[Libs-Or] OLAQ Author Showcase | Miranda Doyle | Safeguarding Student Privacy in Schools

[OLA Communications Committee]

Please download and read, “Safeguarding Student Privacy in Schools,”
by Miranda Doyle, here:
https://journals3.oregondigital.org/olaq/article/view/vol27_iss1_6

>From Miranda’s article, “Schools have always collected data on their
students - everything from grades and test scores to information about
behavior and medical issues. Beginning in March 2020, however, the
potential for unwanted sharing of student information exploded. Most
schools without existing 1-to-1 technology programs, where every
student is assigned a digital device, scrambled to hand out laptops,
Chromebooks, or iPads to students. Schools also tried out and adopted
digital teaching tools such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Clever, Pear
Deck, Flipgrid, Edpuzzle, Screencastify, Explain Everything, Kahoot!,
GoNoodle, and many others. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed many schools
fully online. Now, with schools back to in-person learning, school
activities still often depend on the use of these digital devices and
tools.

School administrators must consider the digital rights of these
students and families as they choose resources. It's also important
for parents, teachers, school librarians, and the broader community to
know the types of data that schools and their third-party vendors
collect, and what they can do to better protect that data.”

Miranda Doyle (she/her) is a District Librarian at Lake Oswego School
District. Before she switched to school libraries, Miranda was a Young
Adult Librarian and then a Branch Manager for the San Francisco Public
Library. She is currently serving as a member of the Oregon
Intellectual Freedom Committee. In her spare time, Miranda enjoys
running, kayaking, and learning Brazilian jiu jitsu.

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