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Can AI Chatbots Address K–12 Staffing Shortages?

The next step for AI agents in education is chatbots that can address a district’s specific needs, freeing teams from time spent repeatedly answering the same questions. Here’s what IT professionals need to know now.

IT Director Brandon Gabel

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Incident Response Helps Schools Quickly Recover from Cyberattacks

Don Hough

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Q&A: CISA Safety Expert Dissects the Connections Between K–12 Physical Security and Cybersecurity

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What K–12 Leaders Need to Know About KOSA (Again)

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Cloud Cost Analysis and Cloud Cost Management Tools for K–12 Schools

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Security

K–12 Leaders Evaluate Funding and Cybersecurity Challenges

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Review: Epson PowerLite 810E and ELPCS01 Are a Dynamic Display Combination

We could not move forward with any of these projects — modernizing our campuses, focusing on how we are going to provide a safe and secure environment for our students — without the support of our community.”

Melanie Koslow, Executive Director of Maintenance, Operations and Facilities, Mt. Diablo Unified School District

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4 Tips for Building a Private Cloud in K–12 Schools

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Inventory as a Key Element of Incident Response Planning

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Review: Cortex XSOAR Protects Against Common Threats in K–12

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End-of-Year Checklist for K–12 Devices

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How to Secure AI Tools Within Your K–12 Digital Environment

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Schools Are Enacting Cellphone Policies. Are They Working?

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Building K–12 Tabletop Exercises With Generative AI

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Amplifying Possibilities With New K–12 Classroom Audio Technologies

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Manage Differing Student and Teacher Operating Systems

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School chatbot illustration

Artificial Intelligence

Can AI Chatbots Address K–12 Staffing Shortages?

The next step for AI agents in education is chatbots that can address a district’s specific needs, freeing teams from time spent repeatedly answering the same questions. Here’s what IT professionals need to know now.

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Artificial Intelligence

How to Secure AI Tools Within Your K–12 Digital Environment

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Artificial Intelligence

5 Questions To Ask Before Adopting an AI Tool

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Artificial Intelligence

New Tech Helps Schools Defend Against Student-Built Proxies

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ISTELive 24: The Dually Tech Game

Members of Ector Independent School District’s digital learning and curriculum and instruction teams showcase the synergy they’ve achieved since working together more closely.
Camera Upgrades Bring Physical Safety into Focus at Mt. Diablo

The district’s IT team works with its maintenance and operations department to keep students safe on its campuses.
Unlocking the Secrets That Protect Mt. Diablo’s Student Data

School district combines technology and outside staffing to support 24/7 monitoring.
Uniform Audiovisual Technology Levels the Playing Field in 4,000 Classrooms

Fresno Unified School District rolled out Promethean interactive panels so students and teachers in every classroom get have equal access to learning.
Deploying the Right Technologies That Work for K–12

A San Francisco Bay Area school district solves the problem of the ed tech haves and have-nots.
ISTELive 24: The Dually Tech Game

Members of Ector Independent School District’s digital learning and curriculum and instruction teams showcase the synergy they’ve achieved since working together more closely.
Camera Upgrades Bring Physical Safety into Focus at Mt. Diablo

The district’s IT team works with its maintenance and operations department to keep students safe on its campuses.

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