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Today's Topics:
1. Re: EBOOKS ELEMENTARY LEVEL (Karen Pakula)
2. Free Online resources for middle & high school science
(Lynch, Joyce)
3. Re: Data Privacy and COVID-19 (Casey, Doug)
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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:30:48 +0000
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] EBOOKS ELEMENTARY LEVEL
Thank you all for your generous shares!
Our district cannot use most of these because they are not on the State approved list. Hopefully the state will soon notify us of their decision to be less strict with the regulations but until then we are quite limited, especially when it comes to quality fiction for our elementary students.
Be well, everyone!
Karen Pakula
Library Media Specialist
McAlister Intermediate School
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Here's another:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13e2opE87gi_zncSti3-nI3DLoIlF79dP87jFnVKRZPg/edit?usp=sharing
:-)
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Hello,
I am curious, has anyone created a list of free EBOOKS that are out there for the elementary population? I have created a list that includes, GETEPIC, JLG and the town's public library. It would be nice to provide more resources that do not require login information. Thank-you! This group is amazing!
I started to create this list.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-F2rwLVqzRNzqQV0B428Y3qpFcY9WKfgeBIyqAjeSZM/edit?usp=sharing
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Totoket Valley Elementary School
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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:31:14 -0400
Subject: [CASL-L] Free Online resources for middle & high school scienceFlinn Scientific is offering a variety of free lessons, experiments, and worksheets for middle and high school students.--Joyce Lynch
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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:42:01 +0000
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Data Privacy and COVID-19
_______________________________________________Good afternoon,
Attached is the letter that Commissioner Cardona just sent to your superintendents regarding data privacy. In sum, for new technology you are looking to onboard, you do not need to pursue separate contracts. Instead, if the vendor has signed the Student Data Privacy Pledge on the Hub, that suffices for compliance.
As always, and especially with this change, please encourage vendors to sign the Pledge, a single effort on their part that opens the door 200 local education agencies in the state to use their product(s). We are trying to make this easy for them — and take the burden off you — by providing background and even model language from our Web site (vendor section here). Still, at the end of the day, it remains the decision of companies whether they will comply or not.
Regards,
Doug
From: Casey, Doug <Doug.Casey@ct.gov>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 7:33 PM
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Subject: Data Privacy and COVID-19
Good evening,
This note provides an update on the student data privacy law in Connecticut, in the context of remote learning. As background, a number of districts have asked whether there will be a waiver of our statute, given the pressure schools are under to implement remote learning programs. Since the closure of schools, many companies have offered assistance in the form of free licenses and support, but districts then face the task of reviewing terms and pursuing separate contracts with these providers, not the ideal path to onboarding technology rapidly.
Following multiple discussions with CSDE and DAS leaders and counsel, I can tell you that we are looking for a smart solution that balances student data privacy — especially in a time where the potential for abuses is running high — with the power of educational technology to support remote learning. Following these discussions, the Governor released Executive Order 7I last night (item 5, page 6), which provides flexibility regarding data privacy.
This provision does not in itself waive the data privacy law but does give Commissioner Cardona the authority to do so. He should be issuing guidance on the matter in the near future, reflecting thoughtful considerations to streamline compliance work while still protecting student data, records, and information. As soon as that guidance is available (likely sent to superintendents directly), I will share it with the listserv as well.
Best,
Doug
Doug Casey | Executive Director
Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology
Department of Administrative Services
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Hartford, CT 06105
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