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

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CATCHON ( WWW.GETCATCHON.COM ) CatchOn is an administrative tool that provides a real-time digital inventory for district technology leaders on all apps, software, and website activity. In addition, CatchOn helps district administrators mitigate student data privacy risks associated with unknown tool usage.

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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 the company will have to start charging for the software. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). It works well too for teachers wanting to bypass the procurement bureaucracy. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The AP on the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow : “Education regulators are reviewing a whistleblower’s claim that Ohio ’s then- largest online charter school intentionally inflated attendance figures tied to its state funding using software it purchased after previous allegations of attendance inflation.”