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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. And “free” doesn’t last.

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But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ Rockhurst University is sued over data breach in phishing scam.” ” From the NASBE : “Trends in Student Data Privacy Bills in 2016.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” “ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.”