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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

Edsurge

Yet it can be tedious to manually keep track of how students interact with different pieces of software—or whether these tools are even being used. Apple’s Strongest Case to Reclaim the Education Market Is Not the New iPad. Much of the buzz surrounding Apple’s events focus on new gadgets like the iPads.

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

Edsurge

So far, data sharing capabilities are fairly limited in today’s education technology tools, because there is no standard agreement on how to share data between them. However, with the recent proliferation of Chromebooks and iPads into classrooms, there is more student activity in the classroom that has moved online.

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Want to Organize Your Digital Assets?

EdNews Daily

An example is the distribution of iPads to all students. A good strategy will provide the oversight and direction to use those iPads to change the students’ approach to education. A tactic is an individual action that is taken in the implementation of a larger strategy.

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Going on the Offensive: Cyber Security Strategies for Schools

edWeb.net

Do you know where your data is stored? With the increased emphasis on student data privacy, many school leaders might think they have a handle on cyber security. But even that seemingly simple question may have complex answers.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

" Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Technology switch leaves some upset | Columbia Daily Tribune → Battle High School students and teachers have had iPads since the school opened in 2013. But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

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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. Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. The iPad would solve that,” he said. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Quartz: “ Even Apple is acknowledging that the ‘ iPads in education’ fad is coming to an end.” Via Bloomberg Technology : “How Thync , Startup Behind Brain-Zapping Gadget, Almost Died.” ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ Rockhurst University is sued over data breach in phishing scam.”