EdTech: Focus on K-12 explores technology and education issues that IT leaders and educators face when they’re evaluating and implementing a solution. EdTech: Focus on K-12 is published by CDW which is headquartered in Vernon Hills, Ill.
CDW is a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations in North America and the United Kingdom. A Fortune 500 company, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs more than 8,200 coworkers. For the trailing 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2015, the company generated net sales of almost $12.6 billion. For more information, visit www.CDW.com.
About the Team
Ryan Petersen
Editor in Chief | Email
About: Ryan has been a magazine and newspaper editor for 18 years, with the last 12 covering a variety of bases for CDW’s family of tech magazines. As Editor in Chief, he works on developing editorial strategy and is always on the lookout for new writing talent and sharing great stories with the IT world. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys spending time with his family, biking and obsessively following Iowa Hawkeye sports and Cubs baseball.
Vanessa Roberts
Editorial Director | Email
About: Vanessa has worked on the magazine since April 2005. Previously, she spent 18 years at Government Computer News, as managing editor, news editor and writer. In her former spare time, before her family-of-four years, she liked to read a book in one or two sittings and dive wrecks along the Carolina shores and reefs around any Caribbean island.
Tara E. Buck
Executive Editor | Email
About: Tara has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 13 years. She was the special publications editor at The Daily Record in Baltimore, which published a variety of legal- and business-focused supplements in addition to higher education and consumer guides. In her downtime, Tara enjoys cooking and traveling with her husband.
Jena Passut
Managing Editor | Email
About: Jena Passut is a veteran journalist, who started her reporting and editing career in newspapers before making the switch to association and B2B publishing. She currently serves as managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K–12. In her spare time, Jena enjoys exploring with her husband and two young sons and volunteering at her local animal shelter.
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Kevin Hambel
David Vogin
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Copy Editors
Allison Leopold
Ellen Wu
Project Managers
Hanorah Srihari
Macy Kinde
Photo Editor
Sara Elder
Circulation
Eugene Lee
Ad Design & Production
Tina McCartney
Tom Crawford
Marketing
Liz White
Mark Pazdan
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Vice President, K–12 Education
David Hutchins
Editorial Calendar
Read the editorial calendar for the quarterly print magazine.
Q1-18
| Themes | Trending |
|---|---|
| Cloud | Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations Planning in K–12 |
| Managing Risk | Wi-Fi Anywhere |
| Security | How to Future-Proof Your Schools |
| What’s on the Horizon for Online Learning? | |
| 2018 Education Tech Trends |
| Tech to Watch | Events |
|---|---|
| AI and Student Success (Big Data Analytics) | FETC (January) |
| Ransomware Tools and Tactics | TCEA (February) |
| Microsegmentation | ICE (February) |
| All-Flash Storage | CoSN (March) |
| Hyperconverged Infrastructure Building Blocks | CUE (March) |
| 50 Must-Read K–12 Blogs List (March) |
Q2-18
| Themes | Trending |
|---|---|
| Changing the Way Users Work | Using Cloud and Collaboration Tools for Global Success |
| Collaboration | Schools Embrace STEM Spaces |
| Mobility | E-Rate Dollars Propel Tech Spending |
| Networking | Data Centers Go Modular |
| Security | |
| Services |
| Tech to Watch | Events |
|---|---|
| AI and Machine Learning | ISTE (June) |
| Managing Endpoint Security | Graduation/End of the School Year (May/June) |
| Network Management Control | Summertime — Preparing for Back to School |
| VR and Professional Development | Prepping for Summer Upgrades and IT Initiatives |
| Drones In and Out of the Classroom |
Q3-18
| Themes | Trending |
|---|---|
| Cloud | Learning Spaces Go High Tech |
| Data Center | Educators Who Embrace Personalized Learning Demand Collaborative Technologies and Classroom Spaces |
| Managing Risk | Professional Development Drives Successful Tech Adoptions |
| Networking | Digital and Physical Security: What Keeps IT Teams Up at Night? |
| Security | |
| Upgrading and Preparing for the Future |
| Tech to Watch | Events |
|---|---|
| Next-Gen Anti-Virus | Ready for the New School Year |
| Hardware with Built-In Security | |
| IoT: Power and Cooling | |
| Seamless Collaboration Tools | |
| Platform as a Service |
Q4-18
| Themes | Trending |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | Infrastructure Upgrades Support Open Educational Resources in Schools |
| Digital Transformation | 2018 Tech Year in Review/2019 Top K–12 Tech Trends |
| Mobility | Striving for the Completely Connected Classroom |
| Security | How to Keep Student and Staff Data Private |
| Tech to Watch | Events |
|---|---|
| Cognitive Endpoint Security | National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October) |
| IoT Security | |
| Edge Processing | |
| Software-Defined Data Center |