Thought Leadership

Students Really Need Community Service Right Now

By Michele Pitman, originally published in the December 2021 issue of Equity & Access
02/11/2022 – Ace-Ed

“In every extraordinary time, there have been challenges that make us […]

By |2026-02-11T19:43:24+00:00February 11th, 2022|intellivol, K-12, Thought Leadership|

5 edtech opportunities that will emerge in 2022

By Al Kingsley
02/10/2022 – eSchool News

“Kuato is an edtech gaming company that surveyed 1,000 parents and 600 teachers in the U.K. and the U.S about […]

By |2026-02-11T20:18:48+00:00February 10th, 2022|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

How Technology Can Help Schools Meet Today’s Challenges

By Wayne D’Orio
02/10/2022 – Edtech Chronicle

“It’s not surprising that technology has played a major role in helping school leaders make these changes. While all of this back-and-forth […]

By |2026-02-11T20:18:48+00:00February 10th, 2022|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Digital Safety Tips For Parents

By Al Kingsley
02/09/2022 – Edtech Review 

“ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) has advice about online safety for educators. The suggestions are intended […]

By |2026-02-11T20:18:48+00:00February 10th, 2022|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Rebecca Murtagh Of Modo Labs: Five Things You Need To Build A Trusted And Beloved Brand

By |2026-02-11T19:48:40+00:00January 4th, 2022|Higher Education, Modo, Thought Leadership|

Book Review–My Secret EdTech diary

By Jacqui Murray on Ask a Tech Teacher

“Al Kingsley’s My Secret EdTech Diary (John Cott Educational 2021) is a big-goaled, meandering overview of edtech (educational technology) available and […]

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00December 20th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

NetSupport Classroom Management Updated

By Dian Schaffhauser
11/30/2021 – THE Journal

“A company that produces network and cloud-based technology for K-12 has enhanced its classroom management product. NetSupport, which develops 

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00December 2nd, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

The Future of Edtech is Simpler, Not More Complex

By Al Kingsley
11/12/2021 – Edtech Digest

“I’m not against tech innovation. I couldn’t possibly be since I am the CEO of a company that develops edtech. However, I’m […]

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00November 15th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Durable and Perishable Skills Better Reflect What Employers Need Than Soft and Hard Skills

By Dave Saben
11/12/2021 – FE News 

“First off, the words themselves are misleading. What’s “soft” about presenting a new product idea or “hard” about setting up a remote […]

By |2026-02-11T20:23:52+00:00November 12th, 2021|New Horizons, Thought Leadership|

classroom.cloud from NetSupport Releases New Classroom Management and Safety Features, Giving Teachers More Control in the Cloud

11/05/2021 – eSchool News

“In this update, teachers can control sound and USB drives, and they have additional safety monitoring features and time-saving keystroke shortcuts. Because the pandemic […]

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00November 5th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Choosing the right technology to encourage parental engagement

By Al Kingsley
10/11/2021 – Rachelle Poth Blog

“Schools know that the more involved parents and carers are in their children’s learning, the more effective that learning will be. […]

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00October 22nd, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Tract Gives All Students a Path to Project-Based Enrichment

10/14/2021 – Edtech Chronicle

“Their model is similar to the Genius Hour concept A.J. Juliani frequently writes about, or the 20 Percent Time concept made […]

By |2026-02-11T20:33:34+00:00October 16th, 2021|Thought Leadership, Tract.app|

6 ways to make sure the rush to recovery doesn’t crush our creativity

By Ari Memar
10/07/2021 – District Administration

“As educators emerge from the challenges of pandemic teaching and begin to establish new normals of flexible instruction, no small portion of […]

By |2026-02-11T20:33:34+00:00October 8th, 2021|Thought Leadership, Tract.app|

The Next Wave of Education Technology May Finally Be Here

By Derek Newton
10/07/2021 – Edtech Review

“We have not seen the top-end of that change yet. We don’t have completely connected classrooms in which every student gets a […]

By |2026-02-11T20:33:34+00:00October 8th, 2021|Thought Leadership, Tract.app|

3 Tips for Making Passion-Based Learning Work Successfully

By Dennis Pierce
10/06/2021 – THE Journal 

“When led effectively, passion-based learning can unleash students’ creativity and help them learn critical 21st century skills, while also assuming agency over […]

By |2026-02-11T20:33:34+00:00October 7th, 2021|Thought Leadership, Tract.app|

The Surprising People Behind Education Start Up Tract

By Derek Newton
09/09/2021 – Forbes

Tract is an innovative edtech startup with education resources developed for K-12 students by high […]

By |2026-02-11T20:33:34+00:00September 9th, 2021|Thought Leadership, Tract.app|

Al Kingsley of NetSupport: “Collaboration ”

08/29/2021 – Thrive Global 

“How is the US doing with regard to engaging girls and women in STEM subjects? Can you suggest three ways we can increase this […]

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00August 30th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Al Kingsley of NetSupport: 5 Things We Should Do To Improve the US Education System

By Penny Bauder
08/23/2021 – Authority Magazine

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00August 24th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

The Need for Tech Integration Over Innovation in Education

By Al Kingsley
08/04/2021 – Coruzant 

“And when technology products are selected for schools, they usually require significant and continuing user training, which can be difficult. When […]

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00August 6th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Staying safe online

08/03/2021 – Rachelle Poth Blog

“With the future of education shaping up to be blended – whether in-school, remote or both – being safe online is key. But although teaching […]

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00August 4th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Avoiding Post-COVID EdTech Failure

By Al Kingsley
07/27/2021 – Education IT Reporter 

“Think back to all those brilliantly publicized great EdTech ideas of the past that have miserably failed. It’s quite possible you’ve […]

By |2026-02-11T20:21:27+00:00July 27th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

5 steps for using advanced analytics to transform students and schools

By Fred Weiss
06/09/2021 – University Business

“These data points come from different departments of the university but when combined, indicates a […]

By |2026-02-11T20:25:14+00:00June 9th, 2021|Higher Education, Othot, Thought Leadership|

How Universities Are Using Analytics and AI to Curb Enrollment Drops

By Leah Zitter
05/19/2021 – EdTech Magazine

“In the next step up, there is predictive and prescriptive analytics. Predictive analytics helps colleges and universities predict the likelihood of […]

By |2026-02-11T20:25:14+00:00May 24th, 2021|Higher Education, Othot, Thought Leadership|

Not Being Clouded by the Cloud

By Al Kingsley
05/2021 – ACE-Ed

“If the term “cloud” is clouding how or how often teachers and schools are using remote education technologies, that’s too bad because very few […]

By |2026-02-11T20:23:18+00:00May 7th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Understanding The Cloud: Education Experts Discuss The Pros and Cons of Cloud Solutions and Classroom Management Software

By Wayne D’Orio
04/26/2021 on Education IT Reporter

“The benefits of not being cloud-based is local control and security, says Al Kingsley, the CEO of NetSupport and […]

By |2026-02-11T20:23:18+00:00April 26th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

Case Study: We’ve taken a shared approach to managing our campus app. Here’s why

04/01/2021 – Education Today

“In addition, we wanted our app to support distributed authorship. In other words, we wanted the ability to grant access and assign roles and […]

By |2026-02-11T19:48:40+00:00April 8th, 2021|Higher Education, Modo, Thought Leadership|

Students’ Needs Change Throughout the Year: A Campus App Should, Too

By Valerie Craig
03/30/2021 – Education IT Reporter

“Luckily, we’re using a low-code platform to build and host our mobile campus app — and so it’s […]

By |2026-02-11T19:48:40+00:00April 1st, 2021|Higher Education, Modo, Thought Leadership|

Study Shows Probable Decline In Georgia’s Higher Education Enrollment

By
03/16/2021 – WABE

“A new study suggests Georgia’s colleges, the smaller ones in particular, will see a […]

By |2026-02-11T20:25:14+00:00March 19th, 2021|Higher Education, Othot, Thought Leadership|

Advanced analytics can help colleges weather the demographic storm front

By Andy Hannah
03/03/21 – eCampus News

“By now, higher-education recruiters are probably well aware of the dire forecasts for student enrollment later this decade. Although elite universities and […]

By |2026-02-11T20:25:14+00:00March 8th, 2021|Higher Education, Othot, Thought Leadership|

3 big questions schools should ask edtech developers

By Al Kingsley
03/03/21 – eSchool News

“I’ve worked in edtech for nearly […]

By |2026-02-11T20:23:18+00:00March 8th, 2021|K-12, NetSupport, Thought Leadership|

How higher education institutions can “future-proof” against the demographic cliff

By Shelley Seale
03/02/2021 – Higher Ed Connects

“In Othot’s latest Higher Ed Pulse Report released this month, Futureproofing Institutions Against the Demographic Cliff, the […]

By |2026-02-11T20:25:14+00:00March 4th, 2021|Higher Education, Othot, Thought Leadership|

STEM’s post-COVID moment

By: Sabari Raja
01/19/2021 – SmartBrief

“While STEM jobs offer higher wages, COVID has also created awareness that STEM jobs have the flexibility and the resilience to transition […]

By |2026-02-11T20:12:39+00:00January 20th, 2021|Nepris, Thought Leadership|