Big Data! How is BIG DATA impacting the instructional process in your school/district?

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

What is Big Data?

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,

Type of Assessments

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: spaul6414@gmail.com