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Cybersecurity Tops CoSN’s Annual Ed Tech Leadership Report

EdTech Magazine

On May 26, the Consortium for School Networking released its annual EdTech Leadership Survey Report. Based on a national survey of nearly 400 K–12 IT leaders from urban, suburban and rural school districts, the report shows cybersecurity and student data privacy as the top priorities for respondents, followed closely by digital equity.

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Data Privacy in a Pandemic? Parents Are Concerned, But Still Welcome More Tech

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That’s according to the approximately 1,200 parents surveyed by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) between mid-May and early June of this year. The nonprofit CDT therefore classifies student online and data privacy as a “mid- to low-level” concern for parents.

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Securly Discern: The Future of AI in Education has Arrived

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Securly Discern is a revolutionary AI that generates insights based on students’ online activities and digital footprints, automating data collection and analysis for schools. For more information about AI in education and how Discern ensures student data privacy, read the blog. Sign up here.

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Districts call for guidance in developing classroom AI policies

eSchool News

“Our survey reveals a critical opportunity for shaping AI’s role in education. “While protecting studentsdata privacy is a top concern and priority in the digital age, we’re very excited that teachers and administrators see the benefits of AI use in the classroom,” Factor added.

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Why K–12 Students Need to Be Taught to Guard Their Data Online

EdTech Magazine

Why K–12 Students Need to Be Taught to Guard Their Data Online. A recent McAfee survey of 1,000 college students and recent graduates ages 18 to 25 revealed some startling statistics on how little this tech-savvy cohort knows about data security. Shockingly poor data hygiene. shailaja.neela….

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Today's Newsletter: Student Data Privacy in Peril

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Worries over personal data are not restrained to Russians and Facebook. Edweek surveys privacy experts on what the Cambridge Analytica fiasco means for schools. This weekend’s reading of the Tech&Learning news feeds indicates that the issue is an edtech sore point as well.

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CoSN2020: Annual Event Focuses on Breakthrough Mindsets

EdTech Magazine

In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. New resources on student data privacy. This summit will focus on shaping decision-makers’ opinions about the future of E-rate, student data privacy, ed tech appropriations and the homework gap.