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Help students and families find wifi to conserve LTE data and support other devices. With most schools, restaurants, coffee shops, and public libraries closed, students have lost much of their access to public wifi. Remind staff about studentdataprivacy and security.
Micro-credential COVID-19 Library. To help educators continue their professional learning during this time of social distancing, we have curated a library of micro-credentials which can be earned outside of the classroom and without students. Studentdataprivacy should not be a victim to tumultuous times.
More important, though, every piece of technology must adhere to the district’s studentdataprivacypolicies. Rather than creating policies and compliance guidelines from scratch, start with what works and adapt it for your school. Responsible, responsive privacy administration and management mitigates RISK.
For years, the privacy community has been urging educators to be more intentional—and careful—about introducing new tech tools in their classrooms. But expecting teachers to wade through the legalese of every vendor’s privacypolicy may be too much to ask for. We’re all trying to solve the same problem.”
Despite universal concerns about studentdataprivacy, communicating school policies can quickly overwhelm school leaders. CoSN has stepped in with guidance for superintendents and principals to help them with several aspects of studentdataprivacy, including best practices for informing the community.
During a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , the presenters discussed the policies and practices that also keep data safe in a digital education environment. Based on CoSN’s “ StudentDataPrivacy: A School System Priority. About the Host.
Student Information Systems (SIS). Library Management Systems. Yet a good selection process should be applied to new digital curriculum materials if only to ensure the materials are not rogue and outside basic curriculum maps, as well as ensure that they have security and protect studentdataprivacy.
Project Manager at IMS Global Learning Consortium, and Reg Leichty, Founder and Partner of Foresight Law and Policy. She graduated from Florida State University and received a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida. Kevin Lewis Sr. Kevin Lewis Sr. Reg Leichty.
Dataprivacy, a multi-stakeholder priority for school systems, touches every aspect of operations. Therefore, assessing privacy and compliance policies and practices related to the systemwide use of technology is a continual priority. Legal issues around dataprivacy can be overwhelming for the school community.
With up-to-the-minute data analysis, districts can make informed decisions about critical components of edtech integration, including digital curricula, professional development, investment, and studentdataprivacy. This edWeb webinar was sponsored by Education Networks of America (ENA) and CatchOn. Join the Community.
Tactical studentdataprivacy questions like “What can I do right now?” should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, studentprivacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect.
Do you know where your data is stored? With the increased emphasis on studentdataprivacy, many school leaders might think they have a handle on cyber security. And if you leave a vendor, what is their policy for destruction and disposal of data? It’s not just one policy for the librarian anymore.
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.”.
EDSBY UPDATES ( edsby.com/edsby-k12-dataaggregation-analytics/ ) Edsby announced that it has built sophisticated data aggregation and analysis capabilities that allow states, provinces and countries to optimize their education investments and policies. FOLLETT DESTINY 16.0 ( [link] ) Follett has released Destiny 16.0,
Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to dataprivacypolicies. Online assessments will always raise studentdataprivacy concerns. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.
School management needs to take reasonable steps to ensure protection beyond data sharing policies. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources. Liability: Districts and school leaders can be held liable for network breaches.
It works well, that is, if you disregard studentdataprivacy and security. And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of studentdata. Students would be required to pay.
Via Engadget : “Trump signs executive order stripping non-citizens of privacy rights.” ” “Policy-based Privacy is Over,” says Eric Hellman. Some (education policy) history from Sherman Dorn : “The pendulum and the ratchet.” turns the most low-income students into top earners.”
Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ UVa Library’s Plan to Cut Stacks by Half Sparks Faculty Concerns.” ” (Contrary to the headline, from what I hear from my friends at UVa, most faculty, students, and librarians seem to support this move.). ” That’s the University of Michigan to be clear.
As new forms of data are easier to collect and analyze, drawing on and interacting with information to measure the impact of programs and to inform decision-making and policy has emerged as a key strategy to foster improvement in public schools. We could ask: it really necessary to collect all this education data on students? (We
Officials from 11 states are suing the Obama Administration over the guidance it recently issued regarding transgender bathroom policies and civil rights law. ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ Rockhurst University is sued over data breach in phishing scam.” Education Politics. More via The New York Times.
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