Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? There are efforts to collect and share offerings from companies that want to help impacted schools. Stay safe, sane and sanitary, everyone.

Company 141

Company Social Media Policies Student Data Privacy 141

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

From unencrypted browsing during a class activity to embedding videos into presentations, schools can inadvertently compromise student privacy by exposing them to tracking cookies, according to a recently issued report from the Consortium of School Networking. Find more best practices for maintaining student data privacy!

Policies 179

Policies Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 179

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. In fact, data indicates that it’s probably not.

Learning 254

Learning Student Data Privacy Data Software 254

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. Market researchers shared the latest reports about the edtech landscape and opined where sales opportunities were. “It All the big companies wanted to find out who the new ones were.

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Industry Conference EdTech Student Data Privacy 162

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit. writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. Make VPN Your Friend.

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit. writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. Make VPN Your Friend.

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit. writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. Make VPN Your Friend.

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit. writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. Make VPN Your Friend.

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit. writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. Make VPN Your Friend.

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit. writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. Make VPN Your Friend.

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit. writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. Make VPN Your Friend.

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Students are particularly vulnerable to data theft and breaches because they have “clean” data — unblemished credit reports and pristine Social Security numbers — that cybercriminals want to exploit. writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. Make VPN Your Friend.

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

LTG bought the company to grow its presence in the market of LMS software built off Moodle, launched in 2002 as a grassroots, open-source and more affordable option to Blackboard. Existing Open LMS clients can still access Blackboard products already integrated with Open LMS. It reported a profit of 4.2

Blackboard 84

Blackboard LMS Moodle Student Data Privacy 84

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

While there are laws in place such as the Families and Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act that provide a baseline for protecting student privacy, tech companies can avoid these through various loopholes. Data, in other words, is valuable.

Data 126

Data System Industry Student Data Privacy 126

Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

A day late perhaps, but here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Plus, their servers often have the RDP protocol enabled as students want to access course material from home. face up to. |

EdTech 150

EdTech Chromebook Policies Student Data Privacy 150

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

-based nonprofit, states have passed approximately 110 laws since 2013 concerning student data privacy. But what happens in these legislative halls are rarely visible to teachers, students and parents. The concerns raised in the report are not hypothetical nor without merit.

Social Media 123

Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 123

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. What does it reveal about how these companies imagine teaching and learning.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Student Data Privacy Social Media 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. What does it reveal about how these companies imagine teaching and learning.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Student Data Privacy Social Media 150

Gaggle Speaks

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

There’s perhaps no other edtech topic discussed more these days than student data privacy. Because keeping your students’ data safe is important to everyone here at Gaggle, we decided that our next webcast should focus on what school leaders and edtech companies can do to protect student data.

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Data Student Data Privacy Education EdTech 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Last week undergraduates at Harvard University raised concerns about the institution handing over their data to an anti-affirmative action group as part of a lawsuit. That’s important in an academic environment,” says Lisa Ho, campus privacy officer at the University of California, Berkeley. The FBI under J.

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Data Student Data Privacy Company Industry 60

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Our guests include: Barbara Fister, a longtime academic librarian who is also serving as a scholar in residence at Project Information Literacy, where she just worked on a report called “Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms.”. Share your experience in these areas; Effectiveness, Opportunities, Challenges, Equity & Access.

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Education Data Company Student Data Privacy 100

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

A landmark report from TNTP, a nonprofit organization, estimated that the 50 largest U.S. Some of those teachers spend upwards of 150 hours every year on training sessions, workshops and conferences that sometimes resemble what many students experience in the classroom: listening to a lecture and taking notes.

Digital Badges 68

Digital Badges Student Data Privacy Blackboard Company 68

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

EdSurgents captured these tidbits in our reporter notebooks—take a look below. LEAVING THE AMAZON: At last year’s SXSWedu, Amazon’s Education team and the company’s General Manager of K-12 Education, Rohit Agarwal, launched the " Inspire " platform, with promises to support the open education resources space. at a later date.

Tools 71

Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 71

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

Make sure your tech stack is set up to support fundamentals such as student data privacy, emerging challenges like AI policy-making, and ongoing critical mental health and safety concerns. 2:38 We know that the Digital Learning Divide refers to inequitable access to technology and digital resources for learning.

EdTech 52

EdTech Survey Learning Data 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

“The first line of defense in protecting student privacy are our teachers, and we’re not making sure that they have the tools to keep that data safe,” said Amelia Vance, policy counsel for the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum. If you have a heartbeat and access to a computer, that’s a really good place to start.”.

Training 40

Training Data Student Data Privacy Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Revelations about the privacy practices of Facebook only serve to underscore the stakes surrounding the capture and use of personal data. It is in everyone’s best interests to ensure that schools protect the digital rights of their stakeholders, putting the best interests of students and teachers at the center.”.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

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. However, Levin’s own analysis of the data he shared with the GAO arrived at different totals.

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Pearson Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 144

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Storage Wars: Choosing a Secure Student Data Solution. Legislators across all 50 states have introduced student data privacy laws. The move makes sense: As educators leverage the benefits of connected classroom technologies, student data is captured and used to personalize the experience.

Data 182

Data Student Data Privacy Pearson EdTech 182

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

I’d encourage those interested in the OER movement to subscribe to the bi-weekly OER Digest (a joint project of SPARC and the Student PIRGs ) to stay up to date. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. million K-12 students.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

I’d encourage those interested in the OER movement to subscribe to the bi-weekly OER Digest (a joint project of SPARC and the Student PIRGs ) to stay up to date. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. million K-12 students.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

He has successfully built the architecture for a connected campus that enhances the campus experience, drives operational efficiency, and provides education in a manner that all can access. Arlington Independent School District (AISD) has a population of more than 61,000 students. And for Seage, the best has yet to come.

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Education Learning EdTech Data 127

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 And these numbers will only continue to rise.

Technology 124

Technology Software Student Data Privacy Data 124

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].

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

EDSBY UPDATES ( edsby.com/edsby-k12-dataaggregation-analytics/ ) Edsby announced that it has built sophisticated data aggregation and analysis capabilities that allow states, provinces and countries to optimize their education investments and policies. The webinars are led by teachers and come pre-recorded and live on the Center.

Chromebook 45

Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 45

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The Educator’s Guide to Student Data Privacy”—a concise and comprehensive introduction that explains: why it’s important that teachers understand and care about student data privacy; what constitutes student data; the relevant state and federal laws; and more ?

Student Data Privacy 58

Student Data Privacy Policies Data Training 58

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” Ed-tech: where you don’t need an actual product idea for a company, and you can incubate your neoliberalism anyway. Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.”

Education 49

Education Company MOOC Report 49

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2016

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? The Trump Administration recently.

EdTech 60

EdTech Student Data Privacy MOOC Policies 60