Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

Between the creation of a social rating system and street cameras with facial recognition capabilities, technology reports coming out of China have raised serious concerns for privacy advocates. Edmodo began shifting to an advertising model last year , after years of struggling to generate revenue. million earlier this month.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

When teachers rely on tools from Google and Facebook just to keep up with students, it’s a “ race to the bottom ,” says Tristan Harris, who heads the Center for Humane Technology. What Happens to Student Data Privacy When Chinese Firms Acquire US Edtech Companies? These MIT Researchers Think So.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Many of the largest student data breaches have occurred not inside schools but inside the computer systems of private companies that sell to schools. That’s because education technology companies store a lot of personal student data, even Social Security numbers, on their servers in order to keep track of test scores and grades.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. And “free” doesn’t last.

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