Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Even without social security numbers, student and staff data have monetary value for spammers and marketers. Rather than go to the trouble of reselling data, some hackers find it more lucrative to hold a district’s data to ransom. Hackers simply lock users out of their own data until a ransom is paid.

EdTech 60

EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). FY 2009 ( American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 special appropriation ): $650,000,000.

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. Providing teachers with data on their students’ learning levels and suggested materials aligned to their gaps is correlated to student learning outcomes (Bergan et al., They’re encouraged to complete Quests simply for the fun of the activities. International Education Studies, 4(4).

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

If the views expressed by leading edtech companies are any indication, the race to become the first 'Netflix of Education' is gathering steam. One feature of Netflix in particular seems to have captured the imagination of edtech companies. References Bjork, E. Do Learners Really Know Best? & Bjork, R.

Education 60

Education Udemy EdTech E-rate 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145