About this episode

This episode features conversations with K12 leaders discussing various educational topics at CoSN 2026 in Chicago.

Live from CoSN 2026 in Chicago, this episode brings quick conversations with leaders across K12. Guests include: Earl Franks, NAESP Jean-Claude Brizard, Digital Promise Global CTL (Jason and Michelle) Dr. Kari Murphy, Deer Park Joey Wender, SHLB Amanda Lanicek ("Amanda from LinkedIn") Joan Wade, AESA Jim Rowan, ASBO Stacy Hawthorne, CoSN Chair David Wren, NTP School leadership, funding concerns, AI, building coordinated systems, sustainable device lifecycle, cybersecurity, data privacy, screen time policies, and more are discussed! ———— Sponsored by: PowerGistics: How K-12 Charging Models Impact Chromebook Sustainability Textbooks Didn’t have Cables Bring Chromebooks Back to the Classroom, but NOT Carts! One-Person Tech Department Success Story Fortinet Managed Methods VIZOR NTP ———— Join the K12TechPro Community (exclusively for K12 Tech professionals) Buy some swag (tech dept gift boxes, shirts, hoodies...)!!! Email us at k12techtalk@gmail.com OR our "professional" email addy is info@k12techtalkpodcast.com X @k12techtalkpod Facebook Visit our LinkedIn Music by Colt Ball Disclaimer: The views and work done by Josh, Chris, and Mark are solely their own and do not reflect the…

People in this episode

Guests: Earl Franks, Jean-Claude Brizard, Jason, Michelle, Dr. Kari Murphy, Joey Wender, Amanda Lanicek, Joan Wade, Jim Rowan, Stacy Hawthorne, David Wren

Topics covered

• K12 leadership
• funding concerns
• AI in education
• cybersecurity
• data privacy
• screen time policies
• sustainable device lifecycle

Keywords

• K12
• education technology
• CoSN 2026
• leadership
• funding
• AI
• cybersecurity
• data privacy
• screen time
• sustainability

Sponsors

PowerGistics, Fortinet, Managed Methods, VIZOR, NTP

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NAESP, Digital Promise Global CTL, Deer Park, SHLB, AESA, ASBO, CoSN, NTP

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