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There Is a Heightened Awareness Around Student Data Privacy. Here’s What Schools Are Doing About It

Digital Promise

During the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, many school districts were quick to send devices home with students and to provide digital resources that may have been engaging, but may not have been as “data safe” as districts thought. Private equity firm is amassing companies that collect data on America’s children.

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CoSN 2019: New Analytics Dashboard Measures Education Technology ROI

EdTech Magazine

The dashboard, Analytics Powered by Relay , allows schools to monitor how often devices are used, ensure student data privacy, make digital resources equitable, measure changes in student outcomes and measure how much time is being spent using school resources. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Exploring generative AI products: Essential recommendations for schools on privacy and accessibility

eSchool News

This article originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. This blog post will explore expert recommendations for selecting GenAI tools, helping districts navigate these challenges effectively.

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Instructure Is Back on the Stock Market, But Not Much Change Expected For Canvas Users

Edsurge

The specific concern came over a statement by the company’s then-CEO, Dan Goldsmith, who boasted at an investor conference that the company was developing algorithms based on user data that would give it a competitive advantage in the market. And Instructure’s latest prospectus doesn’t mention big plans to use data or algorithms, notes Hill.

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Will 2019 Be the Year of Privacy? Five Things to Look for in Education

Edsurge

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. That white noise you heard around student data privacy in 2018 is about to be replaced with thunder.

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Keeping Student Data Secure: 5 Strategic Approaches

edWeb.net

Districts plugged into the legislative process can protect and advocate for schools by informing legislators and state agencies about compliance challenges and issues, particularly when state directives conflict with student data privacy laws. ClassLink empowers 19 million students and staff in over 2,500 school systems.

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7 Essential Leadership Guidelines for Using Generative AI in Schools

edWeb.net

The panelists believe that using generative AI should be part of larger digital citizenship curricula so that students use it safely wherever they are. Moreover, if your instructional resource providers are using AI in their tools, then the student data privacy agreements need to be updated to include that.