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There Is a Heightened Awareness Around Student Data Privacy. Here’s What Schools Are Doing About It

Digital Promise

Recent articles emerged as a result of remote learning, including: Remote Learning Software Tracked Kids’ Data to Sell to Advertisers and Brokers. Private equity firm is amassing companies that collect data on America’s children. FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to ‘Crack Down’ on Ed Tech, Student Data Privacy.

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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

Lightspeed Systems

Student welfare is the mission that brought so many of us to the space. Student welfare, of course, is comprised of many elements, including teaching and learning, student mental health, student safety, and, importantly, student data privacy. Everything else pales in comparison.

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5 Critical Guidelines for Student Data Privacy

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More important, though, every piece of technology must adhere to the district’s student data privacy policies. Of course, administrators should be talking to and working with their educators and staff to understand school policies, but getting parent support is also essential. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast.

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Introducing AI Chat for Securly Filter

Securly

In the opportunity column, innovative AI tools for schools can automate data collection and analysis, personalize student learning, and take on tedious administrative tasks. Other AI-powered tools provide accommodations to support students with disabilities and increase accessibility for English-language learners.

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This $90M Education Research Project Is Banking on Data Privacy to Drive Insights

Edsurge

Deeper Insights on a Large Scale Another way to think of SafeInsights is as a telescope, say Slavinsky and his colleague Richard Baraniuk, the founder and director of OpenStax, which publishes open access course materials. They need to understand how the system works.”

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

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Carter notes that the real threat with foreign governments gaining access to student data does not lie in the possibility of them inducing a 12-year-old to commit espionage against the United States. Instead, security officials are concerned about how governments like Russia have tried to influence the U.S.

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Generative AI and Academic Integrity

Lightspeed Systems

Teachers and other stakeholders should also have considerable input into ethical considerations like student data privacy, potential bias, and misinformation associated with AI tools. Ensure Student Data Privacy and Digital Equity Expand the dialogue regarding AI applications to beyond what happens in the classroom.