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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

Lightspeed Systems

Within K-12 education, there is no greater priority than student welfare. Student welfare is the mission that brought so many of us to the space. Student welfare, of course, is comprised of many elements, including teaching and learning, student mental health, student safety, and, importantly, student data privacy.

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How to Manage Student Devices for Remote Learning

Digital Promise

As schools across the country have rapidly shifted to distance learning due to school closures brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19), students have been sent home with school-issued devices like laptops or tablets so they can continue their learning from home. Review operating systems. Finally, keep it simple.

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6 things schools can do to ensure student data privacy

eSchool News

Student data privacy is quite a different topic from the headlines most people read concerning data breaches. It is not about malicious intruders hacking or stealing credentials to get into a system to steal corporate intellectual property or records to sell on the dark web. Controversy over weakened laws.

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Creating Future Ready Schools and Classrooms

Tom Murray

How can schools and districts systemically create a vision of teaching and learning that’s personal, authentic, relevant, and harnesses the power of technology? Non-traditional forms of professional learning such as the use of social media and Edcamps are valued, not dismissed. Robust Infrastructure.

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

Edsurge

But now, with entire school systems using technology as a means to access learning, those questions are growing in volume and urgency. And oftentimes, they’re coming from parties that have not typically had a voice in this conversation: parents, teachers and students themselves. Who has access to it? And how long is it kept?

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

Edsurge

What rights do parents, students and teachers have in an educational system increasingly awash in data and technology? The degree of privacy a student gets should not be dependent on that student’s socioeconomic status. Yes, that is very important.

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Educators as Empowered Citizens (Unpacking the ISTE Standards for Educators)

Tech Helpful

Citizen- Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the digital world. Educators: Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community. Empowered Professional 3.