Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Protecting Student Data
President Obama called for new legislation today aimed at protecting student data. Digital education products like tablets, Internet-connected software, and apps are becoming more commonplace in classrooms.That’s good news for raising tech-savvy kids, but it could also expose students to commercial data mining.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPresident Obama called for new legislation today aimed at protecting student data. Digital education products like tablets, Internet-connected software, and apps are becoming more commonplace in classrooms.That’s good news for raising tech-savvy kids, but it could also expose students to commercial data mining. We discuss what the new federal law would do, and the already-existing California law it’s based on.
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The full episode
1 of 5Student Data Protection, Meth at the Border, and the Golden Globes- 0:00Protecting Student DataYou’re reading this
- 9:21Silicon Valley’s Educational Tech Boom
- 18:29Meth Crosses the Border
- 28:15ISIS and al-Qaeda in Paris?
- 42:24The Golden Globes and New TV