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Learning Connections Champions Conference

Learning Connections Champions Conference. January 25 , 2008 York University. TinkerPlots and SmartBoards. Sharman Howes Numeracy Facilitator Learning Connections. Data has the capacity to reveal strength and weaknesses, failure and success. (Schmoker 1999, p.39).

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Learning Connections Champions Conference

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  1. Learning ConnectionsChampions Conference January 25 , 2008 York University

  2. TinkerPlots and SmartBoards Sharman Howes Numeracy Facilitator Learning Connections

  3. Data has the capacity to reveal strength and weaknesses, failure and success. (Schmoker 1999, p.39)

  4. Tracking Primary Students

  5. What is TinkerPlots ? • Dynamic statistical software • Developed for students Gr 4 – 8 • Referred to in Ontario Math curriculum • Allows students to use data to investigate and hypothesize

  6. Features of TinkerPlots Software • Movies • Help files • Exploring Data Starters • Data and Demos

  7. TinkerPlots

  8. Sources of Data • Included in the software • Entered manually • Imported from other files such as Excel or internet site (EQAO)

  9. Data can be acquired from: • EQAO/ IIR • Report cards • SIS • Manually entered • Any spreadsheet file

  10. At The School level

  11. A student’s Data Card, that is analogous to a baseball card, showing standard grades like win-loss records, but also a variety of significant, specific indicators, interventions and results. (Wiggins, in Schmoker 1999, p.87

  12. Grade 1 – 3 Results for Alphakids Feb

  13. What can we celebrate? Alphakids June Alphakids Oct

  14. Useful for Teachers • Teachers use of TinkerPlots, to build data walls and to help pose and answer questions about the data, would model student learning about data analysis.

  15. Sources of data • Census at School • Statscan • Swivel.com • Gapminder.com • Notebook lessons

  16. SMARTBoard An Interactive Whiteboard

  17. SMART Board Tutorials • SMART Board • Powerpoint • Notebook Software

  18. Many support sites exist • SMARTBoard Templates • www.pdtogo.com

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