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March/April 2019 | Volume 46, No. 2
4COLUMNS
4 HOW COMPETITIVE GAMING CAN SUPPORT POWERFUL LEARNING
A growing number of schools are using esports to teach important skills and concepts. By Dennis Pierce
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18 Advocacy
What’s the State of Infrastructure in Schools – and Why It Matters to You
FEATURES
12 What School District CIOs Need to Know about IoT With the focus on providing better services to students and teachers, the applications for Internet
of Things is projected to grow exponentially in the K-12 setting, but questions are becoming increasingly apparent on how to protect school data under controlled conditions.
By Sara Friedman
20 Drawing from Community Needs for STEM Learning This Houston fab lab is taking lessons from the impact of Hurricane Harvey to students, helping them learn how their STEM work can be a force for good in the community.
By Di Schaffhauser
26 Helping Parents Learn Tech Too
Every month this 1-to-1 district in Texas hosts parents in a “technology academy” to help them understand the digital world their students inhabit.
By Di Schaffhauser
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