Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

There are efforts to collect and share offerings from companies that want to help impacted schools. NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit philanthropy that funds schools and educational companies, has also started a list. Some states, like Connecticut, have an educational software hub. Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.

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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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edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

After the sudden switch to remote and hybrid learning models at the start of the pandemic, the use of online tools and resources may seem like less of a concern now, but ensuring that students’ data remains protected is still a priority, especially as it is a federal requirement. Complying with Federal Regulations.

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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. SIIA dates back to 1984, when it was known as the Software Publishers Association. All the big companies wanted to find out who the new ones were.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

While the bulk of cybersecurity is in the hands of trained techs and professionals, students can learn how to effectively safeguard their online data. 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.

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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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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Shockingly poor data hygiene. Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps. The consequence?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Shockingly poor data hygiene. Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps. The consequence?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Shockingly poor data hygiene. Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps. The consequence?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Shockingly poor data hygiene. Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps. The consequence?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Shockingly poor data hygiene. Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Shockingly poor data hygiene. Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Shockingly poor data hygiene. Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Shockingly poor data hygiene. Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps. The consequence?

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Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

One cannot be said to have secure IT systems in the absence of a meaningful privacy policy; likewise, one cannot ensure privacy if one’s IT systems also are not secured. Instead, advocates have focused almost exclusively on the practices of companies serving education. “ Information security “).

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Since last fall they’ve already submitted digital data about their demographics, household income, ethnicity and legal status, food intolerances, medical profiles, grades and socio-emotional skills. Every activity on computers and the software applications they use in class further generates data about them everyday.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

billion on education software each year. Yet it can be tedious to manually keep track of how students interact with different pieces of software—or whether these tools are even being used. So, how does a tool that effectively functions as a messenger for students, parents and educators take the crown?

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

According to a student data privacy law passed there a few years ago, anyone who collects or shares students’ personally identifiable information (or PII, as the shorthand goes) can be punished by up to six months in prison or $10,000 in fines. After all, they ask themselves, what’s the worst that could happen?

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. With up-to-the-minute data analysis, districts can make informed decisions about critical components of edtech integration, including digital curricula, professional development, investment, and student data privacy.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Tactical student data privacy questions like “What can I do right now?” should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect.

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Gaggle Speaks

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

There’s perhaps no other edtech topic discussed more these days than student data privacy. Because keeping your students’ data safe is important to everyone here at Gaggle, we decided that our next webcast should focus on what school leaders and edtech companies can do to protect student data.

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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. Please sign up and take the survey at [link] How aware were students about what role algorithms play as they can navigate the world of information these days?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In discussions among educators and entrepreneurs about the importance of student data privacy, issues of information technology security risks and threats are often glossed over. While data breaches and technology vulnerabilities from companies such as. The good news is that there are quick wins to be had.

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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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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

That’s important in an academic environment,” says Lisa Ho, campus privacy officer at the University of California, Berkeley. She and her colleagues are currently addressing an issue with Piazza , a company that provides an online conversation forum for classes. Threats to student data privacy existed long before the internet.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Revelations about the privacy practices of Facebook only serve to underscore the stakes surrounding the capture and use of personal data. It is in everyone’s best interests to ensure that schools protect the digital rights of their stakeholders, putting the best interests of students and teachers at the center.”. Weekly Update.

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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. But the data protections of these vendors can’t be taken for granted.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

New data from the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) reveals a majority of parents participating in a survey said they support using student data to inform educational practices, but they remain concerned about student data privacy and security issues in schools.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

At Common Sense, Bill directs the Privacy Evaluation Initiative, a program designed to evaluate privacy policies and practices of vendors building educational technology. The company has evolved to become one of the world’s largest software companies with more than 18,500 employees in more than 50 countries.

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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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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 20, 2016

I had stumbled across a comment on an edtech site where a principal identified a student by name and asked a question that implied an issue with the student, on the open Web. To make matters worse, the principal's question about the student had been responded to by the vendor. Talk to other companies as well.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 10, 2016

In conversations about student data privacy, the terms "privacy," "security," and "encryption" are often used interchangeably. This is one of many reasons that the encryption debate looks different for vendors that make hardware relative to vendors that build software.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Storage Wars: Choosing a Secure Student Data Solution. Legislators across all 50 states have introduced student data privacy laws. The move makes sense: As educators leverage the benefits of connected classroom technologies, student data is captured and used to personalize the experience.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 22, 2019

Most schools to date have given the task of digital asset tracking to their technical staff to collect the major system software, the devices, and network information. Technical skills software, such as Adobe Illustrator or AutoCAD . Project based hybrids, such as software to run a robot, science instruments, and calculators .

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The principal had been approached by a well-known technology vendor wanting to sell the school some hardware and software to help students in literacy and math. billion on hardware, networks and major system software. Check to see if the vendor has signed the Student Data Privacy Pledge. Is a yearly cost?

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