CSP Materials
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12 Jan 2014 - 17:29
This is my adaptation from a lesson plan created by Jennie Rountree and Gina McCarley. In my version students take a data collection homework assignment, create an Excel file from raw data, share data to accummulate n=50 in the data set,...
Tags: CSP Lesson plan LO 3.2.1 - Use computing to facilitate exploration and the discovery of connections in information Data
(Resource)
10 Jan 2014 - 23:09
Here are a few videos that I created last school year while teaching selection sorting. The worksheet is from Barbara Ericson, and the tiles idea is not mine. :) The video shows us working through the algorithm using tiles. There is also two...
Tags: algorithm Lecture Video LO 4.4.1 - Evaluate algorithms analytically and empirically PS - 15-16 - Sorted and unsorted lists Ready to use selection sorting Algorithms Concept explanation Data Student activity Unit 5: Computing and Data Analysis
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10 Jan 2014 - 23:01
Here are a few videos that I created last school year while teaching insertion sorting. The worksheet is from Barbara Ericson, and the tiles idea is not mine. :) The first video shows a trace through the selection sort algorithm. The worksheet...
Tags: algorithm Curriculum data insertion Lecture Video LO 4.4.1 - Evaluate algorithms analytically and empirically PS - 15-16 - Sorted and unsorted lists Ready to use sorting Data Student activity Unit 5: Computing and Data Analysis
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:17
Basic Statistics: Resource Description: A chapter on basic statistical measurements for use in the data analysis projects.
Tags: CSP data LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Data Student reading
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28 Oct 2013 - 21:11
Datavisualization.ch: Resources Description: A list of data visualization resources and tools as well as examples from a wide array of data visualizations from Datavisualization.ch.
Tags: CSP data LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Data Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:02
Data Pitfalls: Reading Description: An explanation and prescription for common mistakes associated with "big" data analysis and reporting.
Tags: CSP data LO 7.3.1 - Analyze the beneficial and harmful effects of computing BYOB/SNAP! Data Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 16:39
Project Instructions Sample Proposal Required Project Readings: Visualization 1 Visualization 2 Useful Date Sites Description: Computing enables and empowers new methods of information processing that have led to monumental...
Tags: CSP data LO 3.2.2 - Use large data sets to explore and discover information and knowledge BYOB/SNAP! Data Impact Student projects Programming
(Resource book)
25 Nov 2013 - 21:57
Lab Instructions Highlights: Learn how a computer can supplement your own thinking for drawing conclusions from data Experience how patterns can emerge from computational processing of data
Tags: CSP Curriculum data Lesson plan LO 3.3.1 - Analyze the considerations involved in the computational manipulation of information BYOB/SNAP! Data Student activity
(Discussion)
22 Nov 2013 - 19:45
An exceprt from a local parent group in Chicago is pasted below. This issue has generated great discussion in my classes on data, privacy, ethics and more. inBloom Forum: New York Parent activist Leonie Haimson shared a lot of great...
(Discussion)
15 Nov 2013 - 11:33
My esteemed colleague Jenny Roscoe found a great infographic about percentage of women in tech jobs over the past few years. I thought I'd pass it along here... http://goo.gl/8VVJwc Jeff
