EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

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. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Doug Levin

JUNE 28, 2015

For those who care about the privacy of student information, it is equally important to address issues of IT security – for even the best privacy policies and laws are meaningless if student data is left exposed to unauthorized personnel on school computers or out on the internet. Image credits.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2023

The number of edtech products schools access in a typical month has tripled since four years ago to more than 1,400 tools, according to a recent estimate by Learn Platform, an edtech company that helps schools manage tech. educational institutions shared that data with third parties. But many companies aren’t being as careful.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2023

Student data privacy has been at the forefront of district leaders’ minds well before the pandemic. Districts are accessing 1,400 edtech tools per month on average, and cybersecurity attacks in our nation’s schools are also increasing. Work with partners to streamline edtech processes.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It is this second shift—the move to data—that will define the shift in edtech over the next decade. As with early LMSes, we are building early data collection and analysis methods that are clunky and poorly thought through. Already, educators and students are asking good, hard questions. Who else will see them?

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 25, 2020

The law applies directly to for-profit companies in California that make over $25 million annually, buy or sell the personal data of 50,000 or more consumers, or earn 50 percent or more of their annual revenue selling that data. DISCOVER: Find out how to address data privacy during remote learning.

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Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

Nor did a district purchase the right to translate the language of the book into the language spoken by a student and/or their family. Update the examples and sample questions to improve student engagement or the quality of instruction? appeared first on Doug Levin | EdTech Strategies. Correcting errors in the text?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Across New Hampshire, school leaders are searching for strategies to ensure that their edtech investments are being leveraged to pay dividends on student engagement, acceleration of learning, and saving teachers’ time. Who are your district’s building-based edtech coordinators?

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

How Caliper Enables a Deeper Level of Data Sharing. You don’t have to be a technologist, teacher, or even work in a school, to appreciate the conveniences that data sharing enables. And that creates data that can be shared. This data could also let the teachers organize class work for students based on their online activities.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2019

I look at outside resources and edtech organizations like CETPA , CUE , iNACOL and ISTE , for example, to connect with people who have tried the products to see if they could be a solution for our teachers. Whether or not they are compliant with COPPA, FERPA or CIPA or any of the student data privacy laws is not always clear.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2023

Researchers posit that the ethical questions around student privacy and social media posts should become topics of broad social and political discussion, rather than questions to be wrestled with by only individuals or education professionals.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2023

Student data privacy has been at the forefront of district leaders’ minds well before the pandemic. Districts are accessing 1,400 edtech tools per month on average, and cybersecurity attacks in our nation’s schools are also increasing. Work with partners to streamline edtech processes.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2020

“We need to make sure that in this sale, student data is not going to be sold—that it’s not going to be monetized,” said Cristina Colquhoun, an instructional developer at Oklahoma State University’s libraries, who coordinated the letter-writing effort, which was jointly edited by many in the edtech community using a shared Google Doc.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2024

Around 95 percent of student users only ever use the free version. What administrators say about Prodigy What data privacy considerations should be addressed when adopting new edtech? Learn more about how Prodigy can boost student achievement here. That unrivaled access is something we're really proud of.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

It’s not just edtech companies and app developers who have to think about complying with COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which was designed to protect the privacy of kids under 13 years of age. School districts and schools bear part of the responsibility as well—and navigating the federal law can be tricky.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Students were responsible for more than a quarter of the breaches; their most frequent motive was changing grades. The GAO relied on a private database of cyber attacks and leaks collected by Doug Levin of EdTech Strategies, a consulting firm. That’s because there’s no federal requirement for school districts to report data breaches.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

University of California, Berkeley students filed suit against Google for illegally scanning their emails. Pokemon Go launched its wildly popular location-based and data-hungry augmented reality game. And at least 14 states have passed student data privacy laws, so far.

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Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As such, academic dishonesty—student “cheating,” for example—has always proven a pain in the arse for educators. With enabling technologies at the fingertips of students at every grade of the K-12 spectrum, there’s a tendency for some to consider cheating a byproduct of today’s Information Age.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

How technology has impacted students’ education Technology has had a transformative impact on K-12 education. The impact of technology on student learning has revolutionized the way students engage and interact in the classroom. Edtech has personalized the learning experience for K-12 students.

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ET Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Ensure Student Data and Privacy Before utilizing any AI tools, it is important that you consult with your District personnel and/or Director of Technology to ensure that they are approved for staff use and comply with district policies. Many tools use uploaded data to continue to improve and refine their algorithm and features.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Mention edtech, and the first thought that usually comes to mind is collecting data to evaluate students’ progress. By asking three key questions, leaders can get a better sense of their K-12 edtech ecosystem. Do you know if any of these applications violate student data privacy?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Today it offers 250 micro-credentials, from “Analyzing Student Misconceptions” and “Makerspace Safety” to “Foundations of Student Data Privacy” and “Writing Publicly to Influence Parents,” built by more than 20 providers using the nonprofit’s framework. Or, teachers can also pick their own learning paths.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Revelations about the privacy practices of Facebook only serve to underscore the stakes surrounding the capture and use of personal data. It is in everyone’s best interests to ensure that schools protect the digital rights of their stakeholders, putting the best interests of students and teachers at the center.”.

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Mentor students in safe, legal, and ethical practices with digital tools ad the protection of intellectual rights and property. Model and promote management of personal data and digital identity and protect student data privacy. It means using myself as an example. I am an avid edtech blogger.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

. “While these records are usually held privately, we want to make it possible for students and educators to securely share verified, trustworthy information with others. ” Isozu offered a hypothetical example from higher education. Trading these records securely would be an all-new service in the education sector.”

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Overview : “Students don’t always have to use the same old graphic organizers for vocabulary. The Frayer Model asks students to take a vocabulary word, define it, provide examples, use in a sentence, and provide synonyms and antonyms. Try using Haiku Deck instead to build vocabulary.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Arlington Independent School District is an edtech integration leader both districtwide and in the classroom, and other districts can look to AISD for inspiration. To better understand edtech use across the district’s system, the district’s tech team set up a district Inventory Dashboard, provided free from LearnPlatform.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

Lightspeed Learning Lab – Edtech Best Practices for a Smooth Return to School You’re working tirelessly to ensure a smooth transition back-to-school and your edtech ecosystem plays a big role. So, you really don’t have to rely on students or parents to give you that information anymore. 20:13 Um, Excuse me.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) notes, for example, that most student data disclosures are caused by human error—like clicking a false attachment in an email or using a weak password. Links to webinars and other training materials from the model Student Data Privacy program run by the Utah State Board of Education ?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The Trump Administration should also facilitate more mutually beneficial relationships between those who create predictive tools (typically education technology vendors) and those who use them (institutions, faculty, staff, and students). For example, California recently released a report with.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

” Maha Bali writing for Prof Hacker : “Against the 3A’s of EdTech: AI , Analytics , and Adaptive Technologies in Education.” “ Oxford and Cambridge are said to be illegally spying on students for money,” says Quartz. Via Getting Smart : “Ask About AI : The** Future of Learning and Work**.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

“In the Leeds offering, for example, each course certificate will cost £59 and there are five taught courses; the sixth assessment course, which leads to 10 credits, is priced at £250 – making a total cost of £545 – which will also cover access to online library content,” The Guardian reports. million total.

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