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EducationNY

  1. Big Data for Little Fellers futureofprivacy.org/2012/05/07/big… <- Parents see babies as data, miss their childhood, not seeing the forrest for the trees. about 1 hour ago via Tweet Button
  2. @PogoWasRight There are stories about RFID in Buffalo in past w name of the company but don't know if contract active. I'll figure it out. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to PogoWasRight
  3. Read The Cocoon Privacy Daily on paper.li/getcocoon/priv… about 11 hours ago via Tweet Button
  4. The New York Bill that Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech techland.time.com/2012/05/24/the… via @TIME about 12 hours ago via Tweet Button
  5. @PogoWasRight Guessing they have remote access & new rules say edu data can be stored on other agency systems. Maybe linked 2 another agency 7:55 PM May 25th via web in reply to PogoWasRight
  6. @PogoWasRight Great idea. I'll do that tomorrow. Thanks. 7:53 PM May 25th via web in reply to PogoWasRight
  7. @PogoWasRight You said it first. Maybe they don't exist. pogowasright.org/?p=28668 I think there are RFID bills/laws in NY. Will look there. 7:45 PM May 25th via web
  8. @PogoWasRight I'll keep looking because I want to know the answer. Hard to find something that doesn't exist. It must be in some system. 7:39 PM May 25th via web
  9. @PogoWasRight Thinking stored outside school system because don't see RFID listed as an education record. It's part of attendance tracking? 7:36 PM May 25th via web in reply to PogoWasRight
  10. @PogoWasRight RFID must be 3rd party vendor w edu interest of some sort. This is where my 06 FERPA travel began. Outsourcing Attendance. 7:28 PM May 25th via web
  11. @pogowasright RFID/tracking isn't mentioned in FERPA. Oops, another hole? Are RFID people 3rd party vendors? School officials? Very murky. 7:07 PM May 25th via web
  12. "Disappearing Phone Booths, What If Privacy Becomes Obsolete?" CDT Newland: Technology will kill privacy if we let it. cdt.org/files/pdfs/Pri… 6:46 PM May 25th via web
  13. Gonzalez: Picked schools w lower attendance rates, staff willing 2 pilot RFID mysanantonio.com/news/education… <-What r demographics re low attendance? 4:48 PM May 25th via web
  14. Anderson: Use of radio frequency identifiers (RFIDs) & ID cards makes universities [schools] an attractive target. educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quart… 4:37 PM May 25th via web
  15. Ramirez & McMillan: FERPA and Student Work - Considerations for Electronic Theses and Dissertations dlib.org/dlib/january10… 4:20 PM May 25th via web
  16. h/t @pogowasright Gonzalez: Want 2 use tech 4 safer schools, increase revenues. <-track 4 $: Bus special ed 4 medicaid? mysanantonio.com/news/education… 3:51 PM May 25th via web
  17. @PogoWasRight Interesting questions. Have seen biometrics -- followed RFID but not re FERPA. Stay tuned, looking. In any event it's creepy. 3:32 PM May 25th via web in reply to PogoWasRight