What to expect in this
year’s Working with Data Workshop at Harvard Forest:
How will the day be structured? One workshop will support Schoolyard Ecology teachers with beginning through advanced data management, graphing, and/or analysis skills. We will convene as one group, spend much of the day in break out groups by skill level (self-determined by teachers) and reconvene at the end of the session to see advanced teachers share graphs and other products they developed in the session.
How will the day be structured? One workshop will support Schoolyard Ecology teachers with beginning through advanced data management, graphing, and/or analysis skills. We will convene as one group, spend much of the day in break out groups by skill level (self-determined by teachers) and reconvene at the end of the session to see advanced teachers share graphs and other products they developed in the session.
Outcomes: Educators will have materials and
knowledge necessary to manage and graph project data. Educators
will have materials to support students in better understanding what the data
are revealing about study themes. Specific outcomes will vary depending
on the experience level and goals of each participant.
When is it? Thursday, December 3, 2015
Times: 9:00a.m. -3:00p.m.
Who is Invited? This workshop is intended for teachers who are currently participating in a Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology project. We often accept requests from collaborating non-profit or governmental agencies to attend.
What Level are you? Teachers will self-assess what levels they would like to work at. Some guidelines are:
When is it? Thursday, December 3, 2015
Times: 9:00a.m. -3:00p.m.
Who is Invited? This workshop is intended for teachers who are currently participating in a Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology project. We often accept requests from collaborating non-profit or governmental agencies to attend.
What Level are you? Teachers will self-assess what levels they would like to work at. Some guidelines are:
- Level 1: First year Schoolyard teachers who would like to learn how to manage the project data their students began collecting this fall. Information Manager Emery Boose will provide an overview of Schoolyard Ecology data management and introduce teachers to the online data base. Teachers will have time to practice inputting this fall’s data on the database, and try graphing data using online graphing tools. Most level 1 teachers will have successfully entered some or all fall project data onto the Harvard Forest database, and go home with a graph created using the online database.
- Level 2: Teachers will work on
structured schoolyard datasets to practice specific graphing skills using
Excel. It is possible for teachers to choose to execute the same style graph by
hand instead of on Excel if preferred. While most level 2 teachers will
have 1 or more years of schoolyard experience behind them, It is possible for
first year schoolyard teachers to begin with level 2 this year as long as they
input some fall data prior to confirmation of registration for this workshop. Most level 2 teachers will go home with some
graphs of data from other field sites, and the understanding of how to create
the same types of graphs using their own data. Some teachers will have
time to begin graphs of their own data.
- Level 3: Teachers will work on individual graphing goals with Harvard Forest mentors. Most Level 3 folks will have attended a data level 2 workshop previously. We ask that all level 3 teachers complete the Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology graphing exercises prior to this workshop on your own if you haven't participated at level 2 previously. Graphing in level 3 can be done using Excel or by hand. Most level 3 teachers will go home with a graph and/or organized data table to work with in the classroom.
PDPs:
Earn 6 PDPs for a 6 hour workshop
Lead Presenter:
BETSY COLBURN, ECOLOGIST
Support Staff:
EMERY BOOSE, INFORMATION MANAGER
DAVID ORWIG, ECOLOGIST
JOHN O'KEEFE, ECOLOGIST
CLARISSE HART, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
PAMELA SNOW, SCHOOLYARD COORDINATOR
What does this look like?
See below for a sense of the graphs Level 2 teachers will learn
to create.
Go to our Data Workshop Slide Show about Looking at Data Workshop to see sample tables and graphs and photos from past level 3 sessions.
100% of teacher participants rated the value of the
time spent working directly on graphing at this workshop towards their
teaching goals as "very useful".
Teachers said:
- I was able to produce items that I need to use in the near
future and that set the stage for the upcoming season
- A good use of time that allowed me to
get together with other teachers and professionals who are doing the same
thing. It's a great time to practice some rusty skills and to bounce ideas
off of each other as far as practice and procedures.
- Learning more and more about excel and the types of data to
use and how to use it and even questions to ask the data to answer
- (Gained) proficiency (in graphing schoolyard data), to the
point of being confident that I can translate my skills into clear
instructions for my students
More teacher responses on
our blog post from last year’s advanced data workshop complete with
quotes and graphs of teacher survey responses at: Data
Workshop Blog 2014
I hope this helps clarify what the Working with Data
Workshop will be like this year. Feel free to respond with any specific
questions you may have.
1.
Your name
2.
Your school
3.
Your Schoolyard project name
4.
What level you would like to participate at
(1,2,or 3)
5.
Your individual goal for the workshop
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