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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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The Early Insights suite utilizes advanced predictive analytics to identify, connect, and monitor students across multiple locally-validated risk indicators throughout the K-20 continuum. In addition, CatchOn helps district administrators mitigate student data privacy risks associated with unknown tool usage.

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

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” There is, however, little evidence that collecting more data improves teaching or learning. Nevertheless, education technology continues to insist that its software and algorithms can identify students who are struggling – academically or emotionally. 11 states introduced bills modeled on language from the ACLU.

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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. Or rather, their interest wasn’t in the features of the new LMS. That is to say, there are really just a handful of pivots you can make in ed-tech: become an OPM or become an LMS or try to market yourself as both.). And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill on layoffs at the LMS Schoology. A message from the FBI : “College students across the United States continue to be targeted in a common employment scam.