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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

Lightspeed Systems

Student welfare, of course, is comprised of many elements, including teaching and learning, student mental health, student safety, and, importantly, student data privacy. Finally, Lightspeed Systems is a Student Data Privacy Consortium signatory, and has signed the Student Privacy Pledge.

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Are Schools Helpless, Hapless When it Comes to IT Privacy and Security?

Doug Levin

Nonetheless, as schools rely more and more on the internet for the delivery of core education programs and services we must remain cognizant of the ways in which our use of the technology may represent potential new threats to students and school communities. If you need legal advice, consult with a lawyer instead of a blog.

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World Backup Day March 31st: Student data security

Neo LMS

More than a million cases of child identity theft are reported every year and, as school districts continue to introduce students to new technology and advanced digital curriculum, Internet safety education is becoming an increasingly essential tool when preventing cybercrime.

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Making Sure Your Online Services Protect Your Students’ Data

edWeb.net

Kevin then moved on to work as an education technology specialist and headed a district’s student data privacy, internet safety, and security initiative. He also held “Tech Tuesday” training to train principals and faculty on all district resources.

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Safety First

techlearning

VIRTUAL SAFETY “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Benjamin Franklin was addressing fire safety when he coined this familiar axiom, but the analogy to Internet safety isn’t a bad one. A model student data policy (from Howard County Public Schools in Maryland) ?