I have a new addition to my office …. A Data Wall!
I invite anyone to stop by and we can talk data, projects and ideas you have. Or we can have fun just going down data rabbit holes (that can be great practice in data literacy). My goal is to keep this wall current and constantly updated with information anyone could take away and use for their classrooms.
I am currently enjoying Shafir and Dugan’s Street Data: A Next Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy and Social Transformation. This book shows how we could re-imagine schools by looking at data differently to understand tough concepts like equity, awareness, and coherence. The book frames big ideas in terms of “core stances” and the one that struck a cord for me was vulnerability. One of the principals interviewed in the books says, ” …I started letting go of the pressure to be right all the time, or to have the answers. I allowed myself (and my staff) to innovate, to liberate, and we started getting somewhere. That begins with vulnerability”. The Data Wall will shine light on our strengths and areas where we need to grow. I am challenging myself to be vulnerable with you ( I definitely don’t have all the answers) and I am ready to innovate and experiment, if you are.
Another goal of mine is to blog more frequently about data trends and projects I am working on. I also want to start getting serious about Tech Tools and how we can unleash the power of data and make data work for you.
Please stop by and let’s talk data!
I love your data wall… I wonder if we need to have be more central… or wondering if we could make it virtual… line a TV screen that connects to google slides… for faculty room (I have a TV we could dedicate to the cause)