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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students.

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5 Reasons to Address Cyber Security

edWeb.net

Juan was selected as 2015 Texas Latino Superintendent and was one of 100 Superintendents to participate in the National ConnectED Superintendents Summit at the White House. In 2015, Dr. Lilly was recognized as one of the Top 30 Technologists, Transformers, and Trailblazers by the Center for Digital Excellence.

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Handing over data, often quite thoughtlessly, has become par for the course – in education and in society more generally. “ Seen ” cheating.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via The New York Times : “ Canada Beckons International Students With a Path to Citizenship.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.