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How to Communicate Student Data Privacy Protections to Families More Effectively

EdTech Magazine

Parents and guardians of K–12 students are rather aware and concerned about student data privacy, but a majority are lacking specific information from their schools. However, the same report shows that less than half of parents (4 in 10) say their child’s school has discussed with them how it protects student data.

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Preventive Assessments Are Crucial for Smart School Data Security

EdTech Magazine

The national K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center reported 408 publicly disclosed cyber incidents in 2020, including student and staff data breaches, malware outbreaks, denial of service attacks, phishing attacks and other social engineering scams. That’s an 18 percent increase from 2019, according…

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Edtech Trends From 2020 And Beyond

Ask a Tech Teacher

So, in this article, I’m going to share my thoughts and experience about the technologies and solutions that reshape the educational industry and the way we learn in 2020 and beyond. However, due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus and the global lockdown, distance learning became vital in 2020. Big Data And Learning Analytics.

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Making the Cybersecurity Grade: How Schools Can Protect Data and IT Resources

EdTech Magazine

They’re targeting a rich cache of data and IT resources. In light of the new vulnerabilities, an FBI alert issued in the summer of 2020 warned K–12 institutions of new cyberattacks ahead of these schools resuming virtual learning. With the shift to online and hybrid learning, schools have found themselves more exposed than ever.

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Books I read in February 2020

Dangerously Irrelevant

Books I finished reading (or rereading) in February 2020… The MVP Machine: How Baseball’s New Noncomformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players , Ben Lindbergh & Travis Sawchik [baseball]. Books I read in January 2020. The Light of All That Falls , James Islington [fantasy]. Secondborn , Amy Bartol [fantasy].

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Building Stronger Data Systems for the Future

Digital Promise

Over the past few months, district and charter leaders from 11 districts participating in Digital Promise’s Data Ready 2021 cohort have created actionable data interoperability implementation plans centered on a high-need use case anchored in secure data use, data management, and data integration.

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Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

The Hechinger Report

Students chat about the data analysis they’ve performed on their cellphone usage over a week, while Perizzolo walks around the room fielding their questions. They also determined the research questions they’d ask of the data — such as whether social media use during class reduces comprehension and retention.

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