Education

In our last blog we announced the Connect Your Classroom Contest and the opening of pre-registration. Sponsored by Cisco and our friends at the Center of Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC), the contest invites K-12 teachers in the U.S. to tell us how they’re using technology to enable col…

In today’s digital learning environment, collaboration has become a cornerstone of driving student success. That’s why Cisco has partnered with our friends at the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) to find out how K-12 teachers across the United States are enabling collaboratio…

Guest Author: Dan Leister, E-rate Manager Cisco U.S. Public Sector   On December 19, 2019, the FCC released an Order which provides applicants with the multipliers which should be used to calculate Category Two budgets for FY2020.  The multipliers include an adjustment for inflation as well as…

What industry challenges is your business facing today? Tomorrow? Next year?  And how is your IT strategy building the bridge to key education outcomes? Classes outside the classroom. Virtual Reality. Artificial Intelligence. Online learning management systems. Transforming education syst…

Guest Author: Dan Leister, E-rate Manager Cisco U.S. Public Sector   On December 20th of last year, USAC announced the annual Form 471 filing window dates for E-rate Funding Year 2020 applications. This window opened January 15, 2020 and will close March 25, 2020, running for 70 days. But as y…

Guest Author: John Sellers, Stealthwatch for Public Sector at Cisco. Educational institution systems store a large amount of sensitive data, including student and employee records. They rely heavily on these systems for day-to-day operations. So any disruption or loss of access can be a game changer…

When an opportunity in STEM education presents itself, the unknown can be a barrier or a game changer. But it all depends on how you look at it. In this case, the unknown was unavoidable and it was the very thing one school needed to embrace. Here is how one teacher turned the unknown into a game ch…

Today’s stop while exploring #TheFutureofPublicSector takes us to education and what the future will make possible for teaching and learning. So, what does the future hold for education as we know it? With the powerful trend toward digital everywhere, educators will be increasingly challenged to fin…

In an earlier post, we shared the ways the University of North Carolina at Pembroke built a culture of security to help safeguard the campus community. Take a look. The campus community at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke is passionate about its mission: “Changing Lives Through Educatio…