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ISTELive 21: Think Before You Click to Protect Student Data, Privacy Expert Tells Educators

EdTech Magazine

The exchange left Mansfield, a privacy advocate, uneasy. It also inspired the Wednesday evening presentation she gave at ISTELive 21, the virtual conference of the… Alexa answered, “It’s 71 degrees outside with a slight northwest breeze.”

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. based membership association will no longer hold its annual education technology conferences, once staple events for industry leaders. In the early- to mid-2000s, some of our conferences were really well attended,” says Billings.

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Instructure Is Back on the Stock Market, But Not Much Change Expected For Canvas Users

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The specific concern came over a statement by the company’s then-CEO, Dan Goldsmith, who boasted at an investor conference that the company was developing algorithms based on user data that would give it a competitive advantage in the market.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

When developing this year’s theme for the annual conference of the Consortium for School Networking , we decided to build the event around changing mindsets. It should be an interesting conclusion to the conference. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

When developing this year’s theme for the annual conference of the Consortium for School Networking , we decided to build the event around changing mindsets. It should be an interesting conclusion to the conference. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

When developing this year’s theme for the annual conference of the Consortium for School Networking , we decided to build the event around changing mindsets. It should be an interesting conclusion to the conference. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices.

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CoSN 2019: New Analytics Dashboard Measures Education Technology ROI

EdTech Magazine

“Over the years, we have seen a lot of things change,” said Wendy Jones, educational strategist for CDW•G , during her session at the Consortium for School Networking’s 2019 annual conference. “We We have seen an increase in devices, we’ve seen an increase in access to applications and we’ve seen an increase in information.”.