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Jeff Sessions remarks on student data privacy laws and how they may inhibit school shooting prevention efforts pic.twitter.com/h3mOcqWo1F — Caitlin Emma (@caitlinzemma) July 11, 2018. “All EFF ’d Up” – Yasha Levine on “Silicon Valley’s astroturf privacy shakedown.”

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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. Students who completed courses were more likely to complete courses.) As we move forward with new technologies in learning analytics, how and who will be evaluating the claims that people put forward?”. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” “The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.”