Press Archives - R. Kyle Jones

Securing Partnerships: Mastering Data Privacy Agreements with Vendors

Friday, September 20, 2024

On September 18, 2024, Kyle presented at a Texas Education Technology Leaders webinar titled “Securing Partnerships: Mastering Data Privacy Agreements with Vendors.” In today’s digital educational world, protecting student information is more critical than ever. This session highlighted the importance of data privacy agreements in building secure partnerships between school districts and vendors. Participants learned why these agreements are crucial for safeguarding information and staying compliant with regulations.

Kyle shared best practices for creating, negotiating, and managing these agreements. He tailored the content for both vendors and districts, simplifying legal terms to help organizations understand their roles. Clear and enforceable terms foster trust and build lasting partnerships.

Don’t miss this session on navigating data privacy and protecting student data. You can watch the webinar here and access the code on the Texas Education Technology Leaders’ official webinar page.

FERPA is Boring!

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

On June 26, 2024, Kyle delivered a high-impact presentation titled “FERPA is Boring!” at the TETL Summer Conference. This session explored the complexities of FERPA compliance in education, turning the topic into an engaging discussion for professionals.

Kyle shared actionable strategies for navigating FERPA regulations, helping schools improve compliance and operational efficiency. His ability to simplify legal requirements into practical solutions highlighted his leadership in education technology. This talk reinforced Kyle’s role as a thought leader committed to empowering schools with technology-driven, compliant practices.

METAA: Navigating to a Trusted Learning Environment

Friday, October 23, 2015

Kyle will be speaking at the Massachusetts Educational Technology Administrators Association (METAA) as part of its Advisory Day on Data Privacy. Kyle will be speaking at the 1:00 PM session on the CoSN Trusted Learning Environment.

UPDATE: It was an exciting session sharing CoSN’s efforts towards student data privacy. Here’s a picture of Kyle on the “big screen” in the session:

Cedarville United Methodist Church: God Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Ever challenging himself with new and varied experiences, Kyle will try his hand at delivering the Sunday sermon at Cedarville United Methodist Church this coming weekend. Pastor Sherry Lantz has been delivering a sermon series entitled “Questions from The Story,” which covers questions raised by parishioners as a result of the congregation having read the book The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People by Max Lucado and Randy Frazee.

Kyle’s sermon covers parishioner questions about fear and anxiety and is titled “God Never Promised You a Rose Garden.”

UPDATE: You can now listen to the sermon online at Cedarville United Methodist Church’s website here. Just click on the black “Listen” button to start listening!

TABS: Customer Service

Friday, April 17, 2015

Kyle has completed a webinar titled “Customer Service: A Transformation” for The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) as part of their online professional development series titled TABS3D. The session description is as follows:

This session explores the technology department of The Hill School and its journey into a customer service powerhouse. While this session is about a technology, the content is widely applicable to customer service in an educational setting. Tools, techniques, and data will be shared.

As this is part of a professional development series, the webinar can be watched at any time. A free registration is required to log into the system. Once you are logged in, simply type “customer service” into the search bar at the top of the site and press enter to search. You’ll see Kyle’s webinar listed, and you can simply click on it to begin watching.

The Hill School’s Humanities Program Gets a Traditional and Innovative Update

Saturday, February 22, 2014

With a gift from The Hill School’s loyal alumnus Jim Alexandre ’75 and his wife, Julie, the humanities program now has an updated home in the Levis ’45-Alexandre ’75 Center for The Humanities. This was a major renovation project involving architects, electricians, audio-visual technicians, and artisan craftsmen familiar with historic restoration and renovation. The project achieved national attention when the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) did a feature article on the project in their INSPIRATION LAB, an online blog/e-zine focused on inspiring stories in independent schools. You can read the NAIS article here.

Kyle is extremely proud of this project as it places an immense amount of technology into a very traditional classroom in such a way as to respect the history of the space. Kyle worked closely with the architect, the school’s advancement office, donors, renovation specialists, and, of course, the faculty to create a premier space that keeps the technology “under the hood.”

MassCUE Communications Chair Appointment

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Kyle has been appointed chair of the Communications Committee for MassCUE. In this capacity, he oversees all communications efforts for the organization, including the introduction of the organization’s new website immediately following the imminently successful technology conference. He also oversees the organization’s social media presence and email marketing. MassCUE is the local and one of the most notable ITSE affiliates.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick Attends MassCUE

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick attended this year’s MassCUE Technology Conference to welcome conference attendees.

This year was the conference’s most successful with the largest number of presenters ever, featured speakers Mary Cullinane and Yong Zhao, and thousands of conference attendees.

Kyle is proud to serve on the board of this powerhouse promoting the benefits of technology in education.

searchsecurity.com Article on IT Consumerization

Friday, June 03, 2011

Kyle and his bring your own device (BYOD) initiative at Essex Agricultural and Technical High School earned him a featured sidebar in a larger article on IT consumerization. The article focuses on both the increasing number of devices per individual, the diminishing size of those devices, and how companies are responding to the potential threat(s) from those devices.

METAA CTO Clinic on May 5

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Kyle will be a featured speaker and panelist at the upcoming Massachusetts Educational Technology Administrators Association (METAA) on May 5, 2011. As a featured speaker, Kyle will be speaking on the topic of “Your Private Cloud in the Sky,” where he will speak on how to use virtualization software and techniques to deliver an organization’s infrastructure anywhere, anytime, on any device. The full description of the talk is as follows:

Everywhere you turn, you are hearing about cloud computing. However, there are applications that just aren’t available in a cloud-based environment. Or, perhaps, there is sensitive material that you’re leery of pushing into the cloud. In this session, learn about the software solutions that will allow you to build your own private cloud where you can make both desktops and applications available on a multitude of different devices including desktops, laptops, Google Android-based devices, iPads, and more. Moreover, you’ll learn how to integrate such solutions as part of a larger cloud initiative that includes applications that aren’t self-hosted.

Kyle will also be a featured panelist on a discussion of live@edu, Microsoft’s hosted email and application solution that seeks to compete with Google Apps.