Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Invest in Learning With Your Community It is important to engage in learning with all members of your community and not rush to adopt policies or products. Chicago Public Schools has policies for data privacy and data integrations, as well as a list of approved edtech tools, many of which use AI.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2025

As K12 schools face mounting cybersecurity threats, states are stepping up with a wave of new laws and policies focused on offering them funding, training and IT solutions.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The post How School Districts are Integrating Generative AI into their Policies appeared first on Digital Promise.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

IT departments are taking a closer look at the way educational technology is collecting and using student data. However, not everyone in education is aware of the risks associated with data collection, and it can be hard to convey why it’s important to use tech with restrictions or caution.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The post Why Every School Needs an AI Policy Right Now (Part 1) appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. Listen to a podcast about AI in your area of expertise and see what other schools are doing. Oh, and step 5. Come back here for Part 2 and 3.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 13, 2025

Policy and Regulation Accreditation : Ensuring virtual high schools meet accreditation standards is crucial for maintaining educational quality. Access and Equity : Ensuring all students have equal access to technology and high-speed internet is a significant concern. Copyright 2025 askatechteacher.com All rights reserved.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2024

Effective data governance policies allow schools to… Both data access and data sharing must be limited to the appropriate people, says Gwen Thomas, founder of the Data Governance Institute. You really cannot look at privacy without also considering data governance, because privacy is based on principles,” Thomas says.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The post A Look at the National Increase: Micro-credentials Policy Map Reveals New Landscape Shift appeared first on Digital Promise.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 6, 2025

I might take the data set of a school policy and create One of AIs next iterations, however, may help schools close that gap. What Is Agentic AI, and How Has It Evolved? In 2024, we started seeing single agents.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

When I talk to other staff at my school, the majority of people want a phone usage policy across the school. Many academic cohorts in my school have their own policies with varying degrees of success, but some teachers are adamant about policy implementation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 14, 2023

They state in this paper “We recognize that many school districts and higher education institutions do not currently account for generative AI in their policies on academic dishonesty. Recommendation: Consider writing into policies that all written work can and will be "spot checked" with conversations about the written work.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It all adds new challenges to schools and colleges as they attempt to set boundaries and policies for AI use in their classrooms. Even professors and colleges that have adopted AI policies may need to rethink them in light of these new types of capabilities.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Generative AI has taken the tech world by storm, making news headlines and sparking federal policies since OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT in November 2022. Its prevalence has impacted…

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2022

And even a way to implement Chat etiquette policies. 7 Chat Etiquette Policies. If you have a business, education, or enterprise account, you can access the new Zoom feature – chat etiquette policy. Zoom has announced a slew of new features that educators have been longing to have.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

The think-tank Empire Center for Public Policy cites a confluence of factors that are leading to the enrollment decreases, including fertility rates, less immigration and an increase in homeschooling and microschools supported by more parents ability to work from home.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In Part 1 of “ Why Every School Needs and AI Policy Right Now ,” I shared the empirical evidence about Artificial Intelligence and how it is impacting our world and schools. Art Classes Beware. Student Reading Assignments.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

However, many institutions have raced to create policies largely focused on how to control its use without giving much thought to how to leverage its full potential. Institutions should acknowledge these concerns as they create AI policies and educate users on ethical AI practices.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2023

Yet, this rapid development has come with cybersecurity and data privacy concerns that call for better policy compliance and security enforcement from third-party apps and ed tech vendors. Technology is no longer a complementary tool in the classroom; it’s the primary operational hub for education.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It is critical that school data from diverse sources be successfully stored, easy to locate and recover, and quickly restored — all while maintaining policies, data security and, ultimately, compliance. They suffer when unexpected malware, ransomware, weather events and other mishaps occur that require a cogent data restoration procedure.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2023

Most school districts’ insurance policies expire on July 1, which means it is crunch time for collecting information and submitting applications. K–12 IT leaders should work in partnership with their insurance brokers to renew or apply for insurance policies, including cyber insurance, for the upcoming year.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

“Respondents on the left are driven by the desire to reduce inequality and promote the green transition through various policies,” the researchers concluded in their paper. “In

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2024

Jones previously served as president and CEO of the National Center for Learning Disabilities and was senior director for policy and advocacy at the Council for Exceptional Children. And as mom to a son with learning disabilities and ADHD who is in high school and doing great, her advocacy is personal.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

There’s advice coming from every direction, corporate policies that don’t apply to education, insurance companies that won’t pay in the event of a breach and more, all raining down on schools. IT administrators can easily become overwhelmed as they search for feasible solutions to combat the rising number cyberattacks against K–12 education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2024

Understanding Insurance Policies and Coverage for Students Grasping the intricacies of insurance policies is vital for students. Health insurance often covers injuries sustained on educational sites, but double-check your policy details. That includes educational settings.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 5, 2020

The AAP strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically present in school," the group said in an update to its guidance for school re-entry. Below is an excerpt.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It only occurred by October of 2023 using federal relief dollars, according to economic analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. For public sector education jobs, the recovery in employment from the COVID-19 crisis was slow.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

That clarion call went hand in hand with the 2017 National Education Technology Plan (NETP), the flagship educational technology policy document for the United States. In that document, policymakers expressed…

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Public Policy and the Executive and Legislative Branches Quiz. Public Policy Flashcards. Public Policy Matching. Read on… For more websites that teach civics for MS and HS, check out these: Argument Wars. Civics games. How Laws are Made. Three Branches of Government Review. What’s inside Buckingham Palace. Constitution.

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Ditch That Textbook

MARCH 12, 2025

By night (or whenever she has Wi-Fi), she is deep in the world of AI, helping shape policies that keep education innovative and responsible. By day, Paula teaches virtual special education to 8th-12th graderswhere her flexibility rivals her coffee intake (which is dangerously high).

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Additionally, the report shares the challenging, yet necessary, task of creating district policies that reflect the classroom’s needs. Schools are a team, and classrooms are impacted by their district policies and plans—perhaps even more now that many schools are in distance learning. School Level.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Meanwhile, I will be sharing Part 3 of the series I've been writing about how every school needs an AI policy now, including the empirical evidence in Pa rt 1 and the Generative AI examples in Part 2. The time is now to create your generative AI policy. Now on to today's topic, Windows 11 Copilot. How Do I get Copilot? You cannot run.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

00:05:11:15 – Streamlining Administrative Tasks with AI Mark Sparvell gives examples of how school administrators can use Bing Chat Enterprise to efficiently handle extensive policy reviews and other administrative tasks. Why Every School Needs an AI Policy Right. Related Episodes Microsoft's AI Copilot in Windows 11 is Out.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Yet students can only experience these benefits if their schools have developed forward-thinking AI policies and their teachers are trained in using AI to support instruction. Seventy-nine percent say their school system lacks clear policies on AI use , and one in five say their district bans AI use for students and staff.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Boren , who leads the organization’s teacher workforce data and policy work, says it would be a mistake to think of teacher shortages only in terms of positions filled versus vacant. Get EdSurge journalism delivered free to your inbox. Sign up for our newsletters.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 11, 2024

Step 2: Review Sports Illustrated's Real World Scandal Pretending AI Generated Content was Human Generated (and Introduction of AI Policy) Then, I had them use perplexity.ai ” Secondly, I wanted to introduce my AI policy in the classroom. to see what they could find about Sports Illustrated's controversy with AI. AI is not human.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Having a reliable infrastructure for online learning, including access to Chromebooks with high-definition webcams and quality microphones, serves as an insurance policy for the education system. While we hope that the world never faces another situation like the pandemic, it is prudent for schools to be prepared.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It features national and state-level policy and implementation data, focusing on high school data. The annual report comes from Code.org , the Computer Science Teachers Association , and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance and offers a comprehensive analysis of national progress in providing computer science education.

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