7 School Web Content Filter Features That Save IT Directors Time
As a school district IT professional, you have a web content filter deployed to be in compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). However, your role as a school district IT p…
30 Ways to Boost Student-School Connectedness for Better Mental Health
Student-school connectedness is a valuable strategy that helps schools support all children, many of whom may feel unwelcome at school, left out by peers, unsupported by teachers and other adult…
District Best Practices for Managing App Approvals and Creating an Approved App List
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, technology plays a pivotal role in enhancing the teaching and learning experience. Educational apps have become valuable tools for educators t…
Shining Light on Suicide Awareness Month: 40 Vital Resources to Get Help
Welcome back from summer vacation! September is designated National Suicide Prevention Month, in part to help de-stigmatize discussing suicide and mental illness and to promote mental health str…
Generative AI’s Potential to Inflate the Digital Divide
While not new, generative AI (artificial intelligence) has rapidly ascended to the top of the K-12 education scene this year, creating fervor amongst a community with much to resolve…
What Texas School Districts Need to Know About the SCOPE Act (Texas House Bill No. 18)
On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas House Bill No. 18, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act, also known as the SCOPE Act. The SCOPE Act requires c…
Internet Connectivity & Its Impact on Closing the Digital Divide
An important issue in today’s digital learning-fueled K-12 educational environment is universal connectivity and closing the digital divide. According to the Federal Communications Commi…
Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle
Within K-12 education, there is no greater priority than student welfare. Student welfare is the mission that brought so many of us to the space. Everything else pales in comparison. Student we…
From High to Low: Use Lightspeed Alert’s New Monitoring Preferences Feature to Choose Alert Levels
Lightspeed Alert™ scans vast amounts of information and flags potentially concerning text or images, creating alerts that district and school staff then follow up on in the real world.
8 Tips to Make Web Content Filtering More Effective at Your School
Lightspeed Systems has been a leader in the web content filtering category for over twenty years, and when you have been in a space for that long, you uncover a lot of tips to share with others…
