This past weekend I attended the Association of California School Administrations Region 17 Annual Conference at my alum mater Concordia University, Irvine. During the conference, I got to listen to George Couros, a well-known educational leader who has made large contributions to the field of education and education technology. I am in agreement with almost … Continue reading Being “Data-Driven” is More Than Just Quantitative Data
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The Power of Analyzing Statewide Education Data: Self-Affirming Conclusions that Prompt Us to Dig Deeper Into the Data
Data is powerful, especially in the realm of education. At times, it may be self-affirming while on the other hand, it makes you question your current practices and policies because the data identifies further ramifications that make us have to dig deeper to determine what’s going on as well as devising solutions to the problems we face as educators. But, most importantly, it tells a story about the students we serve, which then we are called to do something about it as teachers and administrators. Over the last few days, I have been able to analyze several data sets that have been collected from the California Department of Education. The data sets I analyzed encompass all of the 2018 California K-12 School demographics, state testing scores, attendance rates, suspension rates, and funding mechanisms. My goal was to transform the data into several self-affirming stories of what the data is telling us as well as how we dig deeper into the stories the data is illustrating to determine new insights into we how to solve the problems we have identified.
Doctoral Defense – Mission Accomplished & A Short Version of my Study’s Findings/Conclusions
My experience defending my dissertation as well as a short version of my study's findings!
New Book: Igniting Your Teaching with Educational Technology – A Resource for New Teachers
A New Book! I would like to announce the release of Igniting Your Teaching with Educational Technology: A Resource for New Teachers I helped write with my doctoral cohort. As a cohort, we worked extremely hard to complete this project over the course of the last quarter. I am proud of our accomplishment and I extremely … Continue reading New Book: Igniting Your Teaching with Educational Technology – A Resource for New Teachers
Where are we in Education Today? Big Data and Educational Data Mining
Background of Big Data and Educational Data Mining
History of Data Mining
This blogpost is about the history of data mining...
How does Data Mining work?
In this blogpost, I will discuss how data mining works within the knowledge discovery process.
Data Mining in Education: Techniques and Applications
In this post I will discuss educational data mining and its techniques and applications.