AI Privacy and Safety Checks

[Sarah Wood]

One of our local districts asked our EdTech Team if we had a "list" of AI resources that were safe to use. All I could find was a Privacy Evaluation from Common Sense Media for Magic School, so using their evaluation framework, I have been evaluating tools (still many to be done!) and recording my findings in this Privacy and Safety Check Google Sheet.

I am at the point where I am reaching out to vendors to verify my findings (using publicly available Privacy Policies and Terms of Service and Notebook LM to summarize) - so far only Eduaide and Magic School have.

🎤 My ask of this group:

• I would love any constructive feedback that would make this resource more useful to educators, tech departments, and administrators - is there anything that would be helpful that is missing from this resource?
• Does anyone have any direct contacts with any of these vendors so I can try to get more verifications?

Please feel free to share within your districts or schools - the goal is not just to provide the information, but make sure we are helping educators think through a critical lens before using a tool and so that adults and students can keep themselves safe when using AI tools.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Sarah

Sarah Wood

Educational Technology Consultant

Kent Intermediate School District

(616) 447-5673

@myedtechworld