We recently gathered a group of parents and educators to answer questions on student data privacy including “Where the data goes,” and “why one-to-one devices and competency-based- learning is bad for students.” Listen in and look further with the links provided below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtRXrtZQHVA&feature=youtu.be
Special thank you to our Student Data Privacy experts and leaders across the country,
Cynthia Boyd, Maryland
Deb Herbage, Florida
Heather Hicks, New Jersey
Cheri Kiesecker, Colorado
Alice Linahan, Texas
Alison Haver McDowell, Pennsylvania
The Uniting4Kids guide:
https://uniting4kids.com/protecting-your-childs-privacy/
“Apps and online technologies are not free when they are trading your child’s data as currency”
Student Data Privacy Resources:
- Students’ worry: education technology might predict failure before they have a chance to succeed
http://hechingerreport.org/students-worry-education-technology-might-predict-failure-chance-succeed/
- Your Data Footprint is affecting you in ways you cannot imagine https://www.fastcoexist.com/3057514/your-data-footprint-is-affecting-your-life-in-ways-you-cant-even-imagine
- Wrench in the Gears – A Skeptical Parent’s Thoughts on Digital Curriculum https://wrenchinthegears.com/
- Dangers of EdTech: http://parentsacrossamerica.org/children-risk-paa-reports-detailing-dangers-edtech/
- “Educational” video games collect and profile data about users, their interactions http://missourieducationwatchdog.com/educational-video-games-collecting-detailed-interactions-data/
- Classroom Devices and Screens present health risks http://www.screensandkids.us/
- Cellphone Radiation Cause Cancer, Warning on Cellphones and Wireless Devices http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/american-academy-of-pediatrics-issues-new-recommendations-to-reduce-exposure-to-cell-phones-726805.htm
- Aspen Institute: Learner at the Center of Networked World https://assets.aspeninstitute.org/content/uploads/files/content/docs/pubs/Learner-at-the-Center-of-a-Networked-World.pdf>
- Jeb Bush and Education – FEE – Foundation for Excellence in Education http://www.excelined.org/
Jeb Bush’s organization also founded DIGITAL EDUCATION NOW, which promotes online learning.
- In The Public Interest– Enlightening Freedom of Information Request –Searchable EMAILS from Jeb’s organization and Chiefs for Change. http://missourieducationwatchdog.com/emails-from-jebs-chiefs-for-change-and-foundation-for-excellence-in-ed-show-nonprofits-and-government-working-hand-in-hand-to-lead-states-to-common-core-and-online-learning/
- ALEC = American Legislative Exchange Council- Model Policies for states https://www.alec.org/model-policy/
- Naviance: College & Career Readiness- A School-Workforce Online Tracking Tool http://missourieducationwatchdog.com/childhood-lost-schooling-a-workforce/
- Who is (mis)labeling your child? SLDS- http://missourieducationwatchdog.com/parents-who-is-mislabeling-your-children/
- Predictive Analytics – http://www.predictiveanalyticstoday.com/what-is-predictive-analytics/
- Laura and John Arnold Foundation – http://www.arnoldfoundation.org/initiative/education/
- Total Quality Managment, TQM- Article that goes with the TQM Flow chart attached. http://www.voicesempower.com/total-quality-management-tqm-…/<http://www.voicesempower.com/total-quality-management-tqm-texas_points-of-compliance-in_the-education-system/>
- Texas HB 2103 https://openstates.org/tx/bills/83/HB2103/
- The push for a National Student Tracking database (CEP database) Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking http://missourieducationwatchdog.com/the-proposed-nsa-like-national-database-for-student-data-moneyball-for-kids/
- National Commission to measure, RATE, and standardize student’s EMOTIONS (SEL) http://missourieducationwatchdog.com/sel-commission-standards-rating-sorting-children-based-on-emotion/
- IMS Global Learning Consortium https://www.imsglobal.org/article/learning-impact-leadership-institute-2015-key-themes-digital-curriculum-strategy-enabling
- Departments of Education and Defense Launch of “Learning Registry” https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/departments-education-and-defense-launch-learning-registry-tools-and-community
- Learning Registry – In their own words http://missourieducationwatchdog.com/in-their-own-words-us-dept-of-ed-learning-registry-and-vendors-on-gathering-student-data/
- GEF = Global Education Futures Forum edu2035.org
- Global Education Futures Enlargeable Map of the Future Vision in education: http://edu2035.org/pdf/GEF_future-map_en.pdf
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