EDUC W200 Week 9

DATA COLLECTION TASKS

EDUC W200 Week 9

WHERE DOES THE INFO COME FROM?

• Data usually comes from two sources:o Collecting your own original data

• Surveys, questionnaires, interviews, cell phone polls, etc• Sensor-based data: heart-rate monitors, motion

detectors, temperature sensors.

o Finding existing data• Existing databases online• Searching websites for information and compile it• Existing books, poems, histories, newspapers, articles,

etc

EDUC W200 Week 9

TYPES OF DATA COLLECTION TASKS?

• Surveying each other about our heights, weights, and gender, looking for trends (math/statistics)

• Collecting quotes about a subject (language arts)

• Taking measurements of three different plants over the course of a month (science)

• Looking up the parties of presidential election winners and recording them for each election year (social studies)

EDUC W200 Week 9

EXAMPLES OF DATA COLLECTION TASKS

o Comparing multiple poems, and recording their meter/structure (English)• Looking for repeated rhythmic

patterns

o Data collection during physical exertion (Health/Physical Education)• Heart rate monitors or pedometers

o Recording various regular verbs and their gerund form (Foreign language)• Looking for patterns in the form

change

EDUC W200 Week 9

TOOLS FOR DATA COLLECTION TASKS

EDUC W200 Week 9

TOOLS FOR DATA COLLECTION TASKS

• Sensors &Probes o Motion detectorso Temperatureo Photogateso Soil Moisture o Accelerometero Lighto Sound Pressure o Heartrate and

respirationo Digital microscopes o …and many more!

• Survey toolso InspireData Surveyo Google Formso Survey Monkey

• Instant Responseso Polleverywhereo SMS poll (15votes

per poll for free version)

o Clickers (response systems)

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ULA DEMONSTRATION – GO MOTION SENSOR

EDUC W200 Week 9

ULA DEMONSTRATION: GOOGLE FORM(The quick version)

Another means of collecting data to analyze

EDUC W200 Week 9

A TOOL FOR COLLECTING DATA : GOOGLE FORM

• ULA demo: how to create a survey by using Google Form.

EDUC W200 Week 9

ULA DEMONSTRATION: GOOGLE FORM

• Our Class Prep forms you fill out every week are Google Forms

• Let’s create a data collection instrument using Google Forms

• You can view data collected (via Google Spreadsheets)

• There are different functions for data analysis in Google Spreadsheets

EDUC W200 Week 9

WHAT IS A “STATION” OR “MODULE?”

This is the format we are going to use today, then we will write about it and evaluate it, posting it to our teacher website

EDUC W200 Week 9

FIRST, WHAT IS A “MODULE” OR A “STATION?”

• Self-guided learning experienceo The teacher provides you with the activity, tools,

etc.o Think about “stations” you participated in during

K-12• Common in…

o Independent studieso Distance educationo Special educationo Instruction that needs to be differentiated

• Different contents• Different “levels”• Different schedules/time

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WHAT COULD A MODULE (STATION) INCLUDE?

• A station or a module could include: o Content exploration tools for independent or

semi-independent learning (reading, links, webquest, etc)

o Production tools to make an artifact that demonstrates learning

o Communication tools (sometimes)