edWebcasts

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ENA and hosted by Consortium for School Networking (CoSN).
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

According to CoSN’s 2021 EdTech Trends Survey Report, when asked to identify their top three unmet technology needs, respondents ranked cybersecurity number one by a large margin. This isn’t too surprising given the vastness of the issue. 

In this edWeb podcast, to help districts assess and prioritize their cybersecurity action items, experienced K-12 school technology and industry leaders share effective cybersecurity readiness, mitigation, and training strategies and recommendations. From cybersecurity insurance and network segmentation to endpoint protection and penetration testing, listeners leave with a list of action items they can implement to bolster their security efforts. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to district leaders, education technology leaders, and CTOs of all grade levels.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Screencastify.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

Student- and teacher-created video has permanently changed the way teachers assess student learning and understanding. 

In this edWeb podcast, presenters discuss how leading districts facilitate teacher-student evaluation and even peer-to-peer student evaluation through asynchronous video. They also share some of the best tools and features, and how they empower real-time assessment and provide the data necessary for educators to personalize instruction based on each student’s needs. 

Listen to a panel of educators and edtech experts to learn how making assessment more accessible, engaging and secure can improve student confidence and maximize learning outcomes for each individual. You learn how asynchronous video: 

• Offers a revolutionary way for teachers to assess students’ work through multiple modalities
• Provides students tools to assess—and encourage—each other while building confidence in a safe and secure environment
• Gives teachers the real-time data to evaluate individual student needs and where they might need more support

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 district leaders, education technology leaders, educational and instructional technology specialists, curriculum and instruction specialists, IT and security specialists, and teachers.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN, AASA, and edWeb.net.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic changed the face of education. School district leaders looked to new and innovative ways to stay connected with staff, students, parents and their communities. Technology was rapidly implemented in ways never before used on such a large scale. As we begin to navigate “what’s next” in K-12 education, strategies for scaling and sustaining effective technology innovations and continuing to budget for them on a yearly basis are more essential than ever. To succeed, this effort requires school leaders to develop organizational culture and practices that enable risk taking and support the efforts around bringing to scale what works. Budgets must also be developed in ways that sustain those innovations. 

In this edWeb podcast, three leading-edge superintendents share how they are leading innovation by creating and supporting practices that allow successful innovations to grow and be sustained. Strategies for budgeting for innovation is also discussed. 

This edWeb podcast is of high value to superintendents, preK-12 school and district leaders, aspiring school leaders, chief technology officers, and other information technology education leaders.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Varsity Tutors for Schools.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

How can you accelerate student learning and support student social and emotional health in the wake of COVID-19? Listen to Dr. Susanna Loeb from the National Student Support Accelerator at Brown University as she shares the extensive body of research that supports high-impact tutoring, the characteristics and examples of effective tutoring, and how you can support the adoption of this proven approach. 

Listen to this edWeb podcast to learn about:

• Research findings and best practices for tutoring
• Key issues for delivering of tutoring, including tutor selection, instructional content, assessment of student progress, and tutor coaching and oversight
• Examples of high-impact tutoring programs
• Open-access tools and supports to make it easier for your district to implement high-impact tutoring with quality

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 educators and school and district leaders.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Mindsets Learning.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

With demands for immediate results to determine appropriate strategies and allocation of funds, every school in the United States has struggled mightily with the additional challenges brought about by bringing effective education to K-12 schools in the era of COVID-19. Is anything working and, if so, why? What sort of pivoting in an ever-changing landscape has been required to continue to gain traction and move needles? How do regional challenges demand different or greater cultural relevancy? 

Immediate takeaways for listeners include real-life strategies that work, creating academic traction for learners. Listen to three secondary school administrators from different parts of the country to share and explore the innovations and adjustments they have put in place to create successes for students in this must-see conversation. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to school, district, and education technology leaders of the middle and high school levels.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by 321 Insight.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Over the summer, educators and administrators extensively planned for most of the nation’s students to return to in-person instruction this fall. They prepared for the significant challenges they expected to face, from learning loss to behavior issues that were likely to intensify as students transitioned back to in-school learning and reacclimated to the structures and daily routines they were no longer used to following. 

Despite their best efforts, most educators were not prepared for the sheer enormity of the behavior challenges and levels of mental health concerns they faced when students did return. The impact of months of isolation, inconsistent routines, and challenging home environments resulted in unprecedented behavioral issues that most educators felt ill-equipped to deal with effectively. 

In this edWeb podcast, Dr. Will Henson, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and Dr. Gastrid Harrigan, Principal of Cypress Run Education Center in Broward County (FL), help listeners understand the root causes of many of the most difficult behaviors and the ways in which recent events have intensified these challenges. In addition, they share proven strategies that educators can implement immediately to effectively address challenging behaviors while still holding high expectations and providing high support to students. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-12 school and district leaders and special education directors.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ENA.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

Demands on education networks have changed. Between blended learning, online coursework, digital learning applications, and an explosion in connected devices, bandwidth needs for K-12 continue to soar, but IT budgets simply can’t keep up with necessary infrastructure upgrades. How can you adapt your network to this bandwidth-hungry reality without breaking the bank? 

In this edWeb podcast, district leaders from Prince George’s County Public Schools and Baltimore City Public Schools discuss this timely topic and outline the successful strategies they have implemented to build future-proof, robust, and secure networks. These experienced technology leaders also share recommendations and best practices other districts can replicate and adopt. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to district leaders and education technology leaders of all grade levels. 

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by iboss and hosted by Project Tomorrow.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

The cybersecurity threat to K-12 schools and districts is at an unprecedented level. The increased technology dependency in our schools has emboldened bad actors determined to wreak havoc on district infrastructure and data systems. This edWeb podcast is the launch event for a new national campaign to drive greater awareness across all levels of K-12 district leadership on the realities of K-12 cybersecurity. 

In this edWeb podcast, Project Tomorrow’s CEO, Dr. Julie A. Evans, shares new Speak Up research findings from 600 district leaders nationwide about their concern levels regarding cyberattacks and the steps they are taking to reduce vulnerabilities. A key finding is the significant disconnect between district administrators and technology leaders on the state of cyber threats to their districts. The panel discussion features the experiential insights and cold hard advice of two technology leaders with frontline experience safeguarding their districts. 

Listeners gain access to a new national report on the state of K-12 cybersecurity from Project Tomorrow (a collaboration with iboss) and a ready-to-use checklist of immediate steps that should be taken by every K-12 district leader to reduce cyber risks today. This special event is highly recommended for superintendents, school board members and district technology leaders.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Common Sense Education.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Over the past year, teachers have been inundated with tech integration strategies. From adapting to new learning platforms, to navigating learning tools, schools have begun successfully incorporating these resources into the classroom. This emphasizes the critical nature of digital citizenship skills in the current learning environment. As more students continue to rely on these tools in the future, what digital citizenship themes should teachers expect in 2022? 

In this edWeb podcast, Dan Frost and Devalin Jackson, administrators from San Francisco Unified School District, highlight the five digital citizenship trends that are expected to be the most prominent in 2022. 

We explore: 

• Balancing technology adoption to meet teachers’ mental well-being
• Using teacher cohorts to celebrate digital citizenship skills
• Ways to promote digital literacy skills that contribute to student success
• Redefining engagement with families to address tech misuses

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, education technology leaders, curriculum directors and coordinators, and school counselors.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Do you know your students? Do you REALLY know your students? Are you aware of the “cultural capital” (Pierre Bourdieu) your students have the potential to bring to—in fact, gift to—the classroom? Cultural capital can present in several forms, but in this edWeb podcast, Dr. Lott Adams focuses on cultural capital in the form of the embodied state: the knowledge, skills, experiences, etc. that students have. 

When we invite and engage students to contribute from the lens of their cultural capital, we open up possibilities for these students and for everyone in the learning community. Dr. Lott Adams shares stories from her early years of school to college that demonstrate how five educators valued her cultural capital and propelled her forward to become the mathematics educator and leader she is today. With each story, she also presents a challenge to participants: How do we find “it” (cultural capital) in students? 

In this edWeb podcast, listeners:

• Explore the definition of “cultural capital” and its implications for education
• Learn strategies for tapping into students’ cultural capital to use as an asset in the classroom
• Develop a concrete action toward learning more about their own students’ cultural capital

This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-12 teachers and school leaders.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.