EDET 636 Impact of Technology

How can data mining assist you in triangulating your research findings? Definition: (noun) T he practice of examining large databases in order to generate new information. (online dictionary) Data mining in education is often referred to as EDM, Educational Data Mining.   "Data mining is about extrapolating patterns and new knowledge from the data you’ve already collected" (Alton)  A lot of companies use data mining to analyse marketing, retail, finances, and manufacturing.  Also the government uses data mining to detect money laundering or fraud. Increase use of technology has led to large amounts of data being stored.  EDM is making it easier to analyze the data to help  identify at risk students, increase graduation rates, assess institutional performance, optimized subject curriculum renewal and better understand students and the settings in which the learn.  The hope is to improve teaching and learning within the educational...

What are the most important things to remember when observing your students? (Infographic) I had fun creating this infographic, I was able to choose my template much faster than the prior week.  I chose to make my infographic as the 8 tips on observations.  I feel that these tips are helpful and good reminders when doing an observation. My eight tips: build relationships, be efficient, use time wisely, collect evidence, comparison, outside influences, frustration and boredom all came from the readings I listed below.  I feel these tips can be used for observations as well as good teaching practices.  All of these tips are important, but for me I feel that time usage is one of the most important tips because if you are rushed you will not make good observations.  If you only do one observation, you are not truly understanding the child and the environment, multiple observations must be done to get a good overall picture.  And finally, being able t...

I really enjoyed this weeks infographic assignment.  At first I thought it would be really easy to create an infographic about interviewing but as I dove in deeper to the pictochart website I quickly learned that it would take longer than I thought.  The infographic provided a nice way to quickly view information about interviewing. This week I was able to comment on others blog post.  My main question to them was where and when are they going to conduct their interviews.  This was a topic that nobody addressed in their blog post.  I'm thinking that I will conduct the interviews outside of my classroom (at the end of a hallway) while the rest of the students stay inside and work.  Since I have high school students, this option should be work okay for me.  I plan on conducting an interview at the beginning and at the end of my research project. What I learned this week.  From Tony's blog I learned that it is important to open with 'ice breaker'...