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When Does Posting Photos of Students Become a Data Privacy Problem?

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Public schools are online just as much as their students, it seems, with profiles across social media. Their Facebook pages contain not just announcements but photos from events on campus—graduations, Christmas band concerts, chess team tournament victories, spirit week—where students take center stage.

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What Happens to Student Data Privacy When Chinese Firms Acquire U.S. Edtech Companies?

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There is a concern that data is now a strategic resource, and that acquiring companies for their large data sets could be a means by which China could undermine the strategic influence of the United States. We don’t have a straight answer about what we can and cannot do and to be honest I don’t think Facebook has one as well.

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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. Student data privacy concerns, specifically, center on the misuse of personally identifiable information, known by its acronym PII. Manage data with precision. Vet your vendors.

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

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Chad Marlow, ACLU Counsel According to the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, D.C.-based based nonprofit, states have passed approximately 110 laws since 2013 concerning student data privacy. But what happens in these legislative halls are rarely visible to teachers, students and parents.

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

Doug Levin

the ethical implications of Facebook in education → This site is intended as an accessible and easy to understand guide enabling visitors to draw their own conclusions about the appropriateness of Facebook in education. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition). face up to. |

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Tart Retorts and Tools: Overheard at SXSWedu

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But 76 percent of kids prefer to get their news from social media (especially from Facebook). CHATBOT CHAMPIONS: AdmitHub , a Boston-based edtech startup that creates conversational AI to help students through college, has some numbers to back up its college-expert chatbots. Georgia State launched the chatbot in April 2016.

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100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033

Shake Up Learning

Included in these resources are the Connect Safely Guide to Student Data Privacy , tips for success, and additional resources like the Be Internet Awesome program (Google’s Digital Citizenship game and curriculum), as well as parent guides and other online safety resources. 20+ PDF Downloadable Study Material.