edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2020

During a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by The ProEthica® Program, the superintendent of one of America’s largest school districts spoke with a former state superintendent and other education leaders about key issues affecting students, parents, and educators, including digital access and equity, online privacy, and funding.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

2015, Digital Promise tapped BloomBoard to create a platform where school leaders and teachers can research and earn micro-credentials. To support this transition, BloomBoard recently restructured its team—starting at the top: Sanford Kenyon, who joined the company in October 2015 as its Chief Revenue Officer, is now assuming the CEO post.

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Digital Badges Student Data Privacy Blackboard Company 66

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

New data from the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) reveals a majority of parents participating in a survey said they support using student data to inform educational practices, but they remain concerned about student data privacy and security issues in schools. This survey is an important first step.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Privacy and data-security themes are also woven into Raytown’s professional development workshops, curriculum planning sessions and even parent-teacher conferences. It’s become part of our school culture,” said Melissa Tebbenkamp, Raytown’s director of instructional technology. “If

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Students for Fair Admissions, which is suing the university for allegedly discriminating against Asian American applicants, will have access to “academic, extracurricular, demographic and other information” from all undergrads who applied to Harvard between the fall 2009 and spring 2015, omitting names and Social Security numbers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

April 20th - May 4th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. These interactive sessions on future technology trends will present key issues faced by information professionals and educators.

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Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

If technology doesn’t disrupt the very notion of the textbook first, its future is surely digital. OER remains a recent invention and the relatively large technology investments required to successfully implement a digital content strategy in schools just hadn’t been made in very many places. Fast forward to 2015.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

One-­third of K­12 schools in the United States have adopted Clever to secure student data, the company announced. At a time when schools are rapidly embracing technology, Clever is now empowering 44,000 of them to do so while maintaining student data privacy and security. Clever ensures. obligations.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Sigelman, of Burning Glass Technologies, captured this point succinctly: “40 percent of the skills required today for the same job are different than the skills required a decade ago.” Privacy concerns may hinder efforts to decentralize purchasing. When it comes to data, which do you prefer: single or dating?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Text messaging has become a tool of choice for teacher-student communication (in the past, it was a way to interact with teachers and parents; between 2015-2018, only about 14% of teachers texted with students). Now, two-thirds of students report that they are regularly texting to communicate with their teachers.

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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. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held. Lloyd Doggett, (D- Texas).

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

He is a former teacher but spent 20 years away from the classroom working as a technology attorney and software executive. 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.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

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. ” But these wild proclamations – wishful thinking , no doubt – tended to overlook the realities of mobile technology and education. .”

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MindShift

MARCH 24, 2015

Several efforts in Washington are converging on the sensitive question of how best to safeguard the information software programs are gathering on students. A proposed Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 is circulating in draft form. ” Copyright 2015 NPR. Luke Messer of Indiana.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. 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.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Testing, Testing… From the OECD : “ PISA 2015 Results.” Although much of the focus of ed-tech involves what happens at school, it’s important to remember that the corporate and consumer markets for “learning technologies” are much larger. ” Via The Hechinger Report : “ U.S.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” Via the MIT Technology Review : “For $14,000, a Weeklong Firehose of Silicon Valley Kool-Aid.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” ” Education in the Courts.

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