EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 151

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. As many as 80 percent of students surveyed said either they or a friend or family member had been affected by a cyberattack. The consequence?

Data 150

Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

Called Check the Privacy , the initiative, announced Wednesday, aims to provide a one-stop shop for educators searching for safe, secure tools to use with their students. A screenshot of Check the Privacy's searchable library of more than 7,000 edtech products. We’re all trying to solve the same problem.”

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Student Data Privacy Libraries EdTech Classroom 143

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

But while we have the internet to thank for our contemporary, robust e-learning landscape, security and privacy concerns are rampant as well. How students can help secure their personal data. Furthermore, students should be taught the basics of online security best practices. The human element of data security.

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Learning Student Data Privacy Data Software 254

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

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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Data EdTech Meeting Blended Learning 107

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

There are efforts to collect and share offerings from companies that want to help impacted schools. A Facebook group, Amazing Educational Resources, has compiled a spreadsheet of more than 400 free offerings. NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit philanthropy that funds schools and educational companies, has also started a list.

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Company Social Media Policies Student Data Privacy 135

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors.

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Industry Conference EdTech Student Data Privacy 155

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Instead, advocates have focused almost exclusively on the practices of companies serving education. While that’s part of the solution, it is in no way sufficient to addressing the privacy and security concerns being raised by parents and in the media. and compliance.

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Internet Safety Student Data Privacy Policies Company 295

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Last week undergraduates at Harvard University raised concerns about the institution handing over their data to an anti-affirmative action group as part of a lawsuit. Protecting student information is increasingly challenging in an era when learners leave digital footprints of nearly all of their academic and extracurricular pursuits.

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Data Student Data Privacy Company Industry 60

Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Plus, their servers often have the RDP protocol enabled as students want to access course material from home. Unfortunately, that makes the servers a prime target for the xDedic group as well." And it's up to tech companies to make that clear — not bury it in privacy policies no one reads.

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EdTech Chromebook Policies Student Data Privacy 150

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

based provider of learning management software for K-12, higher ed, government and businesses, has agreed to sell its Open LMS business to Learning Technologies Group, or LTG, a London-based conglomerate of workplace learning software services. LTG will maintain the existing Blackboard student data privacy policy.

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Blackboard LMS Moodle Student Data Privacy 83

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

What rights do parents, students and teachers have in an educational system increasingly awash in data and technology? The degree of privacy a student gets should not be dependent on that student’s socioeconomic status. She is hoping for systematic legislative changes. “I

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Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 116

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2019

I am also part of a small group of neighboring district leaders. We like to see what people’s obstacles are and how, as a group, we can come up with solutions and problems. Cisneros: The recent one is the data privacy issue. Sometimes, our board of trustees helps guide those decisions. Every year there’s a new product.

EdTech 114

EdTech Student Data Privacy Data Common Core 114

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Every few months in Raytown, there’s a new silly video with the serious purpose of safeguarding student information. Privacy and data-security themes are also woven into Raytown’s professional development workshops, curriculum planning sessions and even parent-teacher conferences.

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Training Data Student Data Privacy Policies 40

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. Tagged on: September 7, 2017 When can schools punish students for racist social media posts? Now that very same data could be used to track them down.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Student Data Privacy Industry 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. Tagged on: September 7, 2017 When can schools punish students for racist social media posts? Now that very same data could be used to track them down.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Student Data Privacy Industry 150

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Among them are concerns over what happens to data in learning management systems like Canvas , to questions over whether campuses should ban facial-recognition software. But how much “algorithmic literacy” do most students have, and are college professors preparing students for a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence?

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Education Data Company Student Data Privacy 97

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

2016 has been a busy year for data privacy advocates. University of California, Berkeley students filed suit against Google for illegally scanning their emails. Pokemon Go launched its wildly popular location-based and data-hungry augmented reality game. It’s to ask, “How can we work with this software company?”

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EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Software 60

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

LEAVING THE AMAZON: At last year’s SXSWedu, Amazon’s Education team and the company’s General Manager of K-12 Education, Rohit Agarwal, launched the " Inspire " platform, with promises to support the open education resources space. percent decrease in the amount of students who don’t return after summer and a 3.9 at a later date.

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Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 69

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Mention edtech, and the first thought that usually comes to mind is collecting data to evaluate students’ progress. Schools and districts need to have a system that collects data on all programs being used so that leadership can get a clearer picture of what’s happening in the classroom. I’m not interested in checking a box.

EdTech 41

EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Libraries 41

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Highlights from Tech&Learning’s Leadership Letter THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN PROTECTING STUDENT DATA Every school district employee shares responsibility for protecting student data, but a leadership champion is needed to build and sustain a data privacy program.

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Guidelines Student Data Privacy E-rate Data 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The intent here is good, says Linnette Attai, a K-12 privacy expert and founder of the global compliance consulting firm PlayWell, LLC. Schools and districts collect, manage and analyze more data now than ever before. But because data can also be misused, abused, exposed and manipulated, it must be protected.

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Student Data Privacy Data Education Policies 138

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

How vulnerable is student data at U.S. That’s a critical question now that many, if not most, of the nation’s 51 million students are learning online at least some of the time. That’s because there’s no federal requirement for school districts to report data breaches. public schools? That’s more than four times greater.

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Pearson Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 144

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The company says it can help users meditate by offering real-time feedback on their brain state. Advertising for the device is tailored to adults, but researchers outside of the company want to know if the devices can help calm students down as well—and keep them out of the principal’s office.

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Classroom Student Data Privacy Company Data 106

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). On the agenda were one-on-one interviews with company CEOs and panel discussions on opportunities and challenges in different markets. Viva Amtrak!

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Industry Student Data Privacy Education Company 117

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

In addition, I’ve begun to do some cursory analyses of the data set underlying the map in an attempt to identify patterns that may be useful in responding via policy and practice. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Oh, and unroll.me

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

In addition, I’ve begun to do some cursory analyses of the data set underlying the map in an attempt to identify patterns that may be useful in responding via policy and practice. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Oh, and unroll.me

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Do you know where your data is stored? With the increased emphasis on student data privacy, many school leaders might think they have a handle on cyber security. Manheim Central School District (PA) Superintendent Dr. Peter Aiken said they partnered with a company to educate their staff about email threats.

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Strategy Student Data Privacy Data Policies 53

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Stay tuned, because the second group of finalists will be featured on eSchool News next week! She implements programs like Istation to give her teachers an advantage in providing data driven instruction and strong, effective interventions. Listed here in the order in which their nominations were received are program finalists.

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Education Learning EdTech Data 114

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2019

More important, teachers are stringing together groups of supplemental resources to create their curricula. No matter what the subject, though, every publisher should be ready to share their student data privacy standards for their digital tools. Supplementals come in a variety of formats as well. About the Presenter.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Industry 40