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10 Best Solutions for Student Engagement Tracking

EdTech4Beginners

Edmodo Edmodo is a social learning platform that enhances classroom collaboration while providing built-in engagement analytics. With Edmodo, you can foster discussions, share resources and keep students engaged in a connected, interactive environment.

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What Happens to Student Data Privacy When Chinese Firms Acquire U.S. Edtech Companies?

Edsurge

William Carter, Center for Strategic and International Studies A particularly notable deal this year centers on Edmodo , a cross between a social networking platform and a learning management system for schools that boasts having upwards of 90 million users. million earlier this month.

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Mindful Tracking Cookie Policies Improve K—12 Data Security

EdTech Magazine

There have been 361 cybersecurity incidents involving public schools since 2016 according to the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center , and with rates increasing year over year , schools need to be more aware of issues with data privacy and enact targeted solutions to keep student data safe.

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PROOF POINTS: What happens when private student information leaks

The Hechinger Report

That’s because education technology companies store a lot of personal student data, even Social Security numbers, on their servers in order to keep track of test scores and grades. In addition to the cyberattack at Pearson , there have been large breaches at Edmodo , K12.com Our students deserve that.

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5 Essential Tools for Protecting Student Privacy Online

Fractus Learning

More than 70 companies just signed a pledge to protect student data privacy. The Importance of Student Data PrivacyEdmodo blog. How Educators Can Protect StudentsData from Security Breaches. Student Privacy Pledge – Pledge to safeguard student privacy.

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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

Edsurge

What Happens to Student Data Privacy When Chinese Firms Acquire US Edtech Companies? When NetDragon, a Chinese online gaming and education company, bought Edmodo this year , questions emerged over how users’ data privacy and security would be safeguarded. Any firm operating in the U.S.

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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. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. For a time, Edmodo was quite the ed-tech industry darling. Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability?”

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