EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

There have been 361 cybersecurity incidents involving public schools since 2016 according to the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center , and with rates increasing year over year , schools need to be more aware of issues with data privacy and enact targeted solutions to keep student data safe. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Policies Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 186

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016. If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition).

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Student Data Privacy Industry 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016. If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition).

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Student Data Privacy Industry 150

edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. Data analytics tools give the visibility school districts need to transform data into meaningful and actionable insights. Mike Schwab has spent his career in finance, enterprise software sales and edtech. Suzy holds a B.S.

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Data Student Data Privacy EdTech Software 46

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

2016 has been a busy year for data privacy advocates. University of California, Berkeley students filed suit against Google for illegally scanning their emails. Pokemon Go launched its wildly popular location-based and data-hungry augmented reality game. It’s things like: Is there a social media component?

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EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Software 60

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

However, his LinkedIn profile shows that he left Amazon in October of 2016. However, an Amazon spokesperson tells EdSurge, "Amazon remains committed to K-12 education and innovating on behalf of students and teachers.” But 76 percent of kids prefer to get their news from social media (especially from Facebook).

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Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 69

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. I’d encourage those interested in the OER movement to subscribe to the bi-weekly OER Digest (a joint project of SPARC and the Student PIRGs ) to stay up to date.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170