Student Data Privacy, Intellectual Property, Interoperability, Oh My! GeekSpeak meets EduSpeak!

Purpose & objective

Upon completion of this session, administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers will gain the skills and knowledge of the major aspects of:
1.) Student Data Privacy
a. Why it matters in today's schools and classrooms.
b. Who is involved?
c. How to Maintain it.

2.) Data and Software Interoperability
a. What is it?
b. Why it matters to education.
c. How can districts and schools benefit or gain efficiency from implementing.
it?

3.) Intellectual Property
a. Why do educators need to understand this?
b. What does Intellectual Property pertain to in education?
c. How to teach this content to staff and students.

The results or evidence of a successful presentation will equate to safer and more secure schools, more efficient system processes, and greater and more ethical policies and procedures for maintaining a digital learning ecosystem.

Outline

I. Student Data Privacy and Data Privacy Agreements--20 minutes
II. Data Interoperability and the ED-FI data standards--20 minutes
III. Intellectual Property procedures in a Digital world--20 minutes

Interactive Q & A throughout presentation.

Supporting research

3 extremely helpful intro websites, 1 for each topic:

A. Student Data Privacy--https://dataqualitycampaign.org/ and https://cite.org/page/StuPrivacy

B. Data Interoperability--https://www.ed-fi.org/

C. Intellectual Property for Educators--https://www.uspto.gov/kids/parents.html