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K-12 Schools Modernize Their On-Premises Data Centers with Hyperconverged Infrastructure

When it was time for New Albany–Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. in Indiana to upgrade its aging server and storage hardware, it could have purchased another server and storage area network. However, a traditional server and SAN setup would have been expensive for this district of 12,000 students and 1,200 staff.
Plus, managing a traditional data center is not exactly easy. So, NAFCS decided to explore the latest technology.
What IT staff members discovered was hyperconverged infrastructure. They learned HCI equipment is more affordable and easier to manage. That led the district, in…

Researchers say Slack and Microsoft Teams have fundamental issues vetting third-party apps and should overhaul their app model to be more like traditional OSes (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

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Researchers say Slack and Microsoft Teams have fundamental issues vetting third-party apps and should overhaul their app model to be more like traditional OSes  —  New research shows how third-party apps could be exploited to infiltrate these sensitive workplace tools.

Tesco expands its cashierless GetGo stores with three new locations but will use a “hybrid format” to avoid alienating customers who prefer a checkout counter (Katie Linsell/Bloomberg)

Katie Linsell / Bloomberg:
Tesco expands its cashierless GetGo stores with three new locations but will use a “hybrid format” to avoid alienating customers who prefer a checkout counter  —  Tesco Plc is expanding its experiment with stores where customers can walk straight out with their shopping instead of visiting a checkout counter.

Ownera, which wants to connect tokenized asset networks of the traditional finance, raised a $20M Series A from JP Morgan and others (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk)

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Ownera, which wants to connect tokenized asset networks of the traditional finance, raised a $20M Series A from JP Morgan and others  —  Ownera aims to connect the tokenized securities of institutional investors.  —  Ownera, a startup building infrastructure to connect the tokenized asset networks …

How to Leverage Ed Tech for Inquiry-Based Learning in K–12 Schools

As schools look for innovative ways to engage students and navigate digital learning environments, active learning is becoming increasingly popular. This is especially true in K–12 districts, where educators are aiming to prepare students for this approach in higher education. Active learning has been found to be successful in many online and in-person learning environments, and one approach is inquiry-based learning.
Ramsey Musallam, a teacher at California’s Sonoma Academy and an adjunct professor of education at Sonoma State University and Concordia University, has developed inquiry-based…