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When Does Posting Photos of Students Become a Data Privacy Problem?

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Their Facebook pages contain not just announcements but photos from events on campus—graduations, Christmas band concerts, chess team tournament victories, spirit week—where students take center stage. For instance, it is increasingly recognized that predictive policing companies regularly collect and utilize public social media data.”

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What Every Edtech Company Needs to Know About Schools and Data Privacy

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The data privacy landscape looks a lot different than it did even a few years ago. New federal and state laws —and a greater focus on the issue by districts—are giving edtech companies a lot to consider. Know Your Customer Know the variations among jurisdictions and their data privacy standards, and aim for compliance with all.

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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

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Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. This annual event aims to accelerate the development and adoption of data standards that allow technologies used in schools to “talk” to one another.

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Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Recognized for Addressing Digital Divide During Pandemic

Digital Promise

However, the VILS initiative provides devices (iPads or Chromebooks) with monthly data plans—which increased from 10GB to 30GB during the pandemic—to every student and teacher within its network, so the schools were well-positioned for a smoother transition than most.

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3 Ways edtech can help education get back on track

Neo LMS

Most importantly, they must embrace current and new products to meet the changing needs of users. These include social media interaction, collecting first-hand data during a one-on-one discussion at events, and engaging in customer focus groups online and in person. Read more: How to get started with hybrid teaching. Conclusion.

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Can AI Aid the Early Education Workforce?

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Kang also pointed out that generative AI can be used to overcome language barriers — for example, by providing live translation services during a meeting or translating written communication into a language spoken by a child’s family before sending it. What source data is being used?

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New Higher-Ed ‘Matchmaking’ Event Aims to Bridge Education Technology Silos

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A pair of consultants who run a popular edtech blog plan to start offering events—in hopes of getting people at colleges and companies who don’t usually talk to each other to join forces on innovative teaching efforts. He said some of that money may go into giving small grants to help support projects discussed at the event.