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Promethean Announces iKeepSafe Student Data Privacy Certification in the U.S. for ClassFlow Software

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Promethean® , a leading global education technology company, today at TCEA 2021 announced its ClassFlow platform had received iKeepSafe certification renewal. The certifications for FERPA, COPPA, and California (Student Privacy – CSPC) mean that ClassFlow has been assessed by iKeepSafe and meets iKeepSafe’s rigorous standards.

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6 things schools can do to ensure student data privacy

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Student data privacy is quite a different topic from the headlines most people read concerning data breaches. Student data privacy concerns, specifically, center on the misuse of personally identifiable information, known by its acronym PII. Controversy over weakened laws.

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Districts call for guidance in developing classroom AI policies

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Key points: Administrators would like help creating comprehensive classroom AI policies What’s the latest on AI in education ? AI: Can it think like your students do? “Our survey reveals a critical opportunity for shaping AI’s role in education.

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What Do Teachers Know About Student Privacy? Not Enough, Researchers Say

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What should teachers be expected to know about student data privacy and ethics? Considering so much of their jobs now revolve around student data, it’s a simple enough question—and one that researcher Ellen B. Was that information included in codes of education ethics?

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Movers and Shakers—New Edtech District Leaders Take Position

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Phil Hintz has been approved by the D219 Board of Education as the next Chief Technology Officer for the 2023-2024 school year. Phil has led the charge for his district to develop and implement Student Data Privacy systems in the State of Illinois and recently presented at ISTELive22 on these protocols and processes.

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

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Today’s move is expected to have little impact on the company’s strategy, meaning little will change for educators who use Canvas. Meanwhile, some educators worried that the company was cashing in by selling out the privacy of its users. They’re clearly not pushing the claims that their former CEO was pushing,” he adds.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

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Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. New resources on student data privacy. Children experience this too. March 16 to 18.