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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. Tagged on: March 7, 2017 Hakuna Metadata (1) - Exploring the browsing history | Privacy Pies → This article is an explainer about the power of metadata and the reason why we need stronger privacy policies in that context.

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The Big Picture on the 2019-20 PreK-12 Market

edWeb.net

In addition, the number of schools and districts using OER continues to rise. No matter what the subject, though, every publisher should be ready to share their student data privacy standards for their digital tools. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033

Shake Up Learning

When you click on an app in the database, you will be taken to an information page that includes an overview, resource videos and tutorials, related articles, free or paid, device requirements, as well as integrations, like Google Classroom. Students complete homework or classwork assignments through the ASSISTments platform.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Via Education Week : “‘Impenetrable’ World of Student Data Brokers a Major Concern, Study Says.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Education in the Courts. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um,

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