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 140

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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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 154

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Phishing scams involve sending emails to a large group of people, such as a university’s student body, that appear to be from a reputable company or individual. Students are especially susceptible to scams that convey a sense of authority or that contain veiled threats regarding one’s permanent record.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

So valuable is this data that criminals will pay as much as $350 for a student record on the black market , Melissa Tebbenkamp, co-chair of the Consortium for School Networking ’s working group on student data privacy, tells Education Week. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So valuable is this data that criminals will pay as much as $350 for a student record on the black market , Melissa Tebbenkamp, co-chair of the Consortium for School Networking ’s working group on student data privacy, tells Education Week. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

So valuable is this data that criminals will pay as much as $350 for a student record on the black market , Melissa Tebbenkamp, co-chair of the Consortium for School Networking ’s working group on student data privacy, tells Education Week. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So valuable is this data that criminals will pay as much as $350 for a student record on the black market , Melissa Tebbenkamp, co-chair of the Consortium for School Networking ’s working group on student data privacy, tells Education Week. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So valuable is this data that criminals will pay as much as $350 for a student record on the black market , Melissa Tebbenkamp, co-chair of the Consortium for School Networking ’s working group on student data privacy, tells Education Week. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

So valuable is this data that criminals will pay as much as $350 for a student record on the black market , Melissa Tebbenkamp, co-chair of the Consortium for School Networking ’s working group on student data privacy, tells Education Week. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So valuable is this data that criminals will pay as much as $350 for a student record on the black market , Melissa Tebbenkamp, co-chair of the Consortium for School Networking ’s working group on student data privacy, tells Education Week. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Should a school district not have or not enforce policies about what online services and tools its employees use or what information about students they are allowed to collect and/or disclose to 3rd parties then we should address that issue head on.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

So valuable is this data that criminals will pay as much as $350 for a student record on the black market , Melissa Tebbenkamp, co-chair of the Consortium for School Networking ’s working group on student data privacy, tells Education Week. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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Data Social Media Survey 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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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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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. Then there are teachers who go out and find resources to use but have no idea about the ramifications of connecting students to those services.

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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 106

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

-based nonprofit, states have passed approximately 110 laws since 2013 concerning student data privacy. But what happens in these legislative halls are rarely visible to teachers, students and parents. She is hoping for systematic legislative changes. “I

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Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 115

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

For over 40 years the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) ran a program to support this vulnerable student population, but that has come to an end - in part because of student data privacy concerns. Tagged on: September 7, 2017 When can schools punish students for racist social media posts? teachers and students?

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EdTech Industry Student Data Privacy Social Media 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

For over 40 years the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) ran a program to support this vulnerable student population, but that has come to an end - in part because of student data privacy concerns. Tagged on: September 7, 2017 When can schools punish students for racist social media posts? teachers and students?

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EdTech Industry Student Data Privacy Social Media 150

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. That’s important in an academic environment,” says Lisa Ho, campus privacy officer at the University of California, Berkeley. The FBI under J.

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Data Student Data Privacy Company Industry 60

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

EdSurge: Barbara, your group, Project Information Literacy, recently published a report where you sat down with professors and students to talk about algorithms and how they’re impacting our lives. All of them seem to be very aware of what was going on, and I think it’s because advertising has tipped the hands of these tech companies.

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

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. And at least 14 states have passed student data privacy laws, so far.

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EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Software 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

“The first line of defense in protecting student privacy are our teachers, and we’re not making sure that they have the tools to keep that data safe,” said Amelia Vance, policy counsel for the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

No matter how skilled, knowledgeable, passionate, or persistent school district employees are in building and attending to a student data privacy compliance program, the work simply cannot succeed without a leadership champion.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Data can also show where programs may be contributing to student success and where the resources show minimal impact. Do you know if any of these applications violate student data privacy? Sometimes, even approved edtech tools may have an add-on that doesn’t follow your school’s privacy standards.

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EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Libraries 41

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Denver Public Schools in Colorado and Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland have each hired a senior-level official who is responsible for the organization’s privacy policies and data governance. The education leaders created the “Data Protection Addendum,” a document that each district requires its vendors to sign.

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Student Data Privacy Data Education Policies 135

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. Food and Drug Administration.

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Classroom Student Data Privacy Company Data 102

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Levin counted each district’s data breach separately, even if they were all hit by the same cyber attack. 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. Our students deserve that.

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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

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. collects and sells user data while helping you clean up your inbox. If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. collects and sells user data while helping you clean up your inbox. If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business.

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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! D49’s thoughtful rollout of LearnPlatform, led by Melissa, has made D49’s use of edtech more manageable, thoughtful, and consistent; ensured compliance with state student data privacy regulations; and optimized safety.

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Education Learning EdTech Data 127

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

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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