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ISTELive 23: Advanced Google Tools Offer School IT Leaders Many Ways to Protect Student Data

EdTech Magazine

Schools collect sensitive student data that will follow them for the rest of their lives. As one of the most popular ed tech platforms for K–12, Google Workspace for Education offers advanced tools that can help schools boost data privacy.

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Google Meet Bandwidth detector (and how I’ve been using this on Zoom)

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Google is rolling out a handy new tool for Workspace admins who use Google Meet to keep in touch with staff. You Can No Longer Fake a Bad Connection to Get Out of Google Meet Calls" Android Police. It comes to Google Meet now.

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Google Discreetly Acquires Edtech Analytics Company BrightBytes

Edsurge

Google has silently acquired a widely-used K-12 data and analytics company. And Google declined to provide any details, including when the sale had taken place. But an email about the deal sent by Google to a school district in early May, obtained by EdSurge, cites May 17th as the expected date of the transaction.

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How I Teach About Big Data and Lesson Plan

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How I Teach About Big Data and Lesson Plan with Vicki Davis In this episode, I give you a peek into my classroom. How I Teach About Big Data and Lesson Plan by Vicki Davis Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.

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Looking for Ways to Improve Data Privacy in Schools? Start Here

EdTech Magazine

Looking for Ways to Improve Data Privacy in Schools? The rapid deployment of educational technology, paired with an increase in the number of states passing data privacy laws , leaves many district administrators and technology leaders with a daunting question about protecting student and staff information: Where do we start?

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Compare Google Bard and Chat GPT

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter For me, this eighty days of AI journey is about looking at every AI tool that might be helpful to teachers. So, today, I'm spending time in Google Bard , which is actually significantly improved from just a few weeks ago when I first had a conversation with it.

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How I Start Teaching AI to Middle and High Schoolers

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter When we start discussing AI, they don't know it. Introducing Data Sets in AI We start with Quick Draw with Google. Teaching About Machine Learning and AI Immediately after that, we started discussing data sets and machine learning and how it works.

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