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Mindful Tracking Cookie Policies Improve K—12 Data Security

EdTech Magazine

Current web browsing policies in K–12 schools may be allowing third parties to collect and sell student data , creating a need for schools to update and maintain safe internet use protocols. Find more best practices for maintaining student data privacy! Tracking Cookies Create Profiles Through Browsing History.

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

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Caliper promises to do something new and exciting: It can make available sharing the data of students’ online activities, such as students’. answers to quizzes; responses on worksheets; views of videos; clicks on interactive resources. It can also capture the exact start and stop times of each of the above activities.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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Edtech programs that mirror video games were also brought in, building student confidence as learners won badges and advanced through the levels of the adaptive programs. Google Classroom —Digital learning management system using Google apps ? Seesaw —Student-driven digital portfolio ? TECH USED ?

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Practicing Privacy: Insights from Edtech Lawyer Gretchen Shipley

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2016 has been a busy year for data privacy advocates. University of California, Berkeley students filed suit against Google for illegally scanning their emails. Pokemon Go launched its wildly popular location-based and data-hungry augmented reality game. It’s things like: Is there a social media component?

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Critical Steps for Safeguarding Data Privacy

edWeb.net

During a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , the presenters discussed the policies and practices that also keep data safe in a digital education environment. Based on CoSN’s “ Student Data Privacy: A School System Priority. Stay current and compliant with federal and state laws.

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

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

Shake Up Learning

By the way, this resource is excellent for any Google for Education school that uses the Chrome browser, not just Chromebooks! While I can’t actually fit 100 ideas into this blog post and podcast episode, I can offer you a FREE Google Chromebook resource that is loaded with ideas, lessons, apps, and more! Click To Tweet.