Misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation. Datasets large and small are embedded in our lives - in our teaching, our healthcare, our understanding of our history and ourselves. Data Literacy is essential in our STEM content and beyond - but what does it mean? How do we translate and incorporate essential data science skills and understandings into our classrooms? Join us this year for a free think tank series co-hosted by NYSCI and STEMteachersNYC, to turn essential data science concepts and skills into effective classroom practice.

The DataWise K12 Project brings together the experience, expertise, community and creativity of STEMteachersNYC, DA4All and NYSCI to open a space for data scientists and teachers to collaborate on bringing context and curriculum bridges to the DS4All Core Competencies, with the goal of bringing a K-12 practice-driven lens to turning the competencies into learning progressions and curriculum.

A collaborative project building on the NYSCI-DS4All data science core competencies framework of Concepts Practices and Perspectives, and the STEMteachersNYC model of practice-driven community learning, DataWise K12 hopes to establish the foundation of progressions in data literacy through the experiences of teachers and their students. We are grateful to the teachers who will share their data-based units, to the data scientists and tool developers who will showcase their work, and to you, for helping dig into what data literacy means in our classrooms, and how to make it accessible to our students.

Participants are invited to bring or submit datasets, lessons and/or questions in advance for discussion and feedback during each meeting.

WHEN & WHERE
> First meeting October 17, 10:00am-12:30pm
> Meets monthly on alternating weekend days, from October to April.
> Meetings take place in-person at NYSCI in Queens (limited seating); hybrid option is available. Join us for one or all sessions.

For more information please contact info@stemteachersnyc.org