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Making Sure Your Online Services Protect Your Students’ Data

edWeb.net

Kevin then moved on to work as an education technology specialist and headed a district’s student data privacy, internet safety, and security initiative. Analytics in Action is a free professional learning community on edWeb.net for school technology leaders, superintendents, curriculum and instructional leaders.

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How Districts Can Unlock Actionable Data

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With up-to-the-minute data analysis, districts can make informed decisions about critical components of edtech integration, including digital curricula, professional development, investment, and student data privacy. This edWeb webinar was sponsored by Education Networks of America (ENA) and CatchOn.

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Where Will You Go? Get Global with your Students

EdTechTeam

Formerly an elementary teacher in the Denver, Colorado area, Ming Scheid has since served as an Educational Technology Specialist, an instructor at the community college level, and a Coordinator of Curriculum and Standards. Start your professional learning journey with EdTechTeam’s Summer of Learning opportunities !

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The Keys to Discussing Student Data Privacy

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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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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.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director.

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The Big Picture on the 2019-20 PreK-12 Market

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With the continued emphasis on reading at grade level by third grade, schools are looking for their elementary materials to focus on phonics. No matter what the subject, though, every publisher should be ready to share their student data privacy standards for their digital tools. Join the Community.