This document discusses who provides student data to edtech vendors. Teachers provide data through curriculum tools and gradebooks, while school districts work with vendors like eScholar and Knewton. Parents provide data through apps and Google Apps. It also addresses where vendors store student data in operational, backup, and redundant systems, and what happens to the data when policies change, if the vendor is sold or declares bankruptcy. The document encourages asking vendors questions and offers coaching on edtech and data-driven instruction.

1. Who provides Student Data
to EdTech Vendors?
Teachers
• Curriculum Design Tools, Online IEPs, Gradebooks
School District
• Eg. eScholar,Knewton, Edmodo, Amplify, etc
Parents
• Eg. iPad apps, Google Apps, etc.
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EdTech Data Strategy Coach, Consultant

2. Where do
Vendors
store
Student
Data?
Operational
Systems
Backup
Systems
Systems for
data
redundancy
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EdTech Data Strategy Coach, Consultant

3. What happens to the stored
Student Data when
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EdTech Data Strategy Coach, Consultant

4. When Vendor Changes Privacy Policy
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EdTech Data Strategy Coach, Consultant

5. Upon Sale/Merger/Bankruptcy
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EdTech Data Strategy Coach, Consultant

6. What can users ask of the Vendors?
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Padmaja Surendranath
EdTech Data Strategy Coach, Consultant

7. Curious about data-driven instruction?
Confused about choosing the right EdTech product
for your instrucational needs?
Padmaja (Pady) Suren enjoys helping teachers and
educators make better use of technology and student
data to support teaching and learning .
Email your questions to: pady.suren@gmail.com
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Padmaja Surendranath
EdTech Data Strategy Coach, Consultant