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Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media for ‘worrisome behavior’

eSchool News

Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media posts for signs they might engage in violence on campus or harm themselves so that school staff — and in some cases police — can intervene. Chicago Public Schools piloted a similar social media monitoring program in the mid-2010s. newsletters.

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3 Teachers that are crushing assessments with ed-tech

Neo LMS

Assessments are the unloved orphan of schooling — no-one likes them. They are typically named as one of the most time-consuming activities for teachers, and debates continue on how effective current standards of assessment are in actually measuring what students know, vs. simply measuring teacher and school performance.

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Exploring different types of web filters for K-12 schools

Hapara

There are several types of web filtering software for schools, though. What is web filtering software? Web filtering software for schools can restrict content based on categories, keywords or website addresses. Why do schools use filtering software? So which kind is best for your school district and learning needs?

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How Video Assessments Let Students Display Their Mastery

edWeb.net

With modern assessments, teachers don’t want students to just recite facts from their lessons–teachers want to know whether or not students understand the skills and how to use them. Asynchronous : First, students can complete video assessments when they’re ready, instead of the traditional tests that must all be taken at the same time.

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How Enhanced Homework Detection Makes Securly Aware Student Wellness Monitoring Even More Reliable and Accurate

Securly

The problem is that the more false positive alerts monitoring software produces, the more additional and unnecessary work that is created for those responsible for reviewing and validating these alerts. Not just a one-time analysis, At-Risk continues to analyze the student’s activities to assess and update their Wellness Level.

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ISTE Certification 02

Dangerously Irrelevant

hyperlinks, pingbacks, comments, embedding of social media feeds, RSS subscription) highlights the Engagement guideline of Sustaining Effort and Persistence because it ‘fosters collaboration and community.’ Similarly, the interactive nature of blogs (e.g., Students can use text. They can use images.

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What Texas School Districts Need to Know About the SCOPE Act (Texas House Bill No. 18)

Lightspeed Systems

Specifically, the bill calls out the following responsibilities: Minimize data collection conducted on students through electronic devices and software applications; Ensure direct and informed parental consent is required for a student ’s use of a software application (with two qualified exceptions); Ensure software applications do not conduct mental (..)