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As Number of Edtech Providers Grow, Some Say Student Privacy Needs a Reset

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The number of edtech products schools access in a typical month has tripled since four years ago to more than 1,400 tools, according to a recent estimate by Learn Platform, an edtech company that helps schools manage tech. The company runs a private data exchange for the education system called School Passport.

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As Number of Edtech Providers Grow, Some Say Student Privacy Needs a Reset

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The number of edtech products schools access in a typical month has tripled since four years ago to more than 1,400 tools, according to a recent estimate by Learn Platform, an edtech company that helps schools manage tech. The company runs a private data exchange for the education system called School Passport.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition)

Doug Levin

Absent an ethical framework to guide our decisions, I am increasingly of the mind that the answers to the important questions about educational technology are ‘turtles all the way down.’ That we go through elaborate theater to suggest that this is NOT true of online testing says more about education policy than technology.

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How Districts Can Unlock Actionable Data

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While it is believed that the barrier to district leaders and classroom teachers using more data is that they don’t have time to look at it, 33% of districts and teachers say the real challenge is that information is in too many places for them to access. Data Analytics.

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Lessons and Leadership During the Switch to Online Learning

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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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Tart Retorts and Tools: Overheard at SXSWedu

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For instance, at last year’s conference, only 3 percent of the 350 panels explicitly addressed the role that technology plays in widening or closing the opportunity gap. The tool is currently available on Chromebooks, but the company promises an iOS version soon. That’s particularly true in the higher-education space. Who Said What?

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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The judges rated their impressions on a sliding scale, evaluating areas such as quality and effectiveness, ease of use and creative use of technology. They then met in person to decide which technologies will have the most impact in the classroom and deserved to be named Best of Show. ACHIEVE3000 PRO ( WWW.ACHIEVE3000.COM