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Micro-credentials and COVID-19: Supporting Professional Learning When Schools are Closed

Digital Promise

Student data privacy should not be a victim to tumultuous times. Schools and districts can use the resources in CoSN’s Student Data Privacy micro-credential stack to evaluate online providers for their data privacy practices and communicate with parents and guardians.

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Students Are Online Like Never Before. What Does That Mean for Their Privacy?

Edsurge

One of the greatest concerns around increased technology use in schools—especially technology use that is not paired with adequate implementation and professional development—is the fear that the technology will track and surveil students in ways they and their families aren’t even aware of.

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World Backup Day March 31st: Student data security

Neo LMS

What can be done to improve security and protect student information? Discuss the risks associated with internet usage, social media, and online information; although a difficult conversation to be had, it allows parents to answer questions, share best practices, set parental controls, and limit internet usage. Conclusion.

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

Edsurge

Chad Marlow, ACLU Counsel According to the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, D.C.-based 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.

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Critical Guidelines for Ensuring Data Privacy in Districts

edWeb.net

District leaders understand that their communities expect studentsdata privacy; however, getting them to turn out for conversations around state and federal privacy regulations can be challenging. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

When I got connected on social media, my lens grew and I became aware of more organizations, as well as some of their supporting tools and resources. Formed in 1992, CoSN works to provide its members with the management, community building, and advocacy tools to be technology leaders in today’s schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (This is a good example of how ed-tech advocacy-posing-as-journalism operates – you get funded by an organization and then you get to “break the news” about that organization. ” The Pew Research Center on “ Activism in the Social Media Age.”