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How Districts Can Unlock Actionable Data

edWeb.net

In a 2018 survey , the majority of school districts either have 1:1 as a current goal or have already achieved it. With up-to-the-minute data analysis, districts can make informed decisions about critical components of edtech integration, including digital curricula, professional development, investment, and student data privacy.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Google and its partners have pitched Chromebooks as affordable, simple to use and manage, and rugged enough to survive student use. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Google and its partners have pitched Chromebooks as affordable, simple to use and manage, and rugged enough to survive student use. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

edWeb.net

Without the opportunity for immediate or regular face-to-face support from teachers, students are using texting, social media posts, mobile app alerts, and personal emails for the interaction and support they need. Student data privacy and online safety are significant concerns.

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What’s New

techlearning

Highlights include new reader functionality in Destiny Library Manager, offline access on Chromebooks and support for exporting eBook notes to Google Drive or Microsoft One Drive documents, web accessibility guidelines update to Destiny Discover, QoL updates to the Lexile Reading Program Service and Resource Manager, and more.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

In particular, they wanted to be able to encourage consistent practices across school buildings, ensure compliance with Colorado’s student data privacy requirements, reduce frustration and confusion among stakeholders (including parents and staff), and begin to evaluate the impact of edtech on student outcomes.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. For its part, the OECD, the organization that administers the PISA test, has started surveying 10- to 15-year-olds’ social and emotional skills too. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. And “free” doesn’t last.

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