Higher learning in a dynamic environment: Enabling new learning models with agile networksOctober 6, 2020 | Jennifer Head | 2 min read The rapid pivot to online learning and collaboration by higher education institutions last spring was a testament to their resilience and unwavering commitment to their mission. Now, as the emphasis shifts toward repopulating physical campuses...
Higher learning in a dynamic environment: Enabling new learning models with agile networksOctober 6, 2020 | Jennifer Head The rapid pivot to online learning and collaboration by higher education institutions last spring was a testament to their resilience and unwavering commitment to their mission. Now, as the emphasis shifts toward repopulating physical campuses...
This fall, smart networks are key to adaptive learningSeptember 3, 2020 | Jennifer Head As higher education institutions navigate a return to learning this fall, they are faced with a host of challenges and, at times, competing priorities of learning and research continuity, financial solvency and—above all—safety amid a...
Planning to thrive: Agile methods lead to educational resilience as districts return to learnJuly 20, 2020 | Jennifer Head The abrupt, widespread school closures this spring thrust educators and students across the country into a sustained virtual environment with little time to prepare or plan. As we look to the coming school year, it’s...
Making the Move to Unified Communications in K-12 Schools and LibrariesSeptember 11, 2019 | Jennifer Head While the business world has welcomed cloud migration with open arms (and generous budgets), many K-12 school districts find themselves unable to support the latest cloud learning and administrative applications with their antiquated equipment and...
Cyber Security 101 for K-12 Districts: Back to BasicsApril 3, 2019 | Jennifer Head The education landscape has been elevated by the permeation of cloud-based learning and administrative tools, as well as a 1:1 student-to-device ratio in many of our nation’s schools. Students now have access to personalized, educational...
Taking E-Rate and School Broadband to the Next LevelJanuary 16, 2019 | Jennifer Head By its most basic measure, the FCC E-Rate program has done a remarkable job of bringing broadband to K-12 schools. 98% of U.S. schools now have high-speed internet access of at least 100 kbps per...
Keeping School Networks Safe from AttackAugust 8, 2018 | Jennifer Head While every network is a potential target for cyber threats, K-12 school districts are especially under attack. We bore witness to one example recently while assisting a large Midwestern school district that utilizes Google Classroom...