Create your own Data Stories Club
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Enrollment for clubs is now open. Teachers, parents, and students (high school and college) are encouraged to create their own Data Stories club.
Members have access to the following:
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APPLY TO LAUNCH A CLUB
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October, 2020
Shaping Ideas into Data Stories w/ Amber Thomas, The Pudding
Description: Coming up with ideas that can be turned into data-driven stories can be difficult. Learn where the folks at The Pudding get their story ideas and how they shape a rough idea into something that can be explored with data and visual storytelling.
BIO: Amber Thomas is a Sr. Journalist-Engineer at The Pudding. She spends time away from her keyboard exploring the outdoors around Seattle and hanging upside down in aerial silks.
Description: Coming up with ideas that can be turned into data-driven stories can be difficult. Learn where the folks at The Pudding get their story ideas and how they shape a rough idea into something that can be explored with data and visual storytelling.
BIO: Amber Thomas is a Sr. Journalist-Engineer at The Pudding. She spends time away from her keyboard exploring the outdoors around Seattle and hanging upside down in aerial silks.
data storyteller at storytelling with data w/ Alex Velez, storytelling with data
BIO: Alex has told many stories across the finance, insurance and pharmaceutical industries. She developed this skill both inside and outside of the office; and therefore, believes that everyone—regardless of their training—can benefit from effective communication. Her experience as a dance-fitness instructor and peer educator taught her the importance of crafting messages tailored for the audience. Once she began incorporating this important learning into her more technical roles—data engineering and analysis—she was surprised at the immediate positive reaction to her work. Now, she spends her time assisting others: by helping them tell THEIR data stories!
BIO: Alex has told many stories across the finance, insurance and pharmaceutical industries. She developed this skill both inside and outside of the office; and therefore, believes that everyone—regardless of their training—can benefit from effective communication. Her experience as a dance-fitness instructor and peer educator taught her the importance of crafting messages tailored for the audience. Once she began incorporating this important learning into her more technical roles—data engineering and analysis—she was surprised at the immediate positive reaction to her work. Now, she spends her time assisting others: by helping them tell THEIR data stories!
November, 2020
Data Moves and CODAP w/ Chad Dorsey and Bill Finzer,
The Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium
Weekend Workshops
All Weekend Workshop sessions are held on Saturdays from 10-11:30 am, EST | 7-8:30 am, PST) on Zoom
Registration Required.
Registration Required.
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Session 1: Data Fundamentals
Saturday, October 3rd at 10 am, EST ENCORE: Sunday, October 11th at 4 pm, EST (REGISTER HERE) Workshop covering the basics of data and data analysis - data types, collecting & cleaning data, and performing functions on data. Session 3: Data Visualizations Fundamentals
Saturday, November 7th at 10 am, EST (REGISTER HERE) Workshop on the basics of creating visuals to represent data analyses. Topics include creating charts and graphs, strategies for displaying information in meaningful ways, and tips for creating these tools using Excel and Python. |
Session 2: Exploratory Data Analysis
Saturday, October 17th at 10 am, EST (REGISTER HERE) ENCORE: Sunday, October 24th at 4 pm, EST (REGISTER HERE) Workshop on the basic principles of analyzing data - how to perform exploratory data analysis, what it means in context of the data collected, and how to turn analysis into useful information. Session 4: Core Principles of Storytelling w/ Data
Saturday, November 21st at 10 am, EDT (REGISTER HERE) Workshop on the basics of telling stories with data. Topics include a review of the basics of storytelling, strategies for effective storytelling, and tips for clear communication |
CSTA NYC - Monthly Meeting
Dr. Cameron Fadjo, the Founder of Data Stories, has been invited to give a brief overview of the program during the November 2020 Computer Science Teachers Association of NYC (CSTA NYC) monthly meeting.
Data Stories Community Sessions
for Club Organizers
Club Organizers are invited to participate in weekly training and support sessions for our Club Organizers with our Data Stories Mentor. Each weekly mentorship session is designed to help teachers get the support and guidance they need to lead their own Data Stories Club.
DATES - October 19th and 26th; November 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd
Sessions will be held on Mondays from 6 pm to 7 pm, Eastern (3-4 pm, Pacific) in October and November.
Sessions will be held on Mondays from 6 pm to 7 pm, Eastern (3-4 pm, Pacific) in October and November.
WEEKLY TOPICS
In addition to the free weekend workshops for all Data Stories Club members listed above, you have access to our collection of weekly guides. Each week you can further your exploration of data science and storytelling through hands-on activities, stories about data or stories with data, and customized Learner Guides.
Weeks 1 thru 5 help you explore and discover the basics of data and storytelling. Weeks 6 thru 9 refine and develop your understanding of 'data stories'. The weekly sessions series concludes with an opportunity to share your 'data story' with a panel of industry professionals.
Weeks 1 thru 5 help you explore and discover the basics of data and storytelling. Weeks 6 thru 9 refine and develop your understanding of 'data stories'. The weekly sessions series concludes with an opportunity to share your 'data story' with a panel of industry professionals.
Week 1: Find and Explore DatasetS
What kind of ‘datasets’ are available for analysis? What are the key elements within a dataset (types of data, features of a dataset, etc)? For the first week of your Data Stories Club students will explore a collection of ‘tidy’ datasets. At the end of this session students share the dataset they selected, as well as a few of the questions they want to explore.
Week 2: Get Literate! Reading and Unpacking a Data Story
Communicating with data, as Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic notes in ‘Storytelling with Data’, sits at the intersection of science and art. The second week of your Data Stories Club is all about gaining familiarity with the basics of storytelling with data. Students will be reading stories/articles containing data analyses, making observations, and posing some questions. The goal of this session is to begin thinking about some fundamental themes in a data story -- namely, the importance of context.
Week 3: Deeper Dive Into the Data
To Be Released on Sunday, November 8, 2020
Week 4: Let’s Get Visual
To Be Released on Sunday, November 8, 2020
Week 5: GET DRAFTING: DATASETS, ANALYSES, AND VISUALIZATIONS
To Be Released on Sunday, November 15, 2020
Week 6: GIVE IT SOME POLISH: EMPATHY AND THE ART OF WRITING FOR YOUR AUDIENCE
To Be Released on Sunday, November 15, 2020
Week 7: READY YOUR FINAL SUBMISSION
To Be Released on Sunday, November 22, 2020
Week 8: CLOSING CEREMONIES WITH Judging PANEL
To Be Released on Sunday, November 22, 2020
NEW & NOTEWORTHY
Coming up with ideas that can be turned into data-driven stories can be difficult. Learn where the folks at The Pudding get their story ideas and how they shape a rough idea into something that can be explored with data and visual storytelling.
Data Stories Kick-off EventJoin us on Wednesday, September 30th at 6 pm, ET (3 pm, PT) for our Data Stories Kick-off Event. Our Keynote Speaker will be Jill Sitnick from Microsoft Education.
Event Agenda - Introduction to the Data Stories project and Team (5 min) - Keynote Presentation (20 min) - Program Overview and Key Dates (15 min) |
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Jill Sitnick, Microsoft Education
We are thrilled to announce that Jill Sitnick, an Education Industry Executive from Microsoft, will be our Keynote speaker. She joined Microsoft's U.S. Education Team after 20 years in K-12 where she was a high school English teacher, an Instructional Technologist and the Supervisor of Instructional Technology. Jill specializes in demonstrating, training, and supporting K20 institutions with their technology initiatives for student success. Additionally, as the US Training Partner Program Manager, she assists customers adding Microsoft's education focused programs to their digital learning portfolios.
We are thrilled to announce that Jill Sitnick, an Education Industry Executive from Microsoft, will be our Keynote speaker. She joined Microsoft's U.S. Education Team after 20 years in K-12 where she was a high school English teacher, an Instructional Technologist and the Supervisor of Instructional Technology. Jill specializes in demonstrating, training, and supporting K20 institutions with their technology initiatives for student success. Additionally, as the US Training Partner Program Manager, she assists customers adding Microsoft's education focused programs to their digital learning portfolios.