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How Should We Approach the Ethical Considerations of AI in K-12 Education?

Edsurge

Tools like Turnitin that check for plagiarism, intelligent tutoring softwares like Khan Academy or iReady that automate or personalize instruction, and chatbots like Alexa that answer student questions are all vulnerable to algorithmic biases in development and inequitable outcomes in implementation.

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

Shake Up Learning

The App Hub is dedicated to bringing transparency to developers’ data and accessibility policies, and to help decision-makers find information about apps to meet the unique learning goals and policies of their school districts.”. Then at the bottom are links back to the app information for each application used in the spark.

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Four Student Data Privacy Issues Adults Should Be Aware Of

MindShift

Several efforts in Washington are converging on the sensitive question of how best to safeguard the information software programs are gathering on students. A proposed Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 is circulating in draft form. My child’s information will be stolen and misused by hackers.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Atlantic : “The Confusing Information Colleges Provide Students About Financial Aid.” ” Via NPR : “We Now Know A Lot More About Students Who Receive Federal College Grants.” “ Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” It says all you need to know about the US that folks go on game shows to pay off student loan and medical debt. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “An Education Department plan to begin cutting large debt collection firms out of the student loan system is on hold after Congress warned against move.” Sounds like fun.

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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

Marketplace K-12

The authenticity of transactions are protected by digital signatures that match up with the signatures of those sending information, giving users control over the sending of bitcoins. See this fact sheet on Bitcoin and blockchain for more details, as well as an online primer video from Khan Academy.).

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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. During the bankruptcy hearings, the FTC requested that the company not be allowed to sell the millions of student records in its possession — “students’ names, email addresses, birth dates and other intimate information” — as assets.

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