RE: Digital Textbooks and Locally-stored Student and Educational Data

Hi Adam,


We're going to need you to address Marcos's earlier points before we can respond to any of your messages.


If you're not interested in a dialog, please stop spamming the list.


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From: Adam Sobieski <adamsobieski@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 16:47
To: www-tag@w3.org
Subject: Re: Digital Textbooks and Locally-stored Student and Educational Data

W3C Technical Architecture Group,

A related topic is educational data and cloud storage, educational data such as notes.  A browser topic, from a larger number of topics integrating browser software into platform-independent educational workflow scenarios, is interoperability with notes software.  Interoperability between digital textbooks and notes software pertains to numerous topics including scholarly and scientific communication, referencing and citing content from documents in browsers, including to specific chapters, pages, paragraphs, sentences or selected hypertext.

A concern about notes software is cloud storage:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/01/08/15cloud_ep.h33.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2013/11/lawsuit_filed_in_new_york_to_halt_inbloom_program.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2014/07/federal_data-privacy_guideline.html

It is important to discuss these topics at the W3C, that we can discuss these topics comfortably at the W3C, with digital textbook standards discussions ongoing at the W3C.  Web scientists and technologists are cognizant of unfolding discussions elsewhere, points of view, various sides of discussion topics and cases and laws with regard to student data privacy.  Scientists at the W3C include proponents of student data privacy; protecting student data privacy is a part of the discussions pertinent to unfolding digital textbook standards.

Though Web-based applications are popular at the W3C, browser interoperability with multivendor desktop applications facilitates educational workflow scenarios with local storage and computation.  Complexities to browser interoperability, interprocess communication, with desktop applications include that each browser software is designed for and compiled for numerous platforms and that each platform has different component object and interprocess architectures.  Interprocess communication is platform-specific, e.g. iOS, Android and Windows.

The desired features for digital textbooks, advancing digital textbook features, pertain to interprocess communication with multivendor desktop applications which combine into educational workflow scenarios.  The features are visible to digital textbook teams as specified markup, scripting, API.  The features are implemented by browser teams and the topical interprocess communication features vary per platform.  There are logistical complexities and coordinative challenges to getting the digital textbooks technologies towards having the large set of features to where digital textbooks are fluidly interoperable with multivendor applications, in educational workflows.  With the web browsers as the digital textbook rendering software, numerous such features can enhanced web browsing user experiences as well.

Summarily, interprocess communication between browsers and multivendor desktop applications on each major platform, applications providing local storage and computation, is topical to providing students with data privacy while facilitating and enhancing the features of educational workflow scenarios.

Discussion topics include how to include digital textbooks, standard formats rendered in browsers, and their existing and emerging new features in multivendor, multi-application, educational workflows across platforms.



Kind regards,

Adam Sobieski



P.S.: For colleagues interested in the topics, here are some hyperlinks (from http://www.eduwonk.com), education news and analysis, policy and political blogs, education blogs, educational resources and organizations:

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Education News and Analysis
     *   American Educator<http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/>
     *   ASCD SmartBrief<http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ascd/index.jsp>
     *   Chronicle of Higher Education<http://chronicle.com/>
     *   Education Next<http://www.educationnext.org/>
     *   Education Week<http://www.edweek.org/>
     *   EducationNews.org<http://www.educationnews.org/>
     *   eSchoolNews<http://www.eschoolnews.com/>
     *   Hechinger Report<http://hechingerreport.org>
     *   Huffington Post Education<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/education/>
     *   Inside Higher Ed<http://www.insidehighered.com/>
     *   Jay Mathews’ Class Struggle<http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/>
     *   New York Times Education<http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html>
     *   Phi Delta Kappan<http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kappan.htm>
     *   School Wise Pres<http://www.schoolwisepress.com/>
     *   Stateline.org<http://www.stateline.org/stateline/>
     *   Teacher Magazine<http://www.teachermagazine.org/>
     *   Washington Post Education<http://www.washingtonpost.com/education>
  *
Policy and Political Blogs
     *   Andrew Sullivan.com<http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/>
     *   Bloggingheads TV<http://bloggingheads.tv/>
     *   Daniel Drezner<http://www.danieldrezner.com/blog/>
     *   Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/>
     *   Instapundit.com<http://www.instapundit.com/>
     *   Kausfiles.com<http://dailycaller.com/kausfiles/>
     *   Mojo<http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/>
     *   Political Animal (Washington Monthly)<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/>
     *   Politico<http://www.politico.com/>
     *   Politics Daily<http://www.politicsdaily.com/>
     *   Real Clear Politics<http://www.realclearpolitics.com/>
     *   Red, Brown, and Blue<http://redbrownandblue.com/>
     *   Scotusblog<http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/>
     *   Spencer Ackerman<http://washingtonindependent.com/author/spencer_ackerman>
     *   Taking Note<http://takingnote.tcf.org/>
     *   Talkingpointsmemo.com<http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/>
     *   The American Scene<http://theamericanscene.com/>
     *   The Corner<http://www.nationalreview.com/corner>
     *   The Democratic Strategist<http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/>
     *   The Plank (TNR)<http://www.newrepublic.com/tags/plank>
     *   Think Tank Town<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2006/04/03/LI2006040301493.html>
     *   TIME.com<http://www.time.com>
     *   Volokh Conspiracy<http://volokh.com/>
     *   Vox<http://www.vox.com/>
     *   Vox Pop<http://prospect.org/blog/vox-pop>
     *   Washington Whispers<http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers>
     *   WSJ’s Blog Federation<http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/>
  *
Education Blogs
     *   4.0 Schools<http://4pt0.org/blog/>
     *   ASCD<http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/>
     *   Assorted Stuff<http://www.assortedstuff.com/>
     *   At the Chalk Face<http://shaunpjohnson.wordpress.com/>
     *   Barnett Berry<http://www.teachingquality.org/blogs>
     *   Bridging Differences<http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/>
     *   Chalkbeat Colorado<http://www.ednewscolorado.org/>
     *   Charter Blog (NAPCS)<http://www.publiccharters.org/charter-blog/>
     *   Chartering Quality (NACSA)<http://charteringquality.org/>
     *   CITE Blog<http://thecite.blogspot.com/>
     *   Core Knowledge Blog<http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/>
     *   Curriki<http://currikiblog.wordpress.com/>
     *   Dangerously Irrelevant<http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/>
     *   Dave Shearon<http://daveshearon.typepad.com/>
     *   Deborah Kenny<http://deborahkennyhva.tumblr.com/>
     *   Dems for Education Reform<http://www.dfer.org/posts/blog/>
     *   Diane Ravitch<http://dianeravitch.net/>
     *   Dropout Nation<http://dropoutnation.net/>
     *   Early Ed Watch<http://www.newamerica.net/blog/early_ed_watch>
     *   Ed is Watching<http://www.ediswatching.org/>
     *   Ed Source<http://educatedguess.org/blog/>
     *   EDifier<http://blog.centerforpubliceducation.org/?paged=2>
     *   Edspresso<http://www.edspresso.com/>
     *   Education Law Review<http://www.educationlawreview.com/>
     *   Education Next Blog<http://educationnext.org/edblog/>
     *   EduFlack<http://blog.eduflack.com>
     *   Eduoptimists<http://theeduoptimists.com/category/blog>
     *   Edwize (UFT)<http://www.edwize.org/>
     *   Essential Blog<http://www.essentialblog.org/>
     *   Eye On Early Education<http://eyeonearlyeducation.org/>
     *   Flypaper (Fordham)<http://www.edexcellence.net/blog-types/flypaper>
     *   Get   Schooled (AJC)<http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/>
     *   Getting Smart<http://edreformer.com/>
     *   GreatSchools Blog<http://blogs.greatschools.net/>
     *   Hechinger Institute Blogs<http://hechingerreport.org/category/blogs/>
     *   Higher Ed Watch<http://higheredwatch.newamerica.net/blogmain>
     *   I Thought A Think<http://ithoughtathink.blogspot.com/>
     *   IALA<http://www.learningalternatives.net/>
     *   Inside Schools Blog<http://insideschools.org/blog/>
     *   Intercepts<http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/>
     *   IvyGate<http://www.ivygateblog.com/>
     *   Jay Greene<http://jaypgreene.com/>
     *   Joannejacobs.com<http://www.joannejacobs.com/>
     *   John Merrow<http://takingnote.learningmatters.tv/>
     *   Just Us Seeking Justice<http://justusseekingjustice.wordpress.com/>
     *   Kitchen Table Math<http://kitchentablemath.blogspot.com/>
     *   Larry Cuban<http://larrycuban.wordpress.com/>
     *   LFA – Public School Insights<http://www.learningfirst.org/blog>
     *   Marc Tucker's Top Performers<http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/top_performers/>
     *   Meeting the Turnaround Challenge Blog<http://stsg.wordpress.com/>
     *   Michael And Susan Dell Foundation Blog<http://www.msdf.org/blog>
     *   Mike Rose’s Blog<http://mikerosebooks.blogspot.com/>
     *   Moving At The Speed Of Creativity<http://www.speedofcreativity.org/>
     *   Mr. B-G’s English Blog<http://bgenglish.blogspot.com/index.html>
     *   National Journal's Education Insiders<http://www.nationaljournal.com/policy/insiders/education>
     *   NCTQ's PDQ Blog<http://www.nctq.org/commentary/blog.do>
     *   New Schools Venture Fund<http://blog.newschools.org/>
     *   NSBA’s BoardBuzz<http://boardbuzz.nsba.org/>
     *   NY Chalkbeat<http://gothamschools.org/>
     *   NYC Educator<http://nyceducator.blogspot.com/>
     *   Paul Baker<http://pbaker.wordpress.com/>
     *   Philadelphia Public School Notebook<http://thenotebook.org/blog>
     *   Politics K-12 (EdWeek)<http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/>
     *   Principal's Policy Blog (NASSP)<http://www.nasspblogs.org/principalspolicy/>
     *   Quick and the Ed<http://www.quickanded.com>
     *   RedefinED<http://www.redefinedonline.org/>
     *   Rick Hess Straight Up<http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/>
     *   Sara Mead's Policy Notebook<http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook/>
     *   School Zone   (MJS)<http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/education.html>
     *   Science After School<http://scienceafterschool.blogspot.com/>
     *   Shanker Blog<http://shankerblog.org/>
     *   Sherman Dorn<http://shermandorn.com/wordpress/>
     *   Small   Talk<http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/>
     *   Special Education Law Blog<http://specialedlaw.blogs.com/>
     *   Teacher Beat Blog<http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/>
     *   Teacher Voices<http://www.edweek.org/tm/collections/teacher-voices/?intc=thed>
     *   Teachers At Risk<http://www.teachersatrisk.com/>
     *   The College Puzzle<http://collegepuzzle.stanford.edu/>
     *   The Concord Review<http://theconcordreview.blogspot.com/>
     *   The Doyle Report<http://www.thedoylereport.com>
     *   The Gradebook (Tampa Bay Times)<http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/>
     *   The Hall Monitor<http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/>
     *   The Life That Chose Me<http://specialed.wordpress.com/>
     *   The PrincipalsPage<http://www.principalspage.com/theblog/>
     *   The SF K Files<http://thesfkfiles.blogspot.com/>
     *   This Week In Education<http://www.thisweekineducation.com/>
     *   Whitney Tilson<http://edreform.blogspot.com/>
     *   Why Homeschool<http://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com/>
  *
Educational Resources and Organizations
     *   AALE Charter School   Accreditation<http://www.aale.org/charters/>
     *   Achieve<http://www.achieve.org/>
     *   Alliance for Excellent Education<http://www.all4ed.org>
     *   American Association of School Administrators<http://www.aasa.org>
     *   American Educational Research Association<http://www.aera.net/>
     *   American Federation of Teachers<http://www.aft.org>
     *   American Institutes For Research<http://www.air.org/>
     *   Annie E. Casey Foundation<http://www.aecf.org/>
     *   Asia Society<http://asiasociety.org/>
     *   Aspen Institute<http://www.aspeninstitute.org/>
     *   Building Excellent Schools<http://www.buildingexcellentschools.org/>
     *   Center for American Progress<http://www.americanprogress.org/>
     *   Center for Education Reform<http://www.edreform.com>
     *   Center for School Change<http://www.centerforschoolchange.org/>
     *   Center on Education Policy<http://www.cep-dc.org/>
     *   Center on Reinventing Public Education<http://www.crpe.org/>
     *   Charter Board Partners<http://charterboards.org>
     *   Citizen Schools<http://www.citizenschools.org>
     *   Coalition of Essential Schools<http://www.essentialschools.org/>
     *   Community College Research Center<http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu>
     *   Community Training and Assistance Center<http://www.ctacusa.com/>
     *   Core Knowledge Foundation<http://www.coreknowledge.org/>
     *   Council of Chief State School Officers<http://www.ccsso.org/>
     *   Council of Great City Schools<http://www.cgcs.org/>
     *   Data Quality Campaign<http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org/>
     *   Democratic Leadership Council<http://www.dlc.org/>
     *   EdSource<http://www.edsource.org/>
     *   Education Commission of the States<http://www.ecs.org/>
     *   Education Evolving<http://www.educationevolving.org/>
     *   Education Sector<http://www.educationsector.org/>
     *   EducationBug<http://www.educationbug.org/>
     *   eSchool News<http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/educator-resource-center/>
     *   George Lucas Educational Foundation<http://www.edutopia.org/>
     *   Greatschools.org<http://www.greatschools.net/>
     *   Haberman Foundation<http://www.habermanfoundation.org/>
     *   Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance<http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/pepg/>
     *   Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media<http://www.tc.columbia.edu/hechinger/>
     *   IssueLab<http://www.issuelab.com/>
     *   Joyce Foundation<http://www.joycefdn.org/Programs/Education>
     *   Knowledge Alliance<http://www.KnowledgeAll.net>
     *   Local School Directory<http://www.localschooldirectory.com/>
     *   Michael and Susan Dell Foundation<http://www.msdf.org/Programs/Urban_Education.aspx>
     *   Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning<http://www.mcrel.org/>
     *   Montessori<http://www.montessori.edu/>
     *   National Academies Center for Education<http://www.nationalacademies.org/education/index.html>
     *   National Alliance for Public Charter Schools<http://www.publiccharters.org/>
     *   National Association of Charter School Authorizers<http://www.qualitycharters.org/>
     *   National Association of Secondary School Principals<http://www.nassp.org/>
     *   National Center for Educational Achievement<http://www.nc4ea.org/index.cfm>
     *   National Center for Postsecondary Research<http://www.postsecondaryresearch.org>
     *   National Center on Education and the Economy<http://www.ncee.org/>
     *   National Council on Teacher Quality<http://www.nctq.org>
     *   National Education Association<http://www.nea.org>
     *   National Education Writers Association<http://www.ewa.org/>
     *   National Governors Association<http://www.nga.org/>
     *   National Institute for Excellence in Teaching<http://www.talentedteachers.org/>
     *   National School Boards Association<http://www.nsba.org/>
     *   NCTAF<http://www.nctaf.org>
     *   New Leaders for New Schools<http://www.nlns.org/>
     *   New Schools Venture Fund<http://www.newschools.org/>
     *   PIE-Network<http://www.pie-network.org/web/guest/home>
     *   Pre-K Now<http://www.preknow.org/>
     *   Progressive Policy Institute<http://www.progressivefix.com/>
     *   Public Agenda<http://www.publicagenda.org/>
     *   Public Impact<http://www.publicimpact.com>
     *   Public Private Action<http://www.publicprivateaction.com>
     *   Reading Reform Foundation<http://www.readingreformNY.org>
     *   Scholastic Administrator<http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/>
     *   Standards Work<http://www.standardswork.org/>
     *   Strategic Management of Human Capital<http://www.smhc-cpre.org/>
     *   Teach for America<http://www.teachforamerica.org>
     *   The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation<http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx>
     *   The Broad Foundation<http://www.broadfoundation.org/>
     *   The Brookings Institution<http://www.brookings.edu>
     *   The Education Trust<http://www.edtrust.org>
     *   The Mind Trust<http://www.themindtrust.org/>
     *   The New Teacher Project<http://www.tntp.org/>
     *   The Savvy Source for Parents<http://www.savvysource.com/>
     *   The Urban Institute<http://www.urban.org/center/epc/index.cfm>
     *   Thomas B. Fordham Foundation<http://www.edexcellence.net>
     *   Uncommon Schools<http://www.uncommonschools.org/>
     *   United States Department of Education<http://www.ed.gov>
     *   WestEd<http://www.wested.org/>
     *   Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation<http://woodrow.org>

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