EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. Shockingly poor data hygiene. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. Shockingly poor data hygiene. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. Shockingly poor data hygiene. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. Shockingly poor data hygiene. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. Shockingly poor data hygiene. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. Shockingly poor data hygiene. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. Shockingly poor data hygiene. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. Shockingly poor data hygiene. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Data Security Starts with Simple but Essential Steps.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2023

. – The Social Institute today announced Chris Valada has joined the company as Head of New Partnerships, leading a team of representatives from across the country to bring positive social media and tech education to more schools. Valada spent his career in EdTech sales and has worked across K-12 and Higher Ed. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2022

Unaccounted time for social media and gaming usage. Years ago, I took the lead in writing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy for my school site, which was later adopted by my district. It worked until our site eventually became one of the first sites to roll out a one-to-one policy with Chromebooks.

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Tom Murray

MAY 16, 2016

In recent years, student data privacy has emerged as a major education issue at federal, state and local levels. Recent news coverage and social media conversations about student data access, especially as it relates to outside service providers, have heightened the public’s overall interest in the use and security of student data.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Reflecting on his more recent experience as a policy analyst for RAND Corporation, a public policy research organization, Holmes doesn’t think it makes much sense that he had to hunt down the chance to try more difficult math. In general, schools are using different kinds of data when slotting kids into tracks, Kaufman says.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Digital footprints are not exclusive to online shoppers or avid social media users; everyone has one, including your 5-year-old child. However, “age limits” did not stop persistent pre-teens from joining social media and gaming sites. Regardless, 10 years later, data collection came to be mostly implicit.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Digital footprints are not exclusive to online shoppers or avid social media users; everyone has one, including your 5-year-old child. However, “age limits” did not stop persistent pre-teens from joining social media and gaming sites. Regardless, 10 years later, data collection came to be mostly implicit.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 30, 2023

We should consider which jobs should be automated and which should remain under human control (Ahem, content moderation, something social media receives a resounding F on lately.) ” Just because I agree to have my website scraped does not mean that I consent to have it crawled as training data for an AI tool!

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Neo LMS

MARCH 22, 2018

The increasing rate of students’ digital information being exposed can be, in part, chalked up to a lack of formal training and establishment of cybersecurity policies across educational institutions. Another thing you can do is to discuss student data privacy and digital security with PTA members, teachers, and school board administrators.

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Gaggle Speaks

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Increasingly, there’s an expectation from the courts that document files and even social media also get retained. You must also be able to search and produce specific data just like we have for email for the past decade. When asked about archiving social media, our response typically centers on the content.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2020

At Verizon Innovative Learning Schools , every student receives a device with a data plan to support learning in and out of the classroom. Help students and families find wifi to conserve LTE data and support other devices. Remind staff about student data privacy and security. Finally, keep it simple.

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Neo LMS

MAY 25, 2021

From an email address to a social security number, just about any piece of personal information can be used by cybercriminals for malicious means. Even seemingly innocent social media posts can contain clues that hackers can use to guess passwords for other online portals that the students or their parents may use at home.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2021

What should teachers be expected to know about student data privacy and ethics? Considering so much of their jobs now revolve around student data, it’s a simple enough question—and one that researcher Ellen B. What are ethical and responsible uses of data? Mandinach and a colleague were tasked with answering. What is privacy?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This is a huge step forward, given AI’s potential to do harm through the use of biased and outdated data. The data generated helps educators tailor their lesson plans and instruction. When it comes to AI, we can’t afford the same wait-and-see approach many governments took to regulating social media.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 25, 2023

If you have public website, your data can also be used to train tools like Chat GPT and some are trying to block their sites from being training data , as well.) As I shared in my podcast this week, we've adapted our acceptable use policy to include AI considerations and allow its use with teacher permission and proper supervision.

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Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Non-traditional forms of professional learning such as the use of social media and Edcamps are valued, not dismissed. Digital communications, online communities, social media, and digital learning environments often serve as connectors for these partnerships. Data and Privacy. Robust Infrastructure.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Most districts are realizing that straightforward banning of ChatGPT and other tools only keeps the students without home access and data plans from using A toolsets. This may beg the question of the need for school board policies around Generative AI. Certainly, none of us want to create additional digital inequities.

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 18, 2023

American students improved their standing among their international peers in all three areas during the pandemic, the data says. school policies do not seem to have pushed American kids into their own academic black hole. Some countries did better than the United States, and the American results do show some areas of concern.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Public data breaches, such as the massive compromises at Equifax , Target and other companies, have increased awareness, Abshire said. Technology has shifted and changed and redirected the way we use data. K–12 Data Privacy Policies Must Catch Up to Technology Use. 5 Threats to Keep on the Data Protection Radar.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

Student data privacy should not be a victim to tumultuous times. Schools and districts can use the resources in CoSN’s Student Data Privacy micro-credential stack to evaluate online providers for their data privacy practices and communicate with parents and guardians. COVID-19 is the first social media pandemic.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 28, 2018

While this blog is based on verifiable data, some readers may be unhappy with my interpretation. Social media has not shown an ability to “self correct” perhaps because by its very nature, the responses can only be positive and thus, there is no self-correcting mechanism built into its algorithm. Source: Wired.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2018

classrooms, it’s critical to keep student data safe. Michael Hawes, the director of the Student Privacy Policy and Assistance Division at the U.S. Current Federal Laws Guiding Student Data Protection. Hawes added that there are a number of state , local and tribal data privacy laws for districts to consider as well. “At

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2020

These programs also collect data on students to provide “individualized” instruction through machine learning. This means students in these schools have unwittingly consented to having their data stored with these companies, whose privacy policies and security measures may be unclear. How does the company handle student data?

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

This gamified approach to supporting student well-being, called #WinAtSocial, empowers students to navigate their social world positively — including social media and technology — to fuel their health, happiness, and future success. Have the power to shape their everyday lives through the choices they make.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

Social media is an increasingly important part of students' lives; in fact, the average teen spends over an hour a day using social media. To be true digital citizens, our students need teachers who model pro-social, creative, and responsible social media use.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2022

What’s your school’s current technology acceptable use policy? As teachers continue to enhance instruction using 21st-century devices, the written policies for technology are often not clear or outdated. Most schools have an acceptable use policy (AUP), a document that outlines those expectations.

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