big data! how is big data impacting the instructional process in your school/district?
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How is BIG DATA affecting your instructional process?TRANSCRIPT
Big Data! How is BIG DATA impacting the instructional process in your school/district?
Sandra Paul Chief Technology Officer Sayreville Public Schools
Agenda
● Big Data● Big Data in Industry● The Good● Data in education and the classroom● Change in instructional process● Security of Data● The Bad
Big Data in Industry“Big data” is the fine-grained information about customer experiences, organizational processes, and emergent trends generated as customers conduct normal business. The organization of this data serves as a rich source of business analysis to improve performance and even point to new opportunities -
- EDUCAUSE LIVE! - THE RISE OF BIG DATA IN HIGHER EDUCATION* - Presenter Louis Soares
THE GOOD
Higher Education
● Course enrollment● Classroom Instruction● Student services● Retention of students
Arizona State University Data
Degree monitoring system that keeps tabs on how students are doing in their majors.Suggestion of friendsPrevention of student drop-outCourse selectionPrediction of successIndividualized lessons
What data are you looking for to provide evidence of your students’
growth?
How Big Data can be used in K-12?
NMC-Horizon Report 2014
Reasons for Big Data● Targeted instructions● Prevention of drop-outs● Individualized student
services● Student feedback● Real-time evaluation
Types of Data in the classroom
In-class: tests, quizzes, examsImmediate: - Kahoot, Geddit, ExitTicket, Clickers, Polleverywhere, PearDeck, etc.State: - PARCC, SAT, ACTOther: Assistive Tech, RtI, WriteToLearn,
Learning Analytics - Horizon Report 2014
Learning Process
Bloom’s TaxonomyIEPs - Individualized Education PlansStrengths/Weakness
Talking to the Kids
● Conversation with students● Personal best of the students● Competing with themselves● Customize learning to each student● Each student looking at their own
data
THE BAD
Student Privacy
FERPAFamily Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99)
Data Mining Students Data
Scanning of student data for trends:● shopping ● searching● demographics● likes/dislikes● advertising
Federal Guidelines
Private Company versus
Private Student Information
Why do we need data?
To Do the Right Thing
for Students
Thank you
Contact information:Twitter: @spaul6414LinkedIn: Sandra PaulGoggle+: spaul6414Email: [email protected]