To Improve Hybrid Workplace Productivity, Center Communication
By Al Kingsley
12/11/2024 – All Tech Magazine
Research has suggested for at least a decade that offering employees flexibility in where they work from can improve […]
3 things you didn’t know your classroom management software could do
By Al Kingsley
12/10/2024 – eSchool News
It’s almost a truism among educators to say that classroom management is all about relationship management. Learning requires a great deal of […]
The Business Cost of a Missed Message
By Al Kingsley
10/22/2024 – TechAnnouncer
Business leaders depend on emails and direct messages to deliver the information that keeps our teams advancing toward critical goals. These internal communications […]
What Students Should Know About Digital Citizenship
By Al Kingsley
10/21/2024 – The Learning Counsel
A recent opinion piece in Education Week sums up the issues surrounding cell phones in schools quite well. Tom […]
NetSupport’s classroom management platform earns ISTE Seal for quality edtech
10/14/2024 – EdTech Innovation Hub
According to ISTE’s evaluators, classroom.cloud offers a user-friendly interface, flexible content delivery, and robust monitoring features. These allow teachers to track student […]
classroom.cloud From NetSupport Earns ISTE Seal for Quality EdTech
10/14/2024 – EdTech Chronicle
NetSupport — known for providing education technology solutions for over 35 years — has received recognition by ISTE (the International Society […]
Resources to Help Teachers Equip Students for Changing Future
By Al Kingsley
09/25/2024 – EdTech Review
Think about how difficult it is for teachers in this regard. We are all focused on learning outcomes, but education is directly […]
Use hyper-flex to keep remote workers happy and engaged
By Al Kingsley
09/17/2024 – SmartBrief
We believe hybrid work is something new, enabled by remote technologies and strong networks. Yet already, the concept of remote work is old. Hyper-flex is the […]
Building an Agile Crisis Communications Plan
By Sharon Illhardt
08/29/2024 – Healthcare Guys
Preparing for those moments requires recognizing the nature of today’s crises. We must prepare for events well beyond natural disasters […]
Be Bold, Be Brave and Go with Your Heart with Al Kingsley
08/06/2024 – IT Career Energizer Podcast
2 Top Career Tips
1) You are born with two eyes, two ears […]
Poof! The Line Between Tech and Learning is Gone
By Al Kingsley
07/25/2024 – EdTech Digest
That educators see the benefits of technology so overwhelmingly may catch the attention of some people. However, the reality is that the […]
Privacy and data protection are driving edtech adoption trends
By Al Kingsley
07/24/2024 – eSchool News
Encompassing the expansion of edtech safety and security evaluation is a growing preference for transparency and clarity from vendors. Many IT directors […]
Creating Tech-Friendly Classrooms for Neurodivergent Students
By Al Kingsley
07/15/2024 – The Learning Counsel
Understanding the differences between neurodivergent and neurotypical students can help education develop strategies that help all students to be successful […]
Keeping Your Hybrid Workplace Secure
By Matt Jones
07/12/2024 – MyTechDecisions
Specifically, workers experienced the personal benefits of flexibility that remote and hybrid work models offered during shutdowns. Many employees won’t or don’t want to go back. […]
The surprising/unsurprising things education IT leaders have to say
By Al Kingsley
07/08/2024 – eSchool News
The results we see in the survey data echo what we hear from clients and partners all the time. For those who […]
IT Departments Say Remote Work Affects Them, Too. Acutely.
By Matt Jones
05/17/2024 – All Tech Magazine
It’s a sizable understatement to say aloud that remote and hybrid work have changed the way all of us do our […]
93% Educators Feel EdTech Makes Learning & Teaching Better: Survey
By Shalini Pathak
04/02/2024 – EdTech Review
NetSupport, a classroom management solution used worldwide, has recently revealed the findings of a survey that asked educators who […]
Are there too many edtech tools for teachers to master?
K12 education has […]
Lessons Learned in Launching a High School Esports Lab
By Alex Spada
04/25/2024 – EdTech Review
…To provide an extra layer of assurance against distractions, we adopted NetSupport’s educational software. The software lets our IT team […]
Survey Results on Educational Technology Use in the Classroom
03/29/2024 – Ace-Ed
NetSupport – a classroom management solution used throughout the globe – has published the results of a survey asking educators who either manage or use […]
Key Strategies for Technology Officers in Remote Financial Work Environments
By Matt Jones
02/15/2024 – TechBullion
As technology officers like Mr. Roark identify challenges in flexible work environments, they are actively implementing strategies to cultivate remote-ready IT teams. I’ve […]
This Core Classroom Tool Helps Me Differentiate Instruction Effectively
By Lynn Korff
1/8/2024 – EdTech Chronicle
I’ve found that using the right classroom management platform not only helps me run my classroom smoothly and keep everyone on task; […]
Solving the IT staffing challenge in K-12 education
By Al Kingsley
12/11/2023 – eSchool News
The lack of IT talent is a problem for all organizations, but it places an especially large burden on K-12 school systems. […]
How employers can foster and develop resilience with IT staff: Encourage a growth mindset
By Al Kingsley
12/12/2023 – IT World Canada
Every employee can benefit from having a “growth mindset,” which is the ability to develop and change, to recognize failures not […]
The Nicest Guy in Ed-Tech – Al Kingsley
11/08/2023 – Slow-Smoked Business with Jarrod Morgan
On this week’s Slow Smoked Business, Jarrod is joined by Al Kingsley, the nicest guy in education technology, to discuss how […]
5 strategies to reduce teacher stress and improve retention
By Al Kingsley
11/06/2023 – eSchool News
Teaching has always been a stressful profession, but since the pandemic it has become even more so. Nearly three […]
Exciting new edtech? Don’t forget the load on teachers, support staff and IT
By Al Kingsley
10/18/2023 – District Administration
Education technology is advancing and innovating at an inspiring pace, driven mostly by generative AI. In and out of the classroom, technology […]
6 Suggestions IT Teams Should Ask Teachers When Evaluating Unapproved Technology
By Al Kingsley
09/21/2023 – THE Journal
Even with their plates full and their job demands high, school IT teams value teachers’ input and want to support their teachers’ […]
AI forces how we define the lifespan of technology
By Al Kingsley
09/21/2023 – Tech Bullion
Organizations therefore need leaders who have vision, who aren’t afraid of uncertainty, who can recognize new potential and understand that the tech […]
An Education Veteran’s Perspective: Protecting Students & Protecting Privacy
By Al Kingsley
August/September 2023 of Ace-Ed Issue of Equity & Access Magazine
There’s a stark difference in how schools in the United States and the United Kingdom handle […]
This key strategy can help boost teacher well-being immediately
By Mike Teng
07/14/2023 – eSchool News
Improving teacher wellness is a complex challenge, and solving it will require a systemic approach that includes making widespread changes to improve […]
Students Flourish in the Spaces Between our Focus on the Core Curriculum
By Al Kingsley
06/05/2023 – The Learning Counsel
Recently, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Adam Mendler, host of the popular leadership podcast Thirty Minute Mentors. Adam […]
Edtech Insiders Podcast: Al Kingsley, Edtech Shared
05/29/2023 – Edtech Insiders
Al Kingsley has over 30 years’ experience in educational technology and digital safeguarding…Listen to the entire Edtech Insiders […]
Insights with NetSupport Radio: Kailey Lefko of Educalme and Dean Shareski Interviews
05/10/2023 and 05/11/2023 – NetSupport Radio
“Kailey Lefko, a Math and Science Teacher, Co-Founder at Educalme Inc and The Balanced Educator Podcast Co-Host, joined
How I Added a New Role to My Already Full Military Mom Life
By Kassia Fielder
05/03/2023 – FE News
This idea came to me because during my high school years I worked in an assisted living facility. I loved getting to […]
Try Out ChatGPT Now: Because Your Students Already Know About It
By Al Kingsley
04/20/2023 – Canadian Teacher Magazine
Next is efficiency. In industry, we need people able to iterate on past successes. Programmers comb through existing code to improve […]
Global ideas that show the power of an education servant leader
By Al Kingsley
04/18/2023 – SmartBrief
When my children were young, my wife and I moved to a house in a neighborhood where a new secondary school was being […]
A 5-point plan for post-pandemic education
By Al Kingsley
04/13/2023 – eSchool News
…1. Take stock: The first step is to get an accurate picture of what is happening in your schools now. That means talking […]
Try out ChatGPT now because your students already know all about it
By Al Kingsley
03/17/2023 – Edtech Chronicle
…Some kinds of writing simply may not be needed in the future. For years, newspapers have relied on algorithms to report baseball game statistics – […]
Your staff is the biggest key to making your SEL program work
By Al Kingsley
03/10/2023 – Rachelle Dene Poth Blog
…But if like so many districts, you have already purchased a program and are in the early stages of implementation, […]
Taking The Long View On School Governance
By Al Kingsley
03/03/2023 – Education IT Reporter
I’ve watched my children work their way through the school system and – while I realize U.K. education differs from the U.S.’s – we […]
LISTEN MORE AND SPEAK LESS: INTERVIEW WITH AL KINGSLEY, CEO OF NETSUPPORT
02/03/2023 – Adam Mendler Blog
I recently went one on one with Al Kingsley, CEO of NetSupport.
Adam: Thanks again for taking the time to share your advice. First things […]
Podcast – The Changing Landscape of Assessments with Al Kingsley Transformative Principal 507
11/17/2022 – Transformative Principal
- Many similarities – Local authority schools, state run, and private/independent school.
- Two checkpoints in year 2 and year 6
- Internal (teacher-based) and external […]
7 Tips to Create a Company-Branded Podcast That Actually Gets Listeners
By Al Kingsley
10/04/2022 – Built In
“Very few people can resist the invitation to step into the […]
Podcast – The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast – Edtech Secrets
09/28/2022 – The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast
Show Highlights
- Interesting ideas on how to roll out and adopt technology
- Create a school that’s actually responsive […]
4 Ways Schools Can Save Money on Energy
By Al Kingsley
09/21/2022 – THE Journal
There isn’t much school leaders can do to halt the increase in oil costs or stem the rising electricity prices, but that […]
5 ways to make your IT department more efficient
By Nele Morrison
09/05/2022 – eSchool News
In my six years as the director of technology for the Pittsburg Independent School District, a town about 120 miles east of […]
Respect for Teachers and Trends in EdTech with Al Kingsley
08/01/2022 – Trending in Education
“Al rejoins host Mike Palmer in a conversation about the need for respect for educators in these challenging times. We explore pathways into […]