Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

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MAY 18, 2018

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” Via LJWorld.com : “KU student who hacked computers and changed his grades is convicted of 4 felonies.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. (State and Local) Education Politics.

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JULY 13, 2018

“ Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive? ” Via Edsurge : “ Britannica CEO Talks Google, Wikipedia and What Lil Pump Can Teach Us About Credibility.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. As the decade went on, the arguments for surveilling students’ social media have changed several times. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS. And “free” doesn’t last. Chatbot Instructors.

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