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Students Are Online Like Never Before. What Does That Mean for Their Privacy?

Edsurge

And oftentimes, they’re coming from parties that have not typically had a voice in this conversation: parents, teachers and students themselves. The results offer an “unprecedented look at data privacy,” said Adam Burns, chief operating officer at Edge Research, which conducted the surveys.

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Who is keeping student data safe in the era of digital learning?

The Hechinger Report

As students spend more time on digital devices in school, data security becomes increasingly important. When Baltimore County Public Schools started giving every student a computer for daily use in the classroom, teachers sought out more online learning materials to go with them. Sign up for our newsletter.

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How Education is Becoming the Front Lines for Debating the Role of Algorithms

Edsurge

EdSurge: Barbara, your group, Project Information Literacy, recently published a report where you sat down with professors and students to talk about algorithms and how they’re impacting our lives. Short: I underwent that very formal legal process to try to get my data. How did you go about the study?

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). iNACOL provides a myriad of resources, white papers, and tools to implement a more personalized approach to technology infused learning and holds a Blended and Online Learning Symposium each year. URL: www.inacol.org. Organization: Maker Ed.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

Stay tuned, because the second group of finalists will be featured on eSchool News next week! Colorado vendors and school districts are required by the state to facilitate safe online learning experiences. Listed here in the order in which their nominations were received are program finalists.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation unveiled its “Open Badges Project,” “an effort to make it easy to issue and share digital learning badges across the web.” Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. And “free” doesn’t last.

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