K12 Edtech Innovators Needed!

Collaboration is key when it comes to change that really matters. For the last four years, CoSN assembles an international advisory board of educators, edtech leaders, and changemakers to inform…
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Real People – Real Challenges – Real Solutions

Desert Sands Unified School District (CA), is a leader in educational technology, digital access, and innovation. I had the great opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Kelly May Vollmar Ed.D.,…
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If you have these initials (CETL) – what’s that really mean?

You are a Certified Education Technology Leader!  This certification is offered through CoSN (Consortium for School Networking).  Anyone who is successful in leading school technology knows “it takes a village”…
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Using Data to Inform Practice

As we approach the end of a school year in which we continued to grapple with the challenges of educating our students during a pandemic, it is a natural time…
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Reflections on a Moment

I am a new CoSN Board Member.  I was the CIO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (OH). Today, I am the Director of Business Development at ENA.  I am…
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Adventures In Accessibility

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to lead a 90-minute workshop on Digital Access at the CAST’s Annual Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Symposium. In preparation for the…
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Why a Peer Review is more progressive than a Technology Audit

Ed tech leaders tend to use the terms peer review and technology audit interchangeably, but they are very distinct tools with different origin, purpose and application. Given the choice, I…
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On a Dark Desert Highway…

That first line from the Eagles hit song, “Hotel California” always comes to mind when I think about my experiences and times with CoSN.  I’ll come back to that story…
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Prioritizing the Privacy Work for the Technology-Enabled School District

In the midst of important discussions on data privacy and security taking place across the nation, school leaders can easily forget how and why we adopted the array of applications…
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