Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

As schools and districts increasingly rely on digital tools, what have companies and districts learned about safeguarding sensitive information? Survivors from high-profile breaches at two education technology companies—Edmodo and Schoolzilla—shared what they learned at the SF Edtech Meetup on Sept. Minimize Data Collection.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

The inspiration for this idea came from Google’s 80/20 Innovation Model where engineers are encouraged to take 20 percent of their time to work on something company-related that interests them personally. Jerry provided examples of how he has integrated specific concepts and insights learned from each book.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Twelve years ago, Amplify CEO Larry Berger and I wrote about the “ pareto distribution ” of companies in the K-12 sector. Most revenue was generated by a few winner-take-all companies, then there was a long tail of subscale operators. And a new, growing class of companies may soon join us. We broke through in different ways.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 11, 2013

The first in the series was Collaborative Learning With Edmodo. For example, lets say you are watching the Super Bowl. Many TV shows, events, companies, and more are creating hashtags to monitor conversations and just generally engage with other followers. Today we will look at how to utilize hashtags for learning and sharing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. One should be conscientious, as such.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 12, 2012

I was an Aerospace engineer and worked for companies like Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky Aircraft. It''s similar to Edmodo in many ways, but bigger and used by corporations. It''s a great example of industry and education working together to support our students.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. Remember Edmodo? The company has raised some $77.5

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

diplomat, and Vibhu Mittal, the CEO of Edmodo and a former Google employee. The letter said that you all stand with dreamers, that they're vital to the future of your companies and our economy and that you believe that they're part of why we continue to hold a global competitive advantage. Jeffrey Collins Our company is small.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

And more importantly, to ascertain where some folks – those who issue press releases, for example – want the puck to head. It ignores what happens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example: the site of Harvard and MIT. We’re more likely to overlook the role that venture capital plays, for example.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

In education, there were breaches at colleges and universities, breaches at K–12 schools, breaches at the Department of Education, breaches at education technology companies, and breaches with software schools commonly use. 77 million users accounts stolen from Edmodo. million students. Investing in hardware and software.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Why, for example, would Microsoft famously put out a study in 2015 saying that humans’ attention spans are shorter than goldfish’s? A company that really drives the ideology that underpins how we talk about the future of school and tech. Over the companies that get funded. And why on earth would we believe that?!).

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Within educational technology, tech companies can acquire data via multiple routes. BetterLesson is an example of a site like this - a teacher creates an account, and only teacher data gets collected. A very incomplete list of examples here include Knewton, Infinite Campus, eScholar, Schoolnet, Learnsprout, or Clever.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

We are encouraging students, teachers, organizations and companies to host virtual events involving technology on September 17, 2015. Our current partner list includes TES, Edmodo, Remind, AFS-USA, iEARN-USA, the Global Campaign for Education - US Chapter, SMART, VIF International Education, and Edutopia.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” When the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman toured the US recently, he hung out with Mark Zuckerberg , Jeff Bezos , and Sergey Brin , for example. ” She was, apparently, at Koch Industries. “The U.S.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

Here is an example I use a lot where I asked people to give me their thoughts on what a PLN (Personal Learning Network) means to them. Some are already using spaces where kids are like Facebook but I believe services like Edmodo (one of my favorites) will continue to grow and gain in popularity. Very easy and lots of potential.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

.” Testing, Testing… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “These days, everyone’s talking about ‘equity,’ and now a testing company has affixed the word to a new effort. An in-depth look at for profit companies selling their education products and services in Africa. “Can U.S. million total.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 11, 2016

And over at Nearpod, the company recently launched Nearpod VR. Here are some examples. The low-cost Google Cardboard viewer, which works with virtual reality apps like Discovery VR , gives students a 360-degree view of the world and gives “virtual field trips” a whole new definition.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 3, 2012

Tumblr is an example of a blogging site which is extremely popular with teens. High school principal Eric Sheninger serves as a great example of someone who didn''t get social media at first but who over the last three years has become convinced of its usefulness for his own learning as well as his students.

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MindShift

JUNE 22, 2016

Bloxels : This new game creation app is made by the same company that makes Pixel Floor Press and the two products are compatible. I’ve always loved using Kidblog and Edmodo , but this is spot-on the easiest things I’ve seen, especially for younger learners,” Miller said. Luhtala said it reminds her of Photoshop, but for a phone.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For example, a major breach at educational testing company Pearson during the 2019-20 school year affected an unknown number of student records in thousands of schools. In all three of these examples, school employees rather than criminals caused the student data breaches. The GAO counted that as one incident.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In Part II of this series, participants will examine powerful examples and methods for applying global education in learning environments. During Global Leadership Week, partner organizations, companies, school districts and individual schools will design and host virtual events to showcase thought leadership. Register at [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

Geo-educators can join the community through a variety of online platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and the secure educator site, Edmodo ( www.geo-educatorcommunity.org ). National Geographic defines a geo-educator as an educator working to improve young people’s understanding of the world. Classroom 2.0 Ning Users: Your Feedback Wanted!

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