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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

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And we’re filing stories that capture the essence of the edtech industry in 2018. 2018’s Top 10 Countdown: Business Edition. A Clever Way to Measure How Students Actually Use Edtech (and Whether It Works). billion on education software each year. Many adults are frantically filling stockings. Is math a tainted brand?

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Overcoming security and privacy concerns with e-learning

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While the bulk of cybersecurity is in the hands of trained techs and professionals, students can learn how to effectively safeguard their online data. And it’s a lucrative business: There were more than 26,000 reported victims of phishing scams in 2018, who lost upwards of $48 million. Cybersecurity is everyone’s business.

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Making Sure Your Online Services Protect Your Students’ Data

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After the sudden switch to remote and hybrid learning models at the start of the pandemic, the use of online tools and resources may seem like less of a concern now, but ensuring that studentsdata remains protected is still a priority, especially as it is a federal requirement. Identifying Trusted Apps.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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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. SIIA dates back to 1984, when it was known as the Software Publishers Association. Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable.

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Blackboard to Sell Open LMS Product for $31.7 Million

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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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How Districts Can Unlock Actionable Data

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In a 2018 survey , the majority of school districts either have 1:1 as a current goal or have already achieved it. Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. Mike Schwab has spent his career in finance, enterprise software sales and edtech. Suzy holds a B.S.

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The Challenges of Easy Data Access

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Tactical student data privacy questions like “What can I do right now?” should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect.

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