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Introduce middle and high school teachers to visual analytics via homeland security examples, hands-on modules, and curriculum development. Help teachers identify misinformation in graphics and data, find online resources, and address curriculum needs. The workshop includes sessions on VA definition, examples, good/bad data and visualizations, finding online resources, and integrating VA in the classroom.
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Introduce visualization and data analysis to middle school and high school teachers through homeland security examples, curriculum development and hand-on learning modules. Visualization and Data Analysis Workshop Focus
Define Visual Analytics (VA) and teach participants how they can incorporate VA into their curriculum to enhance learning. • Explain how to identify misinformation within graphics, good & bad visualizations and good & bad data. • Show participants how to find online resources for further explorations. • Determine outstanding teacher curriculum needs and ideas for future workshops. Workshop Goals
8:30-9:00 • Welcome / Workshop Overview • 9:00-10:00 • Session 1: Visual Analytics Definition / Visual Analytics Examples / Good and Bad Data & Visualizations • 10:00-10:15 • Break • 10:15-11:15 • Session 2: Break Outs / Finding Online Resources To Use In the Classroom • 11:15-11:45 • Tour Discovery Learning Research Center (DLRC) • 11:45-12:00 • Break Workshop Agenda
12:00-1:00 • Working Lunch - Vaccine Overview and Demonstration of VACCINE Projects • 1:00-2:00 • Session 3: Current Middle School/High School Visual Analytics Use In the Classroom • 2:00-2:15 • Break • 2:15-3:15 • Session 4: Break Outs and Group Discussion / Using Visual Analytics in the Classroom • 3:15-3:30 • Wrap-Up / Evaluation Workshop Agenda, Cont.