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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. What then of the students? Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? | Windows 10 Cloud appears to be Microsoft's attempt to compete.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. What then of the students? Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? | Windows 10 Cloud appears to be Microsoft's attempt to compete.

EdTech 150
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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

Edsurge

Apple and Google continue to up the ante in their quest to win adoption in classrooms. Former Google Design Ethicist: Relying on Big Tech in Schools Is a ‘Race to the Bottom’. We sat down with CEO John Fallon earlier this spring to learn about what’s in store for the near future. First, let’s get down to business.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

techlearning

ACER CHROMEBOOK TAB 10 ( WWW.ACER.COM/AC/EN/US/CONTENT/HOME ) The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 will be used in classrooms to expand and enhance student learning. In addition, CatchOn helps district administrators mitigate student data privacy risks associated with unknown tool usage.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. “ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” “Who Has More of Your Personal Data Than Facebook ?”

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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. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. Google Reader. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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