eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2015

Blackbaud is committed to protecting sensitive student data and security,” said Travis Warren, president of Blackbaud’s K-12 Private Schools Group. The Pledge will better inform our customers, service providers and the general public of our dedication to protecting student privacy.”

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Regarding privacy and phishing at the university level. Phishing scams involve sending emails to a large group of people, such as a university’s student body, that appear to be from a reputable company or individual. But it’s not only finances at stake where student data privacy is concerned.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Check out the Cybersecurity Leadership Game , a valuable group cybersecurity professional development tool. 4) 2023 Driving K-12 Innovation CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation 2023 series continues to provide trend reports that support the integration of emerging technologies in education. Preview the CoSN TLE Seal Application.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Check out the Cybersecurity Leadership Game , a valuable group cybersecurity professional development tool. 4) 2023 Driving K-12 Innovation CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation 2023 series continues to provide trend reports that support the integration of emerging technologies in education. Preview the CoSN TLE Seal Application.

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EdTech Resources Student Data Privacy Data 92

Neo LMS

MARCH 22, 2018

More than a million cases of child identity theft are reported every year and, as school districts continue to introduce students to new technology and advanced digital curriculum, Internet safety education is becoming an increasingly essential tool when preventing cybercrime.

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Data Internet Safety LMS Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 151

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. Market researchers shared the latest reports about the edtech landscape and opined where sales opportunities were. “It

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Industry Conference EdTech Student Data Privacy 138

Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

A day late perhaps, but here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Plus, their servers often have the RDP protocol enabled as students want to access course material from home. and suspect there will be more to come.

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EdTech Chromebook Policies Student Data Privacy 150

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

based provider of learning management software for K-12, higher ed, government and businesses, has agreed to sell its Open LMS business to Learning Technologies Group, or LTG, a London-based conglomerate of workplace learning software services. LTG will maintain the existing Blackboard student data privacy policy.

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Blackboard LMS Moodle Student Data Privacy 81

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Was their children’s private data going to be safe even outside the district’s hands? Baltimore County has become a leader in student data privacy and security, and is one of only 13 districts in the nation to earn a Trusted Learning Environment seal from CoSN, the membership group representing the nation’s K-12 school technology leaders.

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Data Digital Learning Student Data Privacy Learning 62

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

Chad Marlow, ACLU Counsel According to the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, D.C.-based based nonprofit, states have passed approximately 110 laws since 2013 concerning student data privacy. But what happens in these legislative halls are rarely visible to teachers, students and parents.

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Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 100

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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EdTech Social Media Student Data Privacy Industry 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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EdTech Social Media Student Data Privacy Industry 150

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Last week undergraduates at Harvard University raised concerns about the institution handing over their data to an anti-affirmative action group as part of a lawsuit. Universities are going to have to start selling students on the notion that they’re doing all that they can to protect their data,” Litton says.

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Data Student Data Privacy Company Industry 60

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

EdSurgents captured these tidbits in our reporter notebooks—take a look below. But making assumptions about a student’s potential based on data alone comes with its own set of risks, explains Manuela Ekowo, a policy analyst with New America. KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS about the news, reports Common Sense Media.

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Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 66

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

“The first line of defense in protecting student privacy are our teachers, and we’re not making sure that they have the tools to keep that data safe,” said Amelia Vance, policy counsel for the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum. The post How can schools protect student data without training teachers in privacy basics?

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Our guests include: Barbara Fister, a longtime academic librarian who is also serving as a scholar in residence at Project Information Literacy, where she just worked on a report called “Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms.”. Short: I underwent that very formal legal process to try to get my data.

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Education Data Company Student Data Privacy 90

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

A recent Digital Promise report found that, for the most part, teachers and principals play a modest role in needs assessment and procurement, and that district administrators serve as the gatekeepers for school-level technology. They’re charged with considerations like scale, compliance, and student data privacy.

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Broadband Student Data Privacy Survey Assessment 59

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

A Facebook group, Amazing Educational Resources, has compiled a spreadsheet of more than 400 free offerings. Check out these EdSurge reported articles and op-eds on the topic. Students Are Lonely:’ What Happens When Coronavirus Forces Schools Online. Pitches about new products could add to the noise.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Last month, the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) published a report arguing schools and districts should go the way of other industries and hire a Chief Privacy Officer to oversee their organization’s privacy policies and practices. Jim Corns is helping steward the data of nearly 115,000 students.

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Student Data Privacy Data Education Policies 125

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The group shared guidelines from the CoSN/AASA EmpowerED Superintendents Initiative, which were created to help school leaders implement policies to address AI/generative AI in schools. Reporting: Educate the school community about how to report incidents or concerns. Determine what kind of private information is being exposed.

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Policies Guidelines Training Report 121

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This device can be applied across a variety of activities, from literacy groups to ELL lessons. In addition, CatchOn helps district administrators mitigate student data privacy risks associated with unknown tool usage. CALIFONE 1216BKBT BLUETOOTH JACKBOX ( WWW.CALIFONE.COM ) The Bluetooth Jackbox supports Bluetooth 4.0,

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 41

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

That’s a critical question now that many, if not most, of the nation’s 51 million students are learning online at least some of the time. That’s because there’s no federal requirement for school districts to report data breaches. However, Levin’s own analysis of the data he shared with the GAO arrived at different totals.

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Pearson Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 143

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

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. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

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. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Report highlights. More important, teachers are stringing together groups of supplemental resources to create their curricula. No matter what the subject, though, every publisher should be ready to share their student data privacy standards for their digital tools.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Industry 41

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and arts education is developing rapidly," said Shenzhen Capital Group in a statement.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Overview : “Teachers can struggle with teaching ratio and proportion concepts to students. Encourage students create a doll of themselves by using ratios, proportions and technology. Students will work in groups of two. Students complete homework or classwork assignments through the ASSISTments platform.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Stay tuned, because the second group of finalists will be featured on eSchool News next week! As a result, Alexander has seen significant growth in her students. Inspired by Alexander’s success, educators at Morris Elementary also use Istation’s reports and printable resources to promote academic growth in reading and math.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This K-12 ‘data switch’ uses proprietary and open standards to talk to a wide variety of data sources, and merges data into a single store to provide a unified view of educational data - such as achievement, attendance and students at risk - in real time.

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