September 27, 2024

Joe Lape

Welcome Back
Cell phones in schools
CISA Chromium
CISA Summary week of 8/19
Chromium
CISA Summary week 8/26
Linux/Sonic Wall
CISA Summary week 9/2
Citrix
Microsoft
Microsoft
CISCO
Adobe
Cisco
Microsoft
CISA Summary week 9/9
Adobe
Apple
Apache/Microsoft/Oracle
VMware
CISA Summary week 9/16
Citrix
Citrix
Active Statewide Pricing/Contracts for 2024-2025 - reach out to Joe Lape if interested in any of these vendors for statewide pricing
- - Book Creator
  - BrainPop
  - ClickView/Streamable Learning
  - Discovery Education
  - Find Your Grind
  - FortiClient EndPoint Protection
  - Juice Learning Company
  - Kami
  - Newsela/Formative
  - NoRedInk
  - OTIS for Educators/Teq
  - ParentSquare
  - SentinelOne
    - - # of school Districts participating in the statewide consortium: 170
      - Total SentinelOne Licenses sold through consortium: 102,358
      - Approximate district cost without the PAIU statewide consortium: $6,127,208
      - Cost districts are paying with the PAIU statewide consortium: $2,428,799
      - A savings across the state of: $6,127,208 - $2,428,799 = $3,689,409
      - Now offering Log Management - insurance wants you to keep logs 180 days
        Costs around $250 a year
  - Soundtrap
  - TalkingPoints
  - TeachTown
  - Wakelet
  - WeVideo
Cyber Pilot Program
- https://e-ratepa.org/?p=35620
- 3 year program providing $200Million, competitive application, focus on low income/underserved, pre-discount min $15,000, Max 1,500,000 annually
- application filing window – to be considered for participating in the pilot (you must first be accepted) -- opens September 17 and closes November 1, 2024
- Cyber Pilot Form 484 User Guide
Peering Services
Tech Protect US
- https://docsend.com/view/5zhz5qd8vws6vyim
Wyebot

Jenny Lent

Free National Safety and Security Summit Sept 25-26 (online) from 12pm-3pm each day
- - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W7a-EA4aILvojFsJzirBGGwlMKsz8LNg/view?usp=sharing
  - Resources
    - - https://www.schoolsafety.gov/
      - https://www.schoolsafety.gov/cybersecurity
PDE Information and Media Literacy Media Toolkit
PA Student-Centered Learning
- - Prior Meeting agenda from May with resources
  - 24-25 Flyer with meeting dates
State Assessment Online Testing Discussion
- - Online testing beginning with Spring 2026 administration
    - Only paper test for braille and large print accommodations; everyone else will be online!
  - 2025 - something to consider - give all science assessments online during spring administration as they do not count for proficient scores because they are a field test, BUT they do count for participation scores - Waiver only for science score and NOT for participation
  - Firefly Benchmark Online Pilot between November - February
    - Suggest waiting until January-February to have students log into this assessment
    - Can only take FireFly assessment one time
  - If your district or school is interested in participating in the Firefly Benchmark, please complete the following form https://forms.office.com/g/3pdxKyRN98. Please direct questions to Dr. Megan Clementi at mclementi@pa.gov.
  - Free Discovery TEI examples
    - https://www.discoveryeducation.com/tei-samples/
New ADA (WCAG 2.2) Rules - accessibility applies not just to websites but to all online learning courses including Google Classrooms or your local LMS
- - Large districts have 2 years to comply (community census of 50,000 or more)
  - Smaller districts have 3 years to comply (community census of less than 50,000)
  - If you embed videos into your LMS then you are responsible; if you link out to another source or site, then this does not apply
  - Please make sure you have text for all images and closed caption for all videos for items in your LMS
  - Resources
    - Training videos for ADA Compliance
  - How are you helping your staff be compliant in their online courses and how are you increasing access for your students?

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