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As Number of Edtech Providers Grow, Some Say Student Privacy Needs a Reset

Edsurge

King argues that data exchanges make it easier for teachers to try out new tech products in the classroom because they reduce the need for a school’s IT department to help serve as gatekeeper. He also argues that it’s good for the companies, since it limits their risk.

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As Number of Edtech Providers Grow, Some Say Student Privacy Needs a Reset

Edsurge

King argues that data exchanges make it easier for teachers to try out new tech products in the classroom because they reduce the need for a school’s IT department to help serve as gatekeeper. He also argues that it’s good for the companies, since it limits their risk.

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

Doug Levin

Tagged on: March 10, 2017 Frederick County Public Schools using social media in the classroom | Your4State.com → Frederick County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Theresa Alban says that she's considering incorporating social media into the classroom.

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

And too often, students do not know the extent to which their data is being mined and activities being surveilled. Students as Cheats. The scrutiny always falls disproportionately on low income students, students of color, and foreign students. ” Privacy Pushback.

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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. The Flipped Classroom". He didn’t invent the idea of video-taping instruction to watch at home and doing “homework” in the classroom instead; but history don’t matter in Silicon Valley. And “free” doesn’t last. WTF is Unizin ?!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” Education in the Courts.