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For New York teacher Michael Flanagan, the pandemic was a crash course in new technology — rushing out laptops to stay-at-home students and shifting hectic school life online.
Students are long back at school, but the technology has lived on, and with it has come a new generation of apps that...
Students are long back at school, but the technology has lived on, and with it has come a new generation of apps that...
As seventh-grader Jay Jackson practiced the skills he learned in his online cybersecurity class on FOCUS School Software, such as finding vulnerabilities in programs, he quickly realized he accidentally hacked into its system. “I was looking to see if I could find anything internal, like what they were doing on the back end,” he said....
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube sued by Seattle Public Schools.
“The internet allows us to connect to a lot of really great important information, and kids are less likely to access it if they know that they're being surveilled," says Cody Venzke at the Center for Democracy & Technology. But school technology officials say the benefits outweigh the concerns.
The New York City Department of Education has blocked access to AI chatbot ChatGPT on its networks and devices. The ban is due to potential “negative impacts on student learning, and concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of content.”
Only a few years ago, before the pandemic, finding a school district with a dedicated leadership position focused on data privacy was like spotting a ...
Why schools and their pupils are being left in the lurch when it comes to edtech. Dr Velislava Hillman says governments need to step up protection for schools
While students around the country are back in school in person this year, the connection between education and high-speed internet hasn’t been severed. ...
The first-in-the-nation legislation imposes sweeping restrictions on Internet companies that serve minors, requiring that they design their platforms with “well-being” in mind and barring eight common data-collection practices.
It’s no secret that the education system is struggling to adapt to the new digital risks that come with its rushed switch to digital forced by the ...
The use of remote proctoring services by schools is facing challenges from students in court, and from lawmakers concerned about privacy and surveillance.
It’s a modern-day reality that pretty much anyone can go online today and write what they want with some form of audience available to them – whether that’s Facebook friends, Twitter followers or readers of a personal blog.
The Open Rights Group posted a blog article related to the Online Safety Bill called Project Alpha, the Metropolitan Police initiative to disrupt gang violence by monitoring what young peopl...