Challenges and Solutions to Vetting K-12 Edtech

April 9, 2024

Vetting Edtech Applications

Analyzing new edtech products to possibly adopt for schools can be daunting, particularly considering 1) the rapid growth of new products in the marketplace, and 2) the sheer number of requests a district receives annually. Fortunately, the team at Lightspeed Systems is working diligently to make vetting edtech apps much easier.

Lightspeed Systems is collaborating with the Public Interest Privacy Center (PIPC) to provide you and your team with two valuable resources. First up comes the webinar, “Challenges and Solutions to Vetting K-12 Edtech,” scheduled for Tuesday, April 16, at 3:00 pm ET/12:00 noon PT. Secondly comes a new eBook, The K-12 Privacy Policy Guide: How to Quickly Spot Red Flags, published in conjunction with the webinar.

Woman peering through a magnifying glass. Vetting K-12 Edtech.

Challenges and Solutions to Vetting K-12 Edtech

The “Challenges and Solutions to Vetting K-12 Edtech” webinar promises to be a jargon-free conversation with leaders in education, data privacy, and industry about current challenges and solutions for schools vetting and adopting edtech solutions.

Panelists for “Challenges and Solutions to Vetting K-12 Edtech” include:

Steve Smith, Founder, Student Data Privacy Consortium
Fil Santiago, Director of Technology & Staff Development, West Orange Board of Education
Kristi Peters, Director of Ed Tech & Training, Lincoln Public Schools
Nichole Sietsema, Student Records & Data Supervisor at Mesa Public Schools
Beth Halbach, Technology Integration Specialist TOSA for Minneapolis Public Schools
Jena Draper, CatchOn Founder and Director, Digital Insight at Lightspeed Systems

Mark your calendar to attend on April 16 (3:00 pm ET/12:00 noon PT), and register for “Challenges and Solutions to Vetting K-12 Edtech” today at this link.

Front cover image of the eBook, The K-12 Privacy Policy Guide: How to Quickly Spot Red Flags. Vetting K-12 Edtech.

Spotting Red Flags When Vetting Edtech Apps

A key deliverable in the collaboration between Lightspeed Systems and the PIPC is the production and publication of The K-12 Privacy Policy Guide: How to Quickly Spot Red Flags, an easy-to-use resource to help educators quickly discover issues in privacy policies that would likely restrict an edtech application from being used with students. This resource is fantastic in that it helps “cut to the chase” when wading through long, difficult to read policies.

Keep your eyes peeled for the release of The K-12 Privacy Policy Guide: How to Quickly Spot Red Flags in the coming days!