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In the News: Educational Android Apps Improperly Track Children

Doug Levin

Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study Says.” ’ Examining COPPA Compliance at Scale “] is an important study because it sheds light on the invisible background collection of information about users that many people in education are not aware of,” said Douglas A. . Education Week.

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Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Software to Boost School Security

EdTech Magazine

Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Software to Boost School Security. Last month, RealNetworks , the streaming media company that garnered attention in the ‘90s and early 2000s for developing the first audio streaming solution , announced it would offer its facial recognition software, SAFR , for free to over 100,000 school districts.

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Celly Launches New Service and Android App for Building Mobile Social Networks

Educational Technology Guy

The new service allows users to build instant mobile social networks, called "cells" using text messages, QR Codes, email, web or the new Android App. The company also announced today availability of the Celly Android App for free download on Google Play. “We Today, Celly is announcing a new service. Check it out.

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Pandemic Leads to a Significant Increase in Streaming Video Usage That is Expected to Continue, Study Shows

eSchool News

This finding, along with others, was revealed in a recent survey conducted by Kanopy, a company committed to streaming high-quality films that inspire, educate and entertain to libraries around the globe. More than 730 librarians, primarily in the U.S., participated, and a full report is freely available to anyone who registers here.

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Distance Learning Short List: Best Free Resources by Grade and Subject

Graphite Blog

We’ve heard from educators how overwhelming it can be to wade through the dozens of emails and articles with hundreds of “great apps for distance learning” from people and companies that possibly have their interests -- and not yours -- in mind. Elementary ELA and Social Studies Epic! Platforms: iOS, Android, Chrome.

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Age of Learning’s Latest Is a $100 Million Educational Game

Edsurge

That’s roughly how much Age of Learning estimates it will have spent by the end of this year on “ Adventure Academy ,” a multiplayer online game to teach elementary- and middle-school age children subjects including math, social studies and language arts. For the Glendale, Calif.-based

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imagiLabs brings coding to teenage girls’ phones with imagiCharm wearable accessory

eSchool News

based upon the Python code written by the user into the imagiLabs iOS or Android apps, which connect to the device via Bluetooth. According to a study by Google and Gallup , 12-year-old boys and girls share a similar interest in Computer Science. About Dora Palfi.

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