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New Data Science Standards Are Needed for a Data-Filled World. Here’s What We Propose.

Edsurge

And such cries have grown even louder in recent years, with the rise of big data and fast computing. The reality, though, is that an unacceptably high number of students fail algebra courses, which focus students on outdated methods and calculations performed by hand.

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The challenges of mobile learning in the classroom

Neo LMS

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities. Mobile students.

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School Is Hard for Mobile Students. These Districts Want to Help.

Edsurge

a mostly working-class suburban city just across the Mystic River from Boston—high student mobility used to be a challenge without a clear solution. Not all mobility is bad. She distinguishes between mobile students generally and students facing specific challenges, like housing instability. In Chelsea, Mass.—a

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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

Lightspeed Systems

Student welfare, of course, is comprised of many elements, including teaching and learning, student mental health, student safety, and, importantly, student data privacy. Our Privacy Policy and Trust Page detail the following commitments: We will always be transparent in the data we collect and how it is used.

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Vector Solutions Adds Cybersecurity Awareness Courses to its Suite of Online Training Programs for Schools

eSchool News

The courses address topics such as creating a cybersecurity culture, preventing social engineering attacks, laws and compliance, best practices, and more. The courses address topics such as creating a cybersecurity culture, preventing social engineering attacks, laws and compliance, best practices, and more.

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Mobile learning: The good and the bad

Neo LMS

Everywhere we go, here and there, people always seem to have a mobile device in their hands, be it a smartphone or a tablet. It’s almost a sin not to own a mobile device. Our mobile devices are online 24/7. Mobile learning of course. The pros The most obvious reason is that almost everyone owns a mobile device.

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Report reveals surprising data about mobile broadband usage in schools

eSchool News

A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools utilizing Mobile Beacon’s 4G LTE internet service indicate that the ability to supplement and/or extend existing school networks is the greatest benefit of the service.