Curated list of data repositories for classroom data collection¶

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Description¶

The session defines a data repository as "a place that holds data, makes data available to use, and organizes data in a logical manner," possibly a subject-specific location where researchers submit data. It supplies a linked list of repositories including data.gov, US Census Bureau, Google Trends, Kaggle, FiveThirtyEight, USGS, and Harvard Dataverse for teacher and student use.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Internet access to reach the linked repository sites

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Teachers of grades 3-8 and their students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Collecting and identifying relevant data sets

Related Elements¶

• Information Studies Taxonomy: a faceted organizational taxonomy for a digital repository
• EarthTime data visualizations provide interactive, time-lapse representations of large data sets for classroom discovery
• Civic Online Reasoning video library supports teaching accurate online data evaluation
• DataShop educational data repository and analysis platform
• PSLC DataShop public repository of online learning data

Examples¶

• Curating Resources
• Organized Online Resources
• Curated Material Selection
• Provide easily accessible resource repositories and assessment tools to reduce teachers' time spent searching for and adapting OpenSciEd materials

Key Sources¶

• Computational Thinking Boosters: Data & Analysis in 3-8. (2020). Webinar slide deck, NSF grant #1923314. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/?AwardId=1923314