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There Is a Heightened Awareness Around Student Data Privacy. Here’s What Schools Are Doing About It

Digital Promise

During the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, many school districts were quick to send devices home with students and to provide digital resources that may have been engaging, but may not have been as “data safe” as districts thought. Private equity firm is amassing companies that collect data on America’s children.

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Instructure Is Back on the Stock Market, But Not Much Change Expected For Canvas Users

Edsurge

The specific concern came over a statement by the company’s then-CEO, Dan Goldsmith, who boasted at an investor conference that the company was developing algorithms based on user data that would give it a competitive advantage in the market. And Instructure’s latest prospectus doesn’t mention big plans to use data or algorithms, notes Hill.

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Cybersecurity Resources for schools - IT and Educators

Educational Technology Guy

Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. Cybersecurity NIST Cybersecurity Framework | CoSN Cybersecurity resources | CoSN Interoperability Toolkit Hey, IT Leaders: When Disaster Strikes, Will Your School Be Ready? This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

New resources on student data privacy. This summit will focus on shaping decision-makers’ opinions about the future of E-rate, student data privacy, ed tech appropriations and the homework gap. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

New resources on student data privacy. This summit will focus on shaping decision-makers’ opinions about the future of E-rate, student data privacy, ed tech appropriations and the homework gap. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

New resources on student data privacy. This summit will focus on shaping decision-makers’ opinions about the future of E-rate, student data privacy, ed tech appropriations and the homework gap. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

New resources on student data privacy. This summit will focus on shaping decision-makers’ opinions about the future of E-rate, student data privacy, ed tech appropriations and the homework gap. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.