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Strand Overview

Strand Overview. Data use from several different perspectives Wednesday focus: data use success stories from teachers Thursday focus: role of the ISD, finding and using your own data. Meet the EUP Game! (Eastern Upper Peninsula).

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Strand Overview

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  1. Strand Overview • Data use from several different perspectives • Wednesday focus: data use success stories from teachers • Thursday focus: role of the ISD, finding and using your own data

  2. Meet the EUP Game! (Eastern Upper Peninsula) Rules: Make a guess for each question. The person guessing the closest (under or over) to the correct answer wins candy.

  3. Question 1 How many square miles does our region cover (or how many square miles does our ISD serve)?

  4. Answer: 4,000 square miles http://www.fishweb.com/recreation/snowmobile/trails/graphics/eup.gif

  5. Question 2 Barb lives in Sault Ste. Marie. How far does she have to drive to get to Olive Garden, one of her favorite restaurants?

  6. Answer: 175 miles to Traverse City http://www.olivegarden.com/locator/locationSearchAlt.asp

  7. Question 3 What percent of Brimley’s student population is an ethnic minority?

  8. Answer: 55% Mostly Native American

  9. Question 4 – time for a little math Michelle is our ISD General Education Director, so she drives all over Michigan. According to Google Maps, during which trip would Michelle spend more time in the car (assuming no stops, good driving conditions, and no construction) – Whitefish Point to DeTour or St. Ignace to Lansing AND how much more time?

  10. Answer: Whitefish Point to DeTour = 3 hours 43 minutes St. Ignace to Lansing = 3 hours 37 minutes therefore… Michelle spends 6 more minutes driving from Whitefish Point to DeTour.

  11. Question 5 What percent of St. Ignace students are Native American?

  12. Answer: 61% St. Ignace has the highest percentage of Native Americans in the state.

  13. Question 6 Kristina’s kids want to go to the beach to swim in a Great Lake. They live in Sault Ste. Marie. How many Great Lakes could they swim in during a normal single day and still get in naptime?

  14. Answer: 3 You could swim in Lakes Superior, Huron, and Michigan all in one day easily.

  15. Question 7 What percent of the Upper Peninsula is forest land owned by the federal government, the state, and private forest industry combined?

  16. Answer: 60.3% 20.1% of the UP is forest land owned by the federal government. 19.5% of the UP is forest land owned by the state. 20.7% of the UP is forest land owned by the commercial forest industry, which is 97% of all of the commercially owned forest land in Michigan.

  17. Question 8 If there are 325,000 deer (DNR 2007 estimate) in the entire U.P., how many people are in the U.P.? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B-Pa_XKvoFQ/ReXwHlkcRDI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/ewCQdYVGwd8/s400/Deer+Herd.JPG

  18. Answer According to the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau, there are 308,319 people in the U.P, so the deer win by 16,681! http://www.biconet.com/critter/GIFs/deer_jumping.jpg

  19. Question 9 Match the average annual snowfall amounts with the school district: • Whitefish V. 60 inches • St. Ignace W. 69 inches • DeTour X. 91 inches • Brimley Y. 120 inches • Sault Ste. Marie Z. over 200 inches

  20. Answer Match the average annual snowfall amounts with the school district: • Whitefish Z. over 200 inches • St. Ignace V. 60 inches • DeTour W. 69 inches • Brimley X. 91 inches • Sault Ste. Marie Y. 120 inches

  21. Question 10 So, seriously, how big are the EUP schools? Match the school district to the number of students it serves: • Brimley V. 78 • St. Ignace W. 450 • Sault Ste. Marie X. 500 • Pickford Y. 750 • Mackinac Island Z. 2400

  22. Answer So, seriously, how big the EUP schools? Match the school district to the number of students it serves: • Brimley X. 500 • St. Ignace Y. 750 • Sault Ste. Marie Z. 2400 • Pickford W. 450 • Mackinac Island V. 78

  23. Question 11 When did the first McDonald’s open in the Lower and when in the Upper Peninsula? http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday/archives/mcdonalds1.jpg

  24. Answer Lower = 1953 - the third McDonald’s ever was built in Saginaw, Michigan! Upper = 1980 in Sault Ste. Marie

  25. Question 12 How many times a year do EUPISD curriculum review teams meet to work on curriculum (total days for all curriculum teams combined)? There are representatives from various districts on each team.

  26. Answer: 40 days 10 days per year times 4 teams (social studies, math, science, and ELA)

  27. Realities of 21st Century Education: • Accountability • Data collection – DIBELS, MEAP, MME, PLAN, ASVAB, SAT, ACT, etc., etc., etc. • Technology – allows for access by more people and analysis tools and present data in more user friendly ways • Students deserve our very best including instruction correlated to their academic level

  28. 10:15 to 10:30 Break “The goal is to transform data into information, and information into insight.” ~Carly Fiorina (Executive and president of Hewlett-Packard)

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