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Author: Kevin McCandless
Kevin McCandless is a senior solutions architect on the AWS K12 Education team. For the past five years, Kevin has helped K12 organizations positively impact student success by using cloud technology to become more efficient, agile, and secure. He’s worked with school districts, private schools, charter schools, educational service agencies, state departments, and everything in between. Personally, Kevin loves volleyball, video games, Star Wars, and Taco Bell.
3 ways AppStream 2.0 transforms the CTE and STEM experience in schools
How can schools make sure students have more equitable access to the real-world technology they need to grow skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)? The answer is Amazon AppStream 2.0, an application streaming service from AWS that lets users run any desktop application, on any computer, with the cloud. With access to high-powered programs and applications on any device connected to the internet, educators can provide career technical education (CTE) and STEM curricula to students anywhere, anytime. Find out the three ways that AppStream 2.0 improves the STEM classroom and more.
Top re:Invent 2022 announcements for K12 education
AWS re:Invent 2022 included many new service and feature announcements, with something to offer for every industry. Discover some of the key announcements for K12 education, including new features and offerings to support education data analytics, security, developer productivity, and more.
Top re:Invent 2021 announcements for K12 education
AWS announced over 85 new services and features at re:Invent 2021, with something to offer for every industry — including K12 education. These new services and features unlock new use cases and lower the barrier to entry for schools looking to adopt cloud technology to better serve their students, parents, and staff. Read on for highlights of some of the key AWS announcements from re:Invent 2021 that can help K12 education.