Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

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]. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition). Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 151

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 151

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

More students than ever before now have access to a quality education, no matter where they live. Lesson plans can be tailored to meet the learning needs of individual students. At the postsecondary level, more than 15% of students were enrolled exclusively online in 2017. How students can help secure their personal data.

Learning 254

Learning Student Data Privacy Data Software 254

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

An “uber trend” of remote work for higher education information security is coming, at a time when more connections are being forged between higher ed and other state data. Plus: printers, smart speakers and privacy (oh my!) — all in this Edtech Reports Recap. But this Horizon Report represents a couple of firsts.

Secondary 116

Secondary Trends Survey Data 116

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Market researchers shared the latest reports about the edtech landscape and opined where sales opportunities were. “It With schools shuttered and facing budget cuts due to the pandemic, priority issues include securing federal funding for schools to purchase technology, along with better safeguards for student data privacy, says Joseph.

Industry 157

Industry Conference EdTech Student Data Privacy 157

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

LTG will maintain the existing Blackboard student data privacy policy. In its latest annual report , LTG claimed year-end revenue of 93.9 million pounds (about $121 million), an increase of 83 percent over 2017. It reported a profit of 4.2 We’re excited to do more.”

Blackboard 83

Blackboard LMS Moodle Student Data Privacy 83

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

For schools that use technology, here is some advice from Bathon and two school district professionals on best practices for keeping student data safe. At Cupertino, each school in the district must send home a consent letter that lists the apps in use, and a link to their privacy policies and terms of service.

Student Data Privacy 85

Student Data Privacy Policies Data EdTech 85

The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Balancing a district budget is an annual job that has many administrators prioritizing monies to meet the needs of students and staff, as well as the upkeep and daily operations of the grounds and facilities. In a 2017 report from Learning Counsel results found districts spent $16.2 How will you get data in the product?

Technology 124

Technology Software Student Data Privacy Data 124

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2016

2017 is shaping up to be a big year of what-if’s. However, the questions have largely stayed the same: Do technologies ensure quality learning and positive student outcomes? Do they help or hurt underrepresented students? Do they opens the door for companies to take the lead on how students learn and how their data is used?

EdTech 60

EdTech Student Data Privacy MOOC Policies 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.

Tools 69

Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 69

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The Horizon Report. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

She implements programs like Istation to give her teachers an advantage in providing data driven instruction and strong, effective interventions. Alexander inspires an innovative approach to learning by embedding interventions led by Istation’s assessment data into the school’s daily instruction.

Education 109

Education Learning EdTech Data 109

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Among the larger National Education Association (NEA), which comprises more than 3 million members, more than one in three who voted did so for the billionaire developer, early data show.” ” The group in question: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. . ” Now it reads “experts.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. Via New America : “Why Does Betsy DeVos think Federal Student Loan Debt has Grown by 1,000 percent?” Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

How vulnerable is student data at U.S. 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. public schools? Why the discrepancy?

Pearson 144

Pearson Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 144