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The Tech Industry is Hijacking School Data. But Decentralized Systems Can Change That.

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As students use an ever-growing array of software applications, programs and devices, they generate huge quantities of data, metadata and other sensory inputs while in school. Collectively, this data is of great value to different stakeholders. Teachers may use it to understand student behavior and plan better instruction.

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Are Schools Helpless, Hapless When it Comes to IT Privacy and Security?

Doug Levin

Nonetheless, as schools rely more and more on the internet for the delivery of core education programs and services we must remain cognizant of the ways in which our use of the technology may represent potential new threats to students and school communities.

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Tear Down That Wall? Why Data Walls May Cause More Harm Than Good.

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That allows her to see data trends from one class to another. Vass says typically, her data walls aren’t tied to individual students. Perform a Google image search for “classroom data walls,” and you’ll see many examples of how teachers are displaying kids’ scores and results in the classroom.

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

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How Caliper Enables a Deeper Level of Data Sharing. You don’t have to be a technologist, teacher, or even work in a school, to appreciate the conveniences that data sharing enables. For example, a learning activity is represented like this: “Student A (actor) started (action) Quiz B (object.)”.

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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. 2:38 We know that the Digital Learning Divide refers to inequitable access to technology and digital resources for learning.

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Generative AI and Academic Integrity

Lightspeed Systems

As such, academic dishonesty—student “cheating,” for example—has always proven a pain in the arse for educators. With enabling technologies at the fingertips of students at every grade of the K-12 spectrum, there’s a tendency for some to consider cheating a byproduct of today’s Information Age.

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?Student Data and Privacy, From Inside Cambridge Public Schools

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Whenever a teacher wants to use a new app or website that involves any student data, she or he must either check in with an instructional technology specialist (who is familiar with the various student privacy laws governing educational technology listed below) or check the CPSD website for approved applications.

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