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Securly Discern: The Future of AI in Education has Arrived

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Securly Discern is a revolutionary AI that generates insights based on students’ online activities and digital footprints, automating data collection and analysis for schools. “Discern allows us to tell different stories; we can get an incredibly robust picture of a school’s climate and fill any gap in a data story.

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How to assess your district’s digital readiness

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While there are many free, self-assessments, how do you get a rigorous, outside expert assessment? If this vision gets to the heart of improving outcomes for students, the transformation will be pointed in the right direction. How do you know if your school system is high performing in its use of technology?

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Making Sure Your Online Services Protect Your Students’ Data

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There is also likely to be an assessment system that includes tests, rubrics, and analytics. To help educators evaluate and monitor the privacy protections of these types of systems and software, IMS has created a rubric and vetting process that was designed collaboratively and voted on by its members. About the Moderator.

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Tear Down That Wall? Why Data Walls May Cause More Harm Than Good.

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educator Rebecca Vass, who teaches informational technology with science and social studies integration to fourth graders, uses a data wall so her students can track their progress on a quarterly benchmark assessment the district uses. That allows her to see data trends from one class to another. “We

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The top 10 school IT leader concerns

eSchool News

Annual survey outlines broadband, instructional materials, student data privacy as top among school IT leaders’ concerns. also revealed that school IT leaders are spending more time and devoting more resources to student data privacy and security. There is innovative change happening in our schools.

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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

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By enabling these connections, IMS, the nonprofit group that organized this event, hopes to create a plug-and play-educational ecosystem where tools can freely and seamlessly share information about student learning that educators can use to drive better learning outcomes.

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5 ways to give teachers and principals more say in ed-tech buying

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A recent Digital Promise report found that, for the most part, teachers and principals play a modest role in needs assessment and procurement, and that district administrators serve as the gatekeepers for school-level technology. They’re charged with considerations like scale, compliance, and student data privacy.