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The Title: Curry College Aids Special Needs Students with Assistive Technology

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https://mytechdecisions.com/compliance/curry-college-aids-special-needs-students-assistive-technology/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

Curry College has improved its already-successful Program for Advancement of Learning (PAL) by working with an integration firm to design assistive technology solutions for students with learning disabilities.

The Excerpt:

The students in Curry College’s Program for Advancement of Learning (PAL) are of “above average or average intelligence,” says Laura E. Vanderberg. Ed.M., Ph.D., director of the program. It’s a cruel irony, therefore, when those students’ educatio...

The Title: 6 Things Every University Technology Manager Has to Deal With

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The Summary:

It’s not easy being a University Technology Manager. From working with integrators, to choosing the right training, to planning for the future, these unsung heroes deal with a lot.

The Excerpt:

TechDecisions has partnered with integration firm AdTech Systems for a series of roundtable discussions with end users about the struggles of their jobs and how they work with integrators. The first of these series revolved around the needs of the University Technology Manager. Throughout the discussion it became apparent that there are some aspects of the job that are universal.

Calling a...

The Title: How Can Analytics Help with Physical Security?

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https://mytechdecisions.com/physical-security/can-analytics-help-physical-security/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

Big data and advanced analytics have helped businesses bolster a number of areas, but the physical security space is often overlooked.

The Excerpt:

TechDecisions Managing Editor Jonathan Blackwood spoke with Steven White, Corporate VP, Business Development for Vector Security about how advanced analytics can help in the physical security space. JB: What kind of data should be captured for analysis in the physical security space? SW:...

The Title: How Automated Registration Helped My School Gain Efficiency

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https://mytechdecisions.com/compliance/automated-registration-school-efficiency/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

Utilizing an automated registration system helped Ryan Adkins make Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 more efficient.

The Excerpt:

Each spring, my colleagues and I are responsible for ensuring that each of our District’s 6,000-plus students is registered for the following school year. In theory, registering a student for school should be as quick and easy as making an Amazon purchase; however, this is not a possibility without the right processes in place. At

The Title: Five Things to Consider When Implementing a 1:1 Program

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The Summary:

School districts are increasingly moving to a 1:1 format for several reasons. Here are tips from the technology director at Ignacio School District.

The Excerpt:

Chances are if you sit down with a room full of superintendents and ask how many have implemented or are considering implementing a 1:1 device program, you’ll see several hands go up. The number one reason is because 1:1 provides a more personalized learning experience for students. Giving each student access to their own device allows them to work at their own pace on an assignment. It crea...

The Title: AV Analytics Will Help Your Business Whether Integrators like It or Not

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https://mytechdecisions.com/it-infrastructure/av-analytics-help-business-integrators/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

Professional AV is moving toward data-based environments that could deliver end users increased value with AV analytics opportunities, but are integrators ready to realize them?

The Excerpt:

Back in 2014 — a lifetime ago in tech, considerably less in AV — Amazon patented an algorithmic shipping-system solution which used analytics to cut delivery times by predicting what buyers were going to buy before they bought it, and then shipping those products in their general direction, or even right to their door, before the anticipated sales click even registered. Much of the system’s ...

The Title: ITaaS: Multi-Layered Security Against Ransomware for SMBs

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https://mytechdecisions.com/network-security/itaas-multi-layered-security-against-ransomware-for-smbs/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

Ransomware isn’t only a threat to large corporations. IT as a Service (ITaaS) and multi-layered security could be the answer for small businesses too.

The Excerpt:

Chances are you’re familiar with ransomware, a type of malware that infiltrates desktops, servers, smartphones, or wearable devices and can hold an entire organizations’ data hostage — from contracts to work products to customer information to financial information and everything in between. While these types of attacks initially gained popularity in Russia, ransomware scams have rapidly expand...

The Title: Who Got Hacked This Week? July 14 Edition

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https://mytechdecisions.com/network-security/who-got-hacked-july-14/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, July 14, 2017? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.

The Excerpt:

Each week, TechDecisions brings you the latest cyber security news on cyberattacks and who got hacked from around the internet. Cyber security is becoming a main issue for many companies, and our weekly feature is a good example of why. Every week there are multiple stories of people, businesses, and products being hacked for fun, for money, and sometimes for evil. Luckily for you, kno...

The Title: 4 Ways Video Observation Improves Instruction

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The Summary:

A pioneering principal reflects on her first year of using video to empower teacher growth. Learn how she changed her institution’s processes.

The Excerpt:

As the Principal of Howard University Middle School (HUMS). I want the observation and evaluation process to to be a way for teachers to become better teachers. So, for the 2016–2017 school year, I started asking certain teachers to capture videos of their lessons. The idea was that I could look at a video the way I wanted to: see a piece, stop, go back and look at it again, and then provide fe...

The Title: How to Manage the Burden of Connecting IoT Devices to the Network

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https://mytechdecisions.com/it-infrastructure/manage-burden-connecting-iot-devices-to-network/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

As Internet of Things (IoT) gains steam, more devices are connecting to the network than ever before. How does an IT department deal with the burden of connected devices?

The Excerpt:

Companies that connect products to the network – Internet of Things (IoT) devices like digital signage, audio visual equipment, video surveillance and so on – often end up butting heads with the IT department. When connecting IoT devices to the network, the burden on IT revolves around several issues, each of which needs to be carefully considered, hopefully before the deployment of said IoT...