The CDC has recommended that schools update […]
2019 K12 Cyber Threats
Many of the cyber threats that impact and target business entities had previously strayed away from school networks and domains. This school year has illustrated through a steady series of security events and breaches that school networks are now equally vulnerable and targeted by hackers, and that school networks may actually provide a more extensive […]
What Schools Need To Know About Momo And Other Online Threats
We have received several calls and emails to ask about Momo – How can we protect our students? What do we need to know? This most recent round of Momo-related news has been categorized as a hoax by several reputable firms and thinkers. There is not currently an app or YouTube video using targeted children’s […]