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The Challenges of Easy Data Access

edWeb.net

Tactical student data privacy questions like “What can I do right now?” should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect.

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

eSchool News

They’re charged with considerations like scale, compliance, and student data privacy. In most cases, district hardware and broadband infrastructure don’t support site-level decision-making or deployment. But technology is changing — as is the promise of what it can provide for schools, teachers and students.

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Get to the root of the edtech issues with three key questions

edWeb.net

Data can also show where programs may be contributing to student success and where the resources show minimal impact. Do you know if any of these applications violate student data privacy? Sometimes, even approved edtech tools may have an add-on that doesn’t follow your school’s privacy standards.

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5 Steps K-12 Schools Need to Consider When Moving to the Cloud

EdTech Magazine

Districts integrating cloud computing are able to tackle broadband and network capacity issues — one of the top three focus points for K–12 IT professionals — as well as enable educational benefits, including expanding and reinvigorating STEM learning programs. . Keep Learning Software Licensing Agreements in Mind.

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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

Perhaps more importantly, in this scenario, schools remain in charge of decisions about student data privacy, about technology formats and platforms, and about how easily they can share, modify, combine, and enhance their content – with no inherent need to password protect it. Image credits.

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

Doug Levin

million Idaho Education Network settlement | Idaho EdNews → After eight years - and with state-issued checks totaling $3.4M - the state has closed the costly and convoluted case of the Idaho Education Network broadband project. This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach.

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