Understanding SOPPA with Tim McIlvain and Chris Wherley

Tim McIlvain (left) and Chris Wherley (right)

SOPPA - the Student Online Personal Protection Act - goes into effect July 1, 2021. Join us as we learn more about the law and tools that can help schools remain in compliance with it from LTC Executive Director Tim McIlvain and LTC Director of Technology Services Chris Wherley. 

 

Note: Neither the Learning Through Leading Podcast nor its hosts receive any compensation for mentioning products or services during this interview at the time of recording. 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Consortium for School Networking, or CoSN
• Protecting Student Data Privacy, by Linnette Attai
• NDPA: National Data Privacy Agreement
• ISPA: Illinois Student Privacy Alliance
• SDPC: Student Data Privacy Consortium
• ISPA Database: Visit ltcillinois.org, click Services, and choose Illinois Student Privacy Alliance (ISPA/SDPC)
• How to Use the ISPA Database (YouTube playlist)
• All Things SOPPA (YouTube playlist)
• Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Overview of SOPPA
• Policy Services from the Illinois Association of School Boards
• PRESS - Policy Reference Education Subscription Service

Contact Info:

• Learning Technology Center of Illinois
• Twitter: @LTCillinois,
• Web: ltcillinois.org
• Tim McIlvain on Twitter
• Chris Wherley on Twitter

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Tim McIlvain Talks Cyber-Security, SOPPA, and how LTC can help

Tim McIlvain

Tim McIlvain is the Director of the Learning Technology Center of Illinois, known as the LTC. In this episode, Tim discusses some of the many services provided by the LTC. Tim shares his knowledge of recent legislation, some cybersecurity tips, and a preview of the array of upcoming LTC professional learning opportunities for educators, administrators, and IT professionals.

Check out the links to all the LTC has to offer, including:

• Upcoming LTC Events
• Online Learning Courses
• Weekly Webinar Series
• Summits & Conferences
• Networking Events
• Workshops
• LTC Speakers Bureau
• Illinois Education and Technology Conference
• E-Rate Support
• SecurED Schools

Stay on top of everything the LTC can offer, and interact with other educators and ed-tech professionals by joining the LTC Community.

Acronyms heard in this episode

• LTC: Learning Technology Center of Illinois
• ILTPP: Illinois Learning Technology Purchase Program
• NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• SOPPA: Student Online Personal Protection Act

Tim McIlvain’s Contact Info

Twitter Handle: @timmcilvain or @ltcillinois
Email: tmcilvain@ltcillinois.org
Website: ltcillinois.org

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