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2012 Horizon Report | EDUCAUSE - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 19 Feb 12
     
    The horizon report is an annual look at emerging technologies that are impacting education. I find it a useful resource for understanding how science and science education are shifting.
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Helping Everyone Create with Computing: Video of C5 Talk « Computing Educatio... - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 15 Feb 12
     
    This talk addresses a wide range of issues in computer science education. The primary argument is that there are a set of skills that transcend the discipline and should be part of everyones skill set. I see lots of parallels with data literacy.  Presented by Mark Guzdial, a professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Rapid Visual Inventory & Comparison of Complex 3D Structures - YouTube - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 14 Feb 12
     
    This is an interesting look at how representations can influence perception. The claim is that by making it easy to move from a structurally accurate model to an intermediate level of abstraction viewers can more easily make quantitative comparisons. 
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Scale of the Universe 2 - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 14 Feb 12
     
    Part of data literacy my involve dealing with very large (and very small) number. This intriguing animation deals with the largest and the smallest objects known to humans.
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- Citizen Science Central - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 12 Feb 12
     
    This looks like a great opportunity to engage with like minded folks about citizen science projects.
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As genomics data approaches exascale, cloud could save the day - Cloud Computing News - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 12 Feb 12
     
    This article has descriptions of estimated changes in the expense and speed for genomic sequencing and interpretation.
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PCAST Remedy for Undergraduate Science Is a Tall Order - ScienceInsider - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 08 Feb 12
     
    President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recommends changing the culture of undergraduate science education.
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Report of a Workshop of Pedagogical Aspects of Computational Thinking - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 08 Feb 12
     
    I think that this has some deep parallels to scientific data literacy. The focus on pedagogy is very interesting.
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dataists » A Taxonomy of Data Science - 0 views

www.dataists.com/...a-taxonomy-of-data-science data scientist
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  • Sam Donovan on 07 Feb 12
     
    Are some of the skills listed here appropriate for what we expect future scientists to be able to do?
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The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 07 Feb 12
     
    This essay by Chris Anderson at Wired is a couple of years old - but it just shows he was ahead of the game.
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Cliff Konold: Data Visualization: Learning to See the Invisible - YouTube - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 07 Feb 12
     
    Great discussion of some of the ways that Cliff's research engages students in thinking about error, variation, repeated measures, and the relationships between models and data.
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Bill Finzer: The Data Science Education Dilemma - YouTube - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 07 Feb 12
     
    A nice introduction to data deluge, data science, and data literacy in education.
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SearchReSearch: What does it mean to be literate? - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 06 Feb 12
     
    This captures parts of what I mean when I use the term scientific data literacy. 
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Home | Data Basin - 0 views

databasin.org maps data
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  • Sam Donovan on 06 Feb 12
     
    "Data Basin is a free, online system that connects users with spatial datasets, tools, and expertise. Individuals and organization can explore and download a vast library of datasets, upload their own data, create and publish analysis, utilize working groups, and produce customized maps that can be easily shared."
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Data scientists or data composers? Four steps to a symphony of data « Dataspora - 0 views

www.dataspora.com/...a-scientists-or-data-composers data scientist
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  • Sam Donovan on 06 Feb 12
     
    Develops the analogy of a data scientist to a composer.
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Google Public Data Explorer - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 05 Feb 12
     
    Collections of public data sets and tools for exploring them. You can learn more in the blog post announcing Public Data Explorer.
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Welcome | Teaching with Data (QSSDL) - 0 views

teachingwithdata.org/...welcome.action interdisciplinary curriculum
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  • Sam Donovan on 05 Feb 12
     
    This is a collection of resources focused on infusing quantitative literacy into the social science curriculum.
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Too Big to Know: David Weinberger explains how knowledge works in the Internet age - Bo... - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 05 Feb 12
     
    This is a review of David Weinberger's new book, Too Big to Know by Cory Doctorow. The book deals with the changing nature of knowledge in the emerging information environment.
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dataists » The Data Science Venn Diagram - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 05 Feb 12
     
    This blog entry describes the skill set of a data scientist with a venn diagram.
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Special Online Collection: Dealing with Data - 0 views

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  • Sam Donovan on 05 Feb 12
     
    The Feb 11 2011 issue of Science focused on issues around the volume of research data and how it is changing the ways we do science.
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