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How to Manage Student Devices for Remote Learning

Digital Promise

If students can’t access hotspots from home, create a “socially safe” zone in parking lots where parents can park and students can access wifi without leaving the car. Students without wifi can download videos and activities while connected and access them later when offline.

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The Keys to Discussing Student Data Privacy

edWeb.net

Despite universal concerns about student data privacy, communicating school policies can quickly overwhelm school leaders. CoSN has stepped in with guidance for superintendents and principals to help them with several aspects of student data privacy, including best practices for informing the community.

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Practicing Privacy: Insights from Edtech Lawyer Gretchen Shipley

Edsurge

University of California, Berkeley students filed suit against Google for illegally scanning their emails. Pokemon Go launched its wildly popular location-based and data-hungry augmented reality game. And at least 14 states have passed student data privacy laws, so far.

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Get to the root of the edtech issues with three key questions

edWeb.net

Starting from the early days of online education tools, teachers have been downloading their favorites and sharing them with students. Tracking usage data can further help leaders refine professional development and understand where there may be a disconnect between teachers and school leaders.

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

Edsurge

For example, people that have darker skin may not be able to use it as easily, because they’re not as easily detected by such software. An example of facial recognition technology would be using your face to unlock your iPhone. Short: I underwent that very formal legal process to try to get my data.

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Lightspeed Learning Lab – Edtech Best Practices for a Smooth Return to School

Lightspeed Systems

Make sure your tech stack is set up to support fundamentals such as student data privacy, emerging challenges like AI policy-making, and ongoing critical mental health and safety concerns. You can specify the download speed, and many more options. 16:34 You can filter to specific schools or grades. 20:13 Um, Excuse me.

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How Should We Approach the Ethical Considerations of AI in K-12 Education?

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Tools like Turnitin that check for plagiarism, intelligent tutoring softwares like Khan Academy or iReady that automate or personalize instruction, and chatbots like Alexa that answer student questions are all vulnerable to algorithmic biases in development and inequitable outcomes in implementation.