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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. While never far from being top of mind for school district leadership and parents, recent news has brought the issue of student data privacy to even greater prominence.

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SchoolStatus Announces Acquisition of SchoolNow, Enhancing Its Communication Capabilities for K-12 Schools

eSchool News

Ridgeland, Mississippi – SchoolStatus , a leader in K-12 data-driven solutions that empower student success, today announced the acquisition of SchoolNow , a unified digital publishing platform for K-12 that streamlines how schools engage families and their communities.

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Psychology's Crucial Role in Tech's Evolution

Mark Smithers

Social media platforms should be held accountable for design choices and preventing online harassment to promote better mental health. Privacy design plays a crucial role in ensuring that individuals' personal information is protected and that they have control over how their data is used.

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Teaching students how to manage digital distractions

Neo LMS

Others claim that emotional support and social engagement are the primary drivers of using social media more often. banning mobile phones improves outcomes for the low-achieving students the most and has no significant impact on high achievers. Using humor , if appropriate. Managing devices.

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Make your LMS a social learning platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

We inadvertently learn from our daily social interactions, with most of our informal learning happens through online sources of information. For example, YouTube, social media, news websites, even self-help videos/blogs which are present in every possible genre. What makes your LMS a social learning platform?

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5 Essential Tools for Offline Content Synchronization: Streamline Your Workflows

Kitaboo on EdTech

For instance, 55% use a search engine, 32% look at customer reviews, and 31% look up social media when shopping for new products and services. Essentially, the app or platform stores data locally on a device and then synchronizes it with a remote server once Internet connectivity is restored.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition)

Doug Levin

If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. Tagged on: September 7, 2017 When can schools punish students for racist social media posts? Now that very same data could be used to track them down.

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