Session+9+-+Saturday

Making Data-Driven Decisions Meaningful for International Schools
Presenter: Warren Apel Robyn

It is important to use the data you are collecting to improve student learning. A lot of the time we are presenting the information in ways that don't help us to inform our practice. Other times we can get good information but it takes a long time to input and to get the info out. tinker plots is a data base that allows schools to gather information then the programme can redisplay it in different categories which allows us to make much better decisions. The focus must be on student learning - not on teacher evaluation. It must be a safe environment. The demographics of each class are so different in international schools. It is possible to look at the data and see which classes are doing really well and see if the teachers in those classes have ideas to share. Tinker plots advantages: Maths and science teachers could already be using it Cheap, get a site license It links to Visual literacy and to data mashups Swivel is like YouTube for graphs People from all over the world can comment on the graphs - revisualise it and repost their own graphs. Many Eyes is the same idea, but more complex - suitable for Secondary Students