Boolean Girl is a non-profit with a mission to diversify technology fields by teaching girls and individuals from underrepresented groups to code, build, invent, and animate. We are excited to announce the reopening of our in-person clubhouse at Marymount University in Arlington. What's Clubhouse? Clubhouse is our Saturday morning coding and engineering event. It runs from … [Read more...]
2022 Virginia Education Broadband Grant from Kajeet
Kajeet is excited to announce the launch of the Virginia Education Broadband Grant, in partnership with the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA). In Virginia, it is estimated that more than 200,000 K-12 students lack broadband access at home. During the ongoing pandemic, education leaders continue to go above and beyond, many working alongside the Kajeet education … [Read more...]
Mitigate Risks With This Cloud Application Security Checklist
Using Google G Suite and Microsoft Office 365 provides school districts with many benefits. From improving productivity and collaboration to outsourcing infrastructure security, schools and districts of sizes are making the move to the cloud. But there are security issues in cloud computing. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework recommends that you run a risk assessment and cloud … [Read more...]
Diversity and Equity Taskforce: Mentoring Program
In 2019, the VSTE Board of Directors agreed to create an Ad Hoc Inclusion Task Force focused on issues related to diversity in education and educational technology in Virginia. This group had two initial goals: learn more about the challenges related to workforce diversity and identify ways VSTE could increase diversity. In an effort to meet these goals, the Task Force … [Read more...]
Tech & Equity: Supporting All Our Students
At 2 PM on Monday, March 23rd, Governor Ralph Northam announced that Virginia's public schools will close for the rest of the school year. Amy Stewart and Nicci Dowd, co-chairs of VSTE's Inclusion Task Force, offer guidance for making sure we are using technology to meet the needs of all our students. As our world has changed over the last couple of weeks, we have all come … [Read more...]
