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How Education is Becoming the Front Lines for Debating the Role of Algorithms

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Our guests include: Barbara Fister, a longtime academic librarian who is also serving as a scholar in residence at Project Information Literacy, where she just worked on a report called “Information Literacy in the Age of Algorithms.”. Students were concerned, and they were aware, and they [adopted] certain kinds of privacy practices.

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Protecting Student Privacy on Social Media: Do's and Don'ts for Teachers

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While social media can pose risks to student privacy, these risks can be managed with informed, intentional use. Dive into Facebook's privacy controls. Note, however, that Facebook's "privacy" settings are really about visibility of your information to other users.

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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. Tagged on: April 19, 2017 Are Higher Education Information Systems Inherently Insecure? Tagged on: April 18, 2017 He’s got access to your students’ info and is trying to decide what to do.

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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. Tagged on: April 19, 2017 Are Higher Education Information Systems Inherently Insecure? Tagged on: April 18, 2017 He’s got access to your students’ info and is trying to decide what to do.

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‘Back to School’ Hijinks and Lessons for the Education Industry

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She noted a likely “clampdown” due to concerns over student data privacy, and central district offices are on the hook to make sure that edtech tools are secure. So while top-down purchasing decisions may be loosening, “I also think there is going to be a pullback because of student data privacy issues.”

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