Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2020

It’s JotForm’s new Report Builder. Now, they’ve introduced Report Builder. JotForm Report Builder is a sophisticated but simple way to turn data into information. Responses gathered via form are quickly turned into a visually appealing report or presentation that students or colleagues will want to read.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing resource allocation and fostering early intervention. Despite the benefits, implementing data-driven decision-making in education presents challenges.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Among IT decision-makers surveyed, 93 percent use Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or a combination of the collaboration platforms in their districts, according to “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You,” a report by Edweek Research Center and ManagedMethods.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The educational technology landscape is rapidly evolving. Over the past few years, school districts have witnessed changes ranging from an influx in emerging technologies such as virtual reality to a greater emphasis on data security amid increasing cyberthreats. But many schools still struggle to adapt.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, the educational services sector experienced 1,241 incidents in 2021, with 282 involving confirmed data disclosure. Of those attacks, 75…

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Remote and hybrid learning during the pandemic made schools more vulnerable as classes moved online, and the reliance on digital devices and remote networks for education continues to grow.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Students chat about the data analysis they’ve performed on their cellphone usage over a week, while Perizzolo walks around the room fielding their questions. They also determined the research questions they’d ask of the data — such as whether social media use during class reduces comprehension and retention.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The 7th annual report on K-12 computer science in the United States dropped today. It provides an update on national and state-level computer science education policy, including policy trends, maps, state summaries, and implementation data. Dig in to the whole report here.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

It’s impossible to put a value on the data K–12 districts collect and store, so it’s important to treat it as an asset and defend it with the protection it deserves. Whether stored on-premises, in the cloud or with a hybrid strategy, data is always vulnerable to attack.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As the Director of Quantitative Research and Data Science, as well as the Data Privacy Officer at Digital Promise, I aim to demystify the complex world of data privacy, particularly in the realm of education and AI tools. However, it may still contain a unique identifier that could potentially re-identify the data.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

Before technology transformed K–12 education, IT professionals and teachers mostly stayed in their own lanes: IT staff kept systems humming behind the scenes, while educators handled the classroom. MORE ON EDTECH: Learn why K–12 schools should establish a data-driven culture.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2023

A brief on their findings was published in November’s issue of the academic journal Educational Researcher. For instance, it is increasingly recognized that predictive policing companies regularly collect and utilize public social media data.” They found that students were identifiable in 4.9

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Digital Promise

JUNE 2, 2021

As an educator, understanding AI and its ethical implications is critical to making sure the new technologies introduced to classrooms ultimately help your students. What should educators know about AI? We have the latter view as we believe teachers are essential to education, and that AI should be used to better support them.

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Securly

MARCH 5, 2024

Securly Discern is a revolutionary AI that generates insights based on students’ online activities and digital footprints, automating data collection and analysis for schools. Josh Knutson, the Vice President of New Product Innovation at Securly, introduces Securly Discern as part of his conversation on the Voices in Education podcast.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Over the past few months, district and charter leaders from 11 districts participating in Digital Promise’s Data Ready 2021 cohort have created actionable data interoperability implementation plans centered on a high-need use case anchored in secure data use, data management, and data integration.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As students return to another school-year impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report sheds light on how state education agencies and policy-makers are adapting to an increasingly digital, post-pandemic world. However, 57% of respondents report that their states provide very little funding for school cybersecurity efforts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As a result of this increased investment in technology, schools are generating more valuable data than ever—but much of that data isn’t readily available and actionable because it’s siloed in systems that aren’t connected to each other. Below are some key considerations to keep in mind: Good data governance—which the U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

So how are superintendents using data–and can they access it quickly and effectively in order to use it? A national poll from the Data Quality Campaign and AASA, The School Superintendents Association surveyed district superintendents to find out they use data to support their students and schools.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. I think even non-education nerds would agree!) Thank you for sticking with The Hechinger Report as we tried to make sense of it all.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2021

The pivot to emergency remote learning differed greatly from what is considered high-quality online education, said Deb Adair, executive director of Quality Matters, a nonprofit that seeks to measure and guarantee quality in online courses.?Top-notch Alejandra Acosta, higher education policy analyst, New America.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 16, 2023

By Zach Vander Veen Part Three: Data is crucial In standards for Community Schools established by the Institute for Educational Leadership, data systems and protocols are in place to assure access to relevant individual and aggregate information and to assure transparency of decision-making.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2023

When schools were forced to go remote during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it shone a spotlight on inequities that had long plagued education. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. The nonprofit aims to promote equity in education. “I Source: Institute of Education Sciences.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When Kim Rider and her team contact a former student, they aren’t just checking in — they’re also gathering data. Rider oversees career and technical education in Allen Parish, a region of rural Louisiana known for pine forests and the state’s largest casino. Their inability to answer stems from disconnected data.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Only a few years ago, before the pandemic, finding a school district with a dedicated leadership position focused on data privacy was like spotting a “unicorn”—something so rare it was practically mythical. million—and, last year, Maryland hired both a chief data officer and a chief privacy officer for districts in the state.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

They run on the same fuel: data , and lots of it. Netflix machine-learning algorithms, for example, leverage rich user data not just to recommend movies, but to decide which new films to make. Facial recognition software deploys neural nets to leverage pixel data from millions of images.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

2023 calculations by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report reveal that fewer than 1 in 5 countries have legislation in place to prevent and act on cyberbullying in school. Cyberbullying in particular is fueled by a lack of proper policies and wide access to smartphones and other devices. school district in 2022-23.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2022

According to the data , it’s data-driven instruction. Let’s take a closer look at what keeps data-driven instruction from working in the real world. Nearly 90 percent of teachers think data is critical for effective classroom instruction. By the time teachers have classroom data that’s action-ready, it’s often outdated.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Yet, when it comes to edtech, the consensus industry-wide is that recommendations from your peers mean nothing when compared to data points. There are three main reasons why this occurs: Data isn’t always reliable. The data doesn’t align with a district’s reality. Data can be used as a deflection tactic.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 4, 2021

In this episode of the EduJedi Report Podcast, you’ll hear how to bring back meaning to assessments through new skills in data and logic that work even in distance learning scenarios. Your EduJedi host LeiLani Cauthen interviews Laura Slover, CEO and Joey Web, Director of Academic Services, at CenterPoint Education Solutions.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

The health crisis has introduced new forms of data collection into higher education, but these are largely changes of degree, not kind. Stand up close, and you see little more than a collection of data points. And these humans have opinions about all the data their colleges collect from them. Their exams are recorded.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Higher education may never be the same after the COVID-19 pandemic, and that’s true even for the most elite colleges. The 87-page report is informed by interviews with 59 administrators and faculty, as well as a survey of 6,000 students. I was certain it was not going to work.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Higher education institutions and K-12 schools are still reeling from the changes made during the pandemic, and the looming threat of a ransomware attack continues. Sixty-four percent of higher education institutions were hit by ransomware in the last year – a significant increase from 44 percent the previous year.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2023

Data access is critical when educators need to make informed decisions about curriculum, assessments, academic and social-emotional interventions, and more. So how are superintendents using data–and can they access it quickly and effectively in order to use it? Here are some top lessons from that poll: 1.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2016

A new report outlines the need for K-16 students to develop key data literacy skills. Focusing on three specific areas could be key to boosting K-16 students’ data literacy in a world where big data’s importance grows daily, according to a new report.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As a former public-school teacher, I know that my students sometimes acted out when they didn’t receive the additional educational supports they needed. Every time the CRDC data is released, I am reminded that corporal punishment continues in our schools today, and I am convinced it can be put to an end tomorrow.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Superintendent Mike Hayes said two keys for success have been giving teachers more regular time to dig into student data and increasing instructional time where math teachers can focus on specific skills. “We students began long before the pandemic, but the problem has snowballed into an education crisis.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

These cyberattacks create potentially dangerous effects on the education sector via lost instructional time and the cost to recover from the incident. It’s no surprise that ransomware has hit the education sector hard. Higher education institutions are particularly susceptible to internal attacks.

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