A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 14 Edition)

Another week, two more incidents added to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map. One involved a
high school student who incapacitated his own school’s network (and was subsequently arrested by police) and the other involved a phishing attack against a school district resulting in the theft of $40,000. Be sure to follow @K-12CyberMap to keep apprised of updates to the map and related news.

On twitter, I also ponder the trend of tech-savvy teachers increasingly resembling NASCAR drivers, proudly wearing digital uniforms on social media full of sponsored messages as proof of expertise:

Why do some in K-12 define #edtech expertise by # of tech company certifications acquired? What does it mean to be an XYZ-certifed educator?

— Doug Levin (@douglevin) April 9, 2017

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