Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 20, 2021

As a teacher-author, this is a bigger deal than most because: we have copyrighted files that provide us an income. . we have a access to our income streams on our digital devices. Any moderately-talented hacker can access your computer’s webcam and microphone remotely. 2-step Authentication. Which I was, a few times.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2015

In addition, Bridg-it School addresses harmful situations by providing access to a Resource Center of curated content with restorative techniques that foster positive outcomes. In addition, Bridg-it School allows for compliance with state-mandated reporting, saving significant administrative time.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This high-quality distinction allows us to bring a premium science program to even more teachers and students in Texas and continue our vision to inspire better outcomes for our planet through science education. Part of this process is engaging with you, as teachers and valuing your feedback, and we are only ever a phone call or email away.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

COPPA has a number of requirements, but some key ones are that tech companies making apps, websites, and online tools for kids under 13 must: provide notice and get parental consent before collecting information from kids; have a “clear and comprehensive” privacy policy; and keep information they collect from kids confidential and secure.

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Confidentiality Questions Accessibility Teachers 178

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) has selected Care Solace to expand access to community mental health care providers and substance use treatment for students, staff, and their families. We are proud to support IUSD in prioritizing the wellbeing of its school community by providing timely access into mental health care services.”.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

The study utilizes anonymized data from over 30,000 confidential sessions teens held on the AI-powered app during the 2023-24 school year. The inaugural report aims to uncover timely factors contributing to the current teen mental health crisis as described by the app’s users—middle and high school students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2022

With the new interactive panel, Promethean meets the needs of teachers and IT administrators with intuitive, cutting-edge technology that enables a seamless classroom experience. Security: The ActivPanel now allows teachers to securely sign into the panels in multiple ways, including password, QR code, or near-field communication (NFC) card.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2017

The updated guidelines take into account nearly all edtech products today in the cloud, providing more access to teacher and student usage data. Districts are more frequently asking for their own student and teacher product usage data to perform their own studies.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Our job as teachers and professors is not to surveil and police our students, but it’s to educate them,” he says. Hire better teachers instead.” They uploaded their videos to YouTube, and now they want to call them confidential, but that’s not how YouTube works,” he says.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

This morning, Pluralsight announced it had confidentially submitted paperwork for an initial public offering. The company claims its most popular teachers can make millions of dollars through this model. The long-awaited filing finally happened.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2023

Lesson plans and materials can be shared as PDFs with reasonable assurance they will be able to access and read it. In this article, we present a comprehensive guide to the top PDF editors that have gained popularity among teachers and educators. No surprise that as useful as PDFs are, there are many options. You can check it out here.

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Confidentiality Education Internet Feedback 148

EAB

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Teacher and District Leader Survey on Student Behavior. District leaders are reporting a rise in student behavior concerns, which is preventing progress on pandemic recovery efforts, from academics to teacher morale. K-12 teachers and district and school administrators can complete the 10-minute survey here. TAKE THE SURVEY.

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Edtech IRL

MAY 21, 2025

is facing charges of cyber extortion conspiracy, cyber extortion, unauthorized access to protected computers, and aggravated identity theft. Lane , detailing multiple charges related to cyber extortion , unauthorized access to protected computers , and aggravated identity theft. Department of Justice, Matthew Lane of Sterling, Mass.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Imagine classrooms where teachers are empowered by cutting-edge technology and where students don't just learn from textbooks but co-create their educational journey. But are teachers provided the support to do so? In a world where technology is evolving at an unprecedented pace, education stands on the cusp of transformation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

What rights do parents, students and teachers have in an educational system increasingly awash in data and technology? But what happens in these legislative halls are rarely visible to teachers, students and parents. The degree of privacy a student gets should not be dependent on that student’s socioeconomic status.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Among the questions they should ask are how the vendor gives parents and students access to records, and how it prevents unauthorized people from accessing those records. If a school denies access to student records to a parent of a student under the age of 18, that’s a FERPA violation, Rooker points out.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

It can save teachers time by automating tasks , while also causing headaches as an accomplice to cheating students. That's really been kind of our mode of operation: How do we just enable exploration and not disable access,” he says, “or have people say, ‘It's the latest trend, and it'll go away.’” In Michigan, it was a team effort.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2020

Privacy and security are paramount, no matter if it’s a doctor sharing confidential health information with a patient, a financial advisor hosting a client meeting, or people virtually connecting with each other for graduations, holidays, and happy hours. And as of last week, Meet’s daily meeting participants surpassed 100 million.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? If possible, teachers and professors should use multiple modes of conveying information (video, audio, text slides, etc.) Stay safe, sane and sanitary, everyone.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

In our conversation, we covered topics like names and pronouns, social transitioning, sports and activities, and access to facilities — like bathrooms — to name just a few. As the parent of a trans kid, I don’t want my child’s teachers to support her because it’s required by law. Who has a right to that information?

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2020

The pandemic led schools to shut their doors and pushed many students, teachers and other school staff online. That’s a mistake, especially because school districts have become more vulnerable to cyberthreats with users accessing devices and confidential data outside of school.

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Confidentiality Accessibility Learning Tools Teaching 78

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

We provide them with access to powerful, general-purpose computing devices, access to the internet, and time—and at younger and younger ages. while the district provides laptops to all teachers and makes computers on carts available to classrooms, the district does not support a 1:1 program). This is in no way a new phenomenon.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2019

Around 6 o’clock on a fall morning in 2018, Jordan sat down at her desk, donned her headset, and logged in to her account with VIPKid , a Beijing-based company that connects native English-speaking teachers like her with children in China for live, online video lessons. Then she drafted a post in a private Facebook group for VIPKid teachers.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 29, 2020

The pandemic led schools to shut their doors and pushed many students, teachers and other school staff online. That’s a mistake, especially because school districts have become more vulnerable to cyberthreats with users accessing devices and confidential data outside of school.

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Confidentiality Accessibility Learning Tools Teaching 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2020

The pandemic led schools to shut their doors and pushed many students, teachers and other school staff online. That’s a mistake, especially because school districts have become more vulnerable to cyberthreats with users accessing devices and confidential data outside of school.

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Confidentiality Accessibility Learning Tools Teaching 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

The pandemic led schools to shut their doors and pushed many students, teachers and other school staff online. That’s a mistake, especially because school districts have become more vulnerable to cyberthreats with users accessing devices and confidential data outside of school.

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Confidentiality Accessibility Learning Tools Teaching 60

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2020

When a high school teacher in San Diego Unified School District held a video meeting with students on their first day of distance learning, three anonymous individuals took over the call and shared inappropriate messages, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. But videoconferencing platforms don’t come without risks.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

When a high school teacher in San Diego Unified School District held a video meeting with students on their first day of distance learning, three anonymous individuals took over the call and shared inappropriate messages, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. But videoconferencing platforms don’t come without risks.

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Confidentiality Learning Distance Learning Participation 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

When a high school teacher in San Diego Unified School District held a video meeting with students on their first day of distance learning, three anonymous individuals took over the call and shared inappropriate messages, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. But videoconferencing platforms don’t come without risks.

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Confidentiality Learning Distance Learning Participation 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

When a high school teacher in San Diego Unified School District held a video meeting with students on their first day of distance learning, three anonymous individuals took over the call and shared inappropriate messages, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. But videoconferencing platforms don’t come without risks.

Confidentiality 60

Confidentiality Learning Distance Learning Participation 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

When a high school teacher in San Diego Unified School District held a video meeting with students on their first day of distance learning, three anonymous individuals took over the call and shared inappropriate messages, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. But videoconferencing platforms don’t come without risks.

Confidentiality 60

Confidentiality Learning Distance Learning Participation 60

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

When a high school teacher in San Diego Unified School District held a video meeting with students on their first day of distance learning, three anonymous individuals took over the call and shared inappropriate messages, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. But videoconferencing platforms don’t come without risks.

Confidentiality 60

Confidentiality Learning Distance Learning Participation 60

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

When a high school teacher in San Diego Unified School District held a video meeting with students on their first day of distance learning, three anonymous individuals took over the call and shared inappropriate messages, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. But videoconferencing platforms don’t come without risks.

Confidentiality 60

Confidentiality Learning Distance Learning Participation 60

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

When a high school teacher in San Diego Unified School District held a video meeting with students on their first day of distance learning, three anonymous individuals took over the call and shared inappropriate messages, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. But videoconferencing platforms don’t come without risks.

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Confidentiality Learning Distance Learning Participation 60

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., access to resources, prior knowledge, literacy/language background, technology, etc.)? 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020).

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Edtech IRL

JANUARY 9, 2025

19, initial access was gained by an attacker with compromised credentials to PowerSource, PowerSchool’s support platform. 22, the attackers used automated scripts to exfiltrate data from the tenants’ Students and Teachers database table from PowerSource using a data export tool used for remote support. Timeline On Dec.

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Confidentiality Disabilities Communication Accessibility 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2024

Teachers may spend their days confidently addressing a room full of squirming or distracted students. But when it comes to having a chat with parents, these same teachers may get so nervous they avoid the interactions. What changes have you seen in communication between teachers and parents? Why did this happen?’

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