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How K–12 Schools Can Balance Privacy and Security Protocols

EdTech Magazine

To offer some insight, the National Cyber Security Alliance offers guidance on using technology that adheres to the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how data privacy concerns are expanding with education technology use. schools. .

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition)

Doug Levin

Zeynep Tufekci shares her experiences more broadly (beyond education) in this provocative talk from June 2016: I’ll be spending some time later this week with friends and colleagues at the EdTech Efficacy Research Academic Symposium and look forward to the dialogue. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition).

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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

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And that creates data that can be shared. There have been efforts to create a data standard for measuring student activity before, mostly notably xAPI (also called “Tin Can”). Today, a growing number of edtech companies are also signing on to use Caliper, which offers improved data architecture and ease of implementation.

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5 Considerations for Buying Classroom Technology

EdTech Magazine

MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about how investments can improve equity in STEM education. Alignment with Student Learning Goals and Standards. Technology should be used to support learning in the classroom, enhance instructional methods and positively impact student achievement. . Thousands of schools budgeted for Chromebooks.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. What then of the students?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. What then of the students?

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What’s New

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Highlights include new reader functionality in Destiny Library Manager, offline access on Chromebooks and support for exporting eBook notes to Google Drive or Microsoft One Drive documents, web accessibility guidelines update to Destiny Discover, QoL updates to the Lexile Reading Program Service and Resource Manager, and more. edtech market.