BYOD, sexting, facial recognition software, security cameras, online learning portals – welcome to the 21st century classroom. These major advances in technology have dramatically changed the landscape of education and one major result has been the massive proliferation of student data and information collected about students. Today’s classrooms increasingly employ the on-demand delivery of personalized content and virtual online forums to facilitate student and teacher interaction, in addition to a wealth of other interactive technologies that help to enhance the learning process. While these technologies have the potential to revolutionize the educational process, they also create a myriad of new questions about how to best protect student privacy.
In this incredibly timely course, Gretchen Shipley details the data privacy issues faced by schools and school districts in our new era of digital technology. A respected legal leader in education law and technology, Mrs. Shipley mainly discusses attitudes towards student privacy, the 21st century classroom, data collected by school districts, principle student privacy laws and specific data privacy issues faced by schools. Further issues discussed by Mrs. Shipley include integrated data systems, security cameras & video, educational websites & software companies, educational software provider agreements, BYOD policies in schools, sexting, search & seizure, live video feeds in the classroom, online threats by students, data breaches, cyber insurance and the Privacy Information Assessment (PIA). Statutes discussed include the telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), FERPA, COPPA, CEPA, FOYA and HIPAA.
Gretchen M. Shipley is a partner in the San Diego area office of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost and co-chair of the firm’s eMatters Practice Group. A respected legal leader in education law and technology, Mrs. Shipley advises school districts and presents workshops to students, employees and district leaders nationwide on the promotion of digital citizenship in the school community and the implications of cyber-misconduct in the classroom and workplace. She has also collaborated with the Association of California School Administrators to co-produce the popular “Logged On” seminars, created to offer guidance on employee and student issues that stem from embedding technology into public education.