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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. Tagged on: March 8, 2017 Benchmarking U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Jeff Sessions remarks on student data privacy laws and how they may inhibit school shooting prevention efforts pic.twitter.com/h3mOcqWo1F — Caitlin Emma (@caitlinzemma) July 11, 2018. Via Buzzfeed : “ Walmart ’s Newly Patented Technology For Eavesdropping On Workers Presents Privacy Concerns.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. And “free” doesn’t last. Course Signals.

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In addition to funding this lawsuit, Thiel sits on the board of Facebook , which itself is playing a huge role in the “ future of news.” ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ Rockhurst University is sued over data breach in phishing scam.” The takes).

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Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” Via The Seattle Times : “Shooter sent Facebook message to Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos before gunfire at UW protest, police say.” ” Education in the Courts. ” Yup.