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A policy advocate from the American Civil Liberties Union warned FETC attendees last week that fear-based marketing and limited empirical evidence are driving district adoption of student surveillance tools. -
To support students facing mental health stressors in the digital age, school leaders must explain features like “data mining” and “engagement algorithms,” and give kids chances to develop social skills offline.
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Colorado State University's custom-built chatbot was developed on a secure network, so sensitive research and student information can be safely entered into it.
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Pennsylvania's largest school district has joined a state program offering student mental health services through Kooth, but some parents are wary of more data collection and digital mediation through an online platform.
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Students and staff are expressing frustration while Louisiana State Police and the governor's office investigate possible cyber threats that prompted a handful of colleges to shut down their Internet services.
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An unauthorized intruder accessed the network of a private Catholic university in Texas around Aug. 30 last year, and some students and faculty learned from credit card companies that their data had been compromised.
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Tech leaders and officials at a Consortium for School Networking panel this week urged K-12 school districts to avail themselves of federal resources to improve their cybersecurity protocols.
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In a panel at the annual Consortium for School Networking conference, educators said social media companies and school districts can work together on student safety and combating malicious impersonator accounts.
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Most of the state's schools already have Centegix alert systems in place, but proposed legislation would make alert systems a requirement. Data suggests that most alerts relate to student behavior or medical emergencies.
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A Washington college's website and campus WiFi are down after a ransomware attack this week, which local and federal officials are investigating while students and staff work remotely until further notice.
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Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly unveiled a new initiative, "Gig City Goes Quantum," for which the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Chattanooga State Community College will boost training in quantum technologies.
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Now is an opportune time for schools to take advantage of federal, state and local grant opportunities for tech and safety upgrades, and it behooves applicants to know the process and have the right partner.
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Olympia Community Unit School District 16 in Illinois has been working with a cybersecurity insurance provider to investigate a cyber attack on Feb. 26, and multifactor authentication may have minimized potential damage.
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A Washington school district will use grant money from Eastern Oregon University's Greater Oregon STEM Hub to buy robots to develop coding skills in young students and augment the teaching of other subjects.
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Through a pair of grants totaling $400,000, Old Dominion University is developing a pair of "lab schools" — one aimed at creating a technology talent pipeline in Chesapeake and the other focused on the maritime field.
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Assistant Secretary Roberto Rodriguez of the U.S. Department of Education has seen recent progress in narrowing the digital divide and thinks new technologies could help address several problems while creating others.
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Beaufort County School District in South Carolina has two separate programs, different from the makeshift ones it used during the pandemic, that have allowed some students to flourish by learning from home.
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Pima County's local college, technical education district and tech centers have collectively invested millions in renovations and expansions in recent years to boost technology-focused workforce-development programs.
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A senior computer-science major at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee is working on a web-based application that digitizes paperwork for Her Future Coalition, a nonprofit for human trafficking victims in India and Nepal.
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A Tuesday webinar at the annual Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) conference explored the pros, cons and potential classroom applications of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT.
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Twenty-four founders of tech companies in Alabama endorsed the college's request for a one-time infusion of public money, advising the state not to lose a valuable part of its talent pipeline for the innovation sector.
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