Securly is the whole-student success platform developed specifically for the needs of today’s K-12 schools. Securly’s innovative suite of cloud-based education technology products helps more than 15,000 districts and schools keep their students safe, well, and engaged in learning. By providing school web filtering, student wellness monitoring, SEL curriculum, classroom management, parent/caregiver engagement, and technology support solutions, Securly gives district and school leaders, student safety and wellness teams, and IT staff the tools and critical insights they need to achieve better student outcomes and make the most efficient use of their resources. Learn more at www.securly.com.
The DXtera Institute℠ is a nonprofit, member-based consortium of higher education professionals collaborating to remove technology barriers so that institution leaders, faculty, staff, and students have efficient access to information needed to transform student outcomes. With partners across the U.S. and Europe, the consortium includes some of the brightest minds in education and technology, all working together to solve critical higher education issues on a global scale. Visit dxtera.org for more information.
MyVideoSpot is a comprehensive online platform offering a wide range of multimedia creation, management, and sharing services tailored specifically for educational institutions at the local, regional, and state levels. In addition to its live broadcasting and digital signage solutions, MyVideoSpot provides tools for securely storing, managing, creating, editing, and sharing various forms of digital content, including videos, images, audio files, documents, and more.
Designed as a statewide solution for education, MyVideoSpot allows states to easily create their own robust online media library, accessible to all stakeholders. While used nationwide by school districts and government offices at all levels, MyVideoSpot is built to facilitate collaboration among students, teachers, and administrators. It adheres to educational standards and ensures a safe environment for content creation, sharing, and distribution within the educational community.
Govern for America is a 501(c)(3) working to build the next generation of public servants to create a more responsive government that better reflects and serves our communities.Since our launch in 2019 we have partnered with 20 government agencies across 9 states to connect recent grads from diverse backgrounds to government jobs and support them to build the skills to transform the systems that impact our lives on a daily basis while sparking a lifelong commitment to public service through a 2-year Fellowship.
ISTE’s vision is that all educators are empowered to harness technology to accelerate innovation in teaching and learning, and inspire learners to reach their greatest potential. Our mission is to inspire educators worldwide to use technology to innovate teaching and learning, accelerate good practice and solve tough problems in education by providing community, knowledge and the ISTE Standards, a framework for rethinking education and empowering learners.
CoSN is the premier membership organization designed to meet the needs of K12 education technology leaders. CoSN’s resources support the entire IT team in a school system/district. CoSN offers members the opportunity to access their peers, thought leadership, and participate in local chapters (in 30 states). CoSN represents over 13 million students in school districts/systems nationwide and continues to grow as a powerful and influential voice in K-12 education. CoSN also provides opportunities for companies that support the K12 edtech community to participate as corporate members.
Learning Forward’s mission is to build the capacity of leaders to establish and sustain highly effective professional learning. Learning Forward is the only association devoted exclusively to advancing professional learning to improve educator practice and student achievement. Learning Forward has more than 75,000 subscribers who represent every position in the education field. In addition, Learning Forward has more than 30 state-affiliated organizations that help to spread and scale our work. Learning Forward established the Standards for Professional Learning to support school systems in planning, organizing, and implementing comprehensive systems of professional learning. Learning Forward publishes research-based, practical tools for educational leaders, and organizes large-scale learning experiences. We provide direct assistance to school districts by facilitating large-scale programs for developing leaders, coaches, and teachers. Learning Forward convenes and facilitates communities of practice that share common challenges and collaborate to overcome problems and advance the state of practice and the field. We excel in supporting school districts and organizations to develop cultures of learning and improvement.
Learning Forward’s work with educators at all levels within a system is grounded in a theory of action that standards-based professional learning leads to changes in educator knowledge, skills, and dispositions. This leads to changes in educator practice, which in turn leads to improved student results.
InnovateEDU is a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap by accelerating innovation in standards aligned, next generation learning models and tools that serve, inform, and enhance teaching and learning. Initiatives include Project Unicorn, a nationwide movement powered by a coalition of organizations across the education sector focused on the goal to optimize and radicalize education data with interoperability; and the Educating All Learners Alliance, an uncommon coalition of organizations committed to resource sharing and community-building that supports the efforts of the education community to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
1EdTech Consortium, formerly IMS Global Learning Consortium, is the world’s leading edtech collaborative with over 700 institution and supplier members across K-12, Higher Education, and Workforce. 1EdTech is a leading-edge community engaged in the hard work of developing, extending, and sustaining an open, interoperable edtech ecosystem (and data standards) currently consisting of over 7,000 products to address some of education’s most important needs over the next decade:
Accelerating best-in-class, safe digital learning experiences for all teachers and learners
Enabling personalized learner journeys
Improving student success, retention, and outcomes, and
Boosting K-to-Career achievement, opportunity, and employment.
Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 31 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services including Spectrum Internet, TV, Mobile and Voice.
For small and medium-sized companies, Spectrum Business delivers the same suite of broadband products and services coupled with special features and applications to enhance productivity, while for larger businesses and government entities, Spectrum Enterprise provides highly customized, fiber-based solutions. Spectrum Reach delivers tailored advertising and production for the modern media landscape. The company also distributes award-winning news coverage, sports and high-quality original programming to its customers through Spectrum Networks and Spectrum Originals.
