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We need to ensure all videos used in courses have accurate captions or transcripts. On Windows, I switched to using this WhisperDesktop app: https://github.com/Const-me/Whisper/releases It transcribed a 15 minute video in 30 seconds on my laptop. If that doesn't work, try https://github.com/Topping1/whispercppGUI/releases or MacWhisper on a mac.
I use the ggml-small.en.bin file here: https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/tree/main and yt-dlg if I need to temporarily download a youtube video: https://yt-dlg.github.io/yt-dlg/
#AIEd #a11y #craptions #EdTech #OpenSource

Releases · Const-me/Whisper

High-performance GPGPU inference of OpenAI's Whisper automatic speech recognition (ASR) model - Const-me/Whisper
GitHub
#opensource #a11y #edtech #aied #craptions

Time for the late Friday bad news dump...

Texas teachers group says data breach compromised info for more than 414,000 people
https://dentonrc.com/news/state/texas-teachers-group-says-data-breach-compromised-info-for-more-than-400-000-people/article_7b106a1e-3566-11ef-bcb3-e7e6cbe8b9d9.html #edtech #databreach @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey


Texas teachers group says data breach compromised info for more than 414,000 people

The largest educators’ association in Texas and the U.S. was hit with a data breach that compromised the information of more than 414,000 people.
Denton Record-Chronicle
#databreach #edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

Closely watched class-action lawsuit moves forward against Clark County (Las Vegas) School District alleging weak cybersecurity practices (e.g., "the district’s use of students’ birth dates to form their default passwords"). At issue: the responsibility of the district to secure its IT systems and student data - and its culpability if found it failed to do so. https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-cybersecurity-lawsuit-against-clark-county-schools #edtech #databreach @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

Judge denies motion to dismiss cybersecurity lawsuit against Clark County schools

A Clark County judge on Thursday denied the Clark County School District’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit over a 2023 cybersecurity breach. The judge previously said she leaned toward dismissing the case.
Rocio Hernandez (The Nevada Independent)
#databreach #edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

'Cyber incident' knocks out Hudson NY school district's network, phone systems https://www.unionleader.com/news/education/cyber-incident-knocks-out-hudson-school-districts-network-phone-systems/article_f2d78cf1-b1ff-55a9-85c9-fec24e381710.html #edtech @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

'Cyber incident' knocks out Hudson school district's network, phone systems

HUDSON — School officials have been working with professional cyber incident responders for at least a week in connection with an apparent cyber attack that left the district without the
UnionLeader.com
#edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but for colleges looking to adopt enterprise #AI: Amplify https://www.amplifygenai.org/ is an #OpenSource interface to multiple LLMs including OpenAI/Claude, developed at Vanderbilt, running in AWS, pay what you use averaging around $3/user/month, compared to a rumored $12/month for ChatGPT Edu, $16 for Gemini Education, $20 Huggingface Enterprise, & $30/month for Copilot. Source: https://github.com/gaiin-platform
Video: https://youtu.be/LyomxzB05Uw?si=mQmCPWWHkrsvDg-5
#AIEd #EdTech #HigherEd

gaiin-platform

gaiin-platform has 5 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
GitHub
#opensource #ai #edtech #highered #aied

Los Angeles Unified School District confirms vendor data (Edgenuity) stolen in Snowflake cyberattack https://statescoop.com/lausd-snowflake-cyberattack-2024/ #edtech #snowflake #databreach @PogoWasRight @funnymonkey feat @brett

Los Angeles Unified School District confirms vendor data stolen in Snowflake cyberattack

The Los Angeles Unified School District confirmed that one of its vendors had its data compromised in the recent cyberattack against the cloud storage provider Snowflake.
sfoxsowell (StateScoop)
#snowflake #databreach #edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

#InclusiveAccess involves automatically billing students for textbooks, even if the course has no textbooks ("Equitable Access"). This doesn't really always save money for students, plus the college gets kickbacks: https://pirg.org/massachusetts/edfund/media-center/new-report-automatic-textbook-billing-limited-choice-uncertain-savings/
The Dept. of #Education is proposing to change it from opt-out to opt-in next year https://sparcopen.org/our-work/2024-u-s-department-of-education-negotiated-rulemaking/
but what surprised me is that two #CommunityCollege associations & Educause argued against the change https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2023/memo-regarding-cash-management-books-and-supplies-submitted-by-lorgan-dobson-cioce.pdf #OER #HigherEd #EdTech

2024 U.S. Department of Education Negotiated Rulemaking - SPARC

SPARC
#education #edtech #highered #oer #inclusiveaccess #communitycollege

Learnosity, an e-learning platform with more than 40 million learners, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident. https://cybernews.com/news/learnosity-discloses-data-breach/ #edtech @brett @funnymonkey h/t @PogoWasRight
#edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

Super cool and powerful to see how #BlueSky is supporting curated lists using custom hashtags. Hopefully this will be a feature option in #Mastodon soon as well!

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/feed/astro

#MediaLit #edtechSR #SocialMedia #GeekOfTheWeek #edtech #SpaceEd

Bluesky

Bluesky Social
#mastodon #socialmedia #bluesky #edtech #edtechsr #GeekOfTheWeek #medialit #SpaceEd

Whitko Community Schools: Statement regarding the March 2024 IT systems outage https://whitko.org/2024/06/statement-regarding-the-march-2024-it-systems-outage/

"During the data recovery process, the third-party firm found indications that the incident was not caused by a brownout, but rather was the byproduct of a ransomware attack."

#edtech @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

Statement regarding the March 2024  IT systems outage - Whitko Community Schools

Whitko Community Schools June 12, 2024 On or around March 17, 2024, the Whitko Community Schools appeared to have suffered a network outage.
Jason Cline (Whitko Community Schools)
#edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

Kansas school district loses $121,000 to out-of-state fraudster https://www.ksnt.com/news/kansas-school-district-loses-71000-to-out-of-state-fraudster/ #edtech @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

Kansas school district loses $121,000 to out-of-state fraudster

HOLTON (KSNT) – A northeast Kansas school district is reporting the results of an investigation into a series of financial crimes which sapped thousands of dollars from the district’s bank account.
Matthew Self (KSNT 27 News)
#edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

Canada: TDSB says police notified after school testing system was targeted in ransomware attack https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tdsb-says-police-notified-after-school-testing-system-was-targeted-in-ransomware-attack/article_b9dd5eb2-28d9-11ef-b5a5-a779221b7313.html #edtech @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

TDSB says police notified after school testing system was targeted in ransomware attack

TDSB’s systems are operational and have not been impacted despite the cyber incident, the school board said.
Nathan Bawaan (Toronto Star)
#edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

Campbell County Schools IT technician resigns after alleged cryptocurrency mining scheme using system resources https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/campbell-county-schools-it-technician-resigns-after-alleged-cryptocurrency-mining-scheme-using-system-resources/article_d6ae2a9b-d6ca-5541-89af-af243963fca8.html #edtech @funnymonkey
#edtech @funnymonkey

‘Fundamentally a misdiagnosis of the root problem’

Me, on approval of new $200M FCC K-12 cybersecurity program. https://www.edweek.org/technology/fcc-pilot-program-to-help-schools-fight-real-and-growing-cyberattacks/2024/06 #edtech #erate @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey


FCC Pilot Program to Help Schools Fight 'Real and Growing' Cyberattacks

School districts and libraries can soon seek new federal grants to protect against the cyberattacks.
Alyson Klein (Education Week)
#edtech #erate @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

FCC Likely to Approve Cybersecurity Funding for Schools and Libraries https://broadbandbreakfast.com/fcc-likely-to-approve-cybersecurity-funding-for-schools-and-libraries/ #edtech @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

Take this aspirin to make you feel better, but don't you worry about how you are eating/sleeping/exercising. I'm sure you'll be feeling right as rain in no time.


FCC Likely to Approve Cybersecurity Funding for Schools and Libraries

Industry advocates want clarification as the FCC moves ahead with cybersecurity funding for educational institutions
Joel Leighton (Broadband Breakfast)
#edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow

Microsoft violates children’s privacy – but blames your local school https://noyb.eu/en/microsoft-violates-childrens-privacy-blames-your-local-school #edtech #microsoft #gdpr @PogoWasRight @funnymonkey

Microsoft violates children’s privacy – but blames your local school

noyb has filed two complaints against Microsoft for unlawful data processing in 365 Education
noyb.eu
#microsoft #gdpr #edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:

The 2-sigma gain from #tutoring claimed by Benjamin Bloom in 1984 and repeated by Salman Khan is a myth https://www.educationnext.org/two-sigma-tutoring-separating-science-fiction-from-science-fact/
Just FYI, too, Bloom's Taxonomy is not meant to be a sequence, requiring lower level learning before higher order thinking. See research on inductive learning/teaching approaches, and productive failure: https://www.manukapur.com/productive-failure/
#EdTech #AIEd #ITS #EdResearch #EdPsy #Teaching

Two-Sigma Tutoring: Separating Science Fiction from Science Fact - Education Next

An experimental intervention in the 1980s raised certain test scores by two standard deviations. It wasn’t just tutoring, and it’s never been replicated, but it continues to inspire.
Paul T. von Hippel (Education Next)
#edtech #teaching #aied #edresearch #tutoring #its #edpsy

Klein ISD high school student accused of launching cyberattack, disrupting (TX statewide) STAAR testing https://abc13.com/post/klein-isd-high-school-student-charged-accused-cyberattack/14888442/ #edtech @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey @mkeierleber

Klein ISD high school student accused of launching cyberattack, disrupting STAAR testing

The attack impacted all campuses district-wide and about 3,000 students were impacted on the first day of STAAR testing. Records state the student admitted to using websites to send attacks on multiple occasions.
ABC13 Houston
#edtech @funnymonkey @Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee: @Brett Callow @Mark Keierleber 🚴‍♂️🎸

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