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Storage Wars: Choosing a Secure Student Data Solution

EdTech Magazine

Storage Wars: Choosing a Secure Student Data Solution. Legislators across all 50 states have introduced student data privacy laws. The move makes sense: As educators leverage the benefits of connected classroom technologies, student data is captured and used to personalize the experience.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

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6 things schools can do to ensure student data privacy

eSchool News

Student data privacy is quite a different topic from the headlines most people read concerning data breaches. Student data privacy concerns, specifically, center on the misuse of personally identifiable information, known by its acronym PII. Controversy over weakened laws.

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PROOF POINTS: What happens when private student information leaks

The Hechinger Report

Levin counted each district’s data breach separately, even if they were all hit by the same cyber attack. For example, a major breach at educational testing company Pearson during the 2019-20 school year affected an unknown number of student records in thousands of schools. Our students deserve that.

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‘Back to School’ Hijinks and Lessons for the Education Industry

Edsurge

Sigelman, of Burning Glass Technologies, captured this point succinctly: “40 percent of the skills required today for the same job are different than the skills required a decade ago.” Privacy concerns may hinder efforts to decentralize purchasing. When it comes to data, which do you prefer: single or dating?

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Four Student Data Privacy Issues Adults Should Be Aware Of

MindShift

.” Mike Goldstein, who works with education clients at the law firm Cooley, says there’s been an “explosion” of interest in privacy issues over the past five years. Technological advances have schools and universities outsourcing many more basic functions than in years past. ” Copyright 2015 NPR.

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ISTATION AND BOULDER LEARNING SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY UPDATE ( www.istation.com ) & ( boulderlearning.com ) Istation recently announced a partnership with Boulder Learning, Inc., to develop its Oral Reading Fluency and Listening Comprehension Program using Boulder Learning’s speech recognition technology.