Apps4VA: Effecting Change Through Creative Data Use
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How Apps4VA teachers, students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and the public are using data to engage and connect
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Effec�ng Change Through Crea�ve Data Use
What’s it all about?
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Engaging and Connec�ng: Developers
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the Public
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Program Goals
Raise awareness of the availability of the Virginia Longitudinal Data System (VLDS)
Develop new and innova�ve ways to use VLDS Data
Engage the public and increase transparency
Apps4VA stems from a federal grant funded through ARRA “to support the development and implementa�on of a data system that tracks students from early childhood to post secondary and beyond.” The VLDS integrates student and workforce data from across the Commonwealth.
Program Components
EVENTS COMPETITIONS
Open Competition High School Competition
BEST PRACTICES RESEARCH
Permission: Kin Lane
Privacy-‐Protected Data
School Enrollment Data Special Educa�on Student Data State Assessment Result Data (SOLS) Career and Technical Educa�on Program Data Graduate, Completer, and Dropout Data Postsecondary Enrollment and Comple�on Data
Metadata are provided for each data element.
Cell suppression rules are used when there are fewer than 10 students in a group.
Use of other publically-‐available data sets for Mashups was encouraged.
100 par�cipants / >30 mentors Educa�on-‐related businesses 37 Pitches 13 Teams launched
Events
Hosted by:
Let’s Get Snacks: Fresh fruit, dried fruit, beef jerky, ramen
noodles, string cheese, chips, brownies, cookies, chicken
nuggets, granola bars, candy
“I learned to tweet.”
DRESS CODE
And the winners are …
DATA PRIZE Edunomics: "The Freakonomics of Educa�on."
A Microso�-‐based online service that aggregates publicly available data for a visual representa�on of user-‐selected facts.
Graphically represents rela�onships such as how teen pregnancy affects dropout rates from unrelated datasets. Although the ini�al focus was educa�on,
Edunomics may be adapted for any industry.
Events
Simultaneous Hackathons!
6:00 p.m. Friday 10/19 – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 10/20
Richmond Charlo�esville Roanoke/Blacksburg Norfolk
Entries must use one or more of the required datasets here: h�p://www.doe.virginia.gov/sta�s�cs_reports/research_data/index.shtml
Linked Live via Webcast!
$$ CASH PRIZES $$
Simultaneous Hackathons!
27 individuals formed 12 teams VDOE staff served as mentors
Prizes: Best in Commonwealth 2nd Place Regional Winners Hackers Choice
Open Compe��on
Apps4VA Open Compe��on
Eligibility Open to all members of the public Types Working prototype with narra�ve (user manual).
Mashups accepted
$$ CASH PRIZES $$
MUST USE ONE OR MORE EXPOSED EDUCATION DATASETS!
CAN USE OTHER PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE DATA.
15 Submissions Submi�ed
High School Compe��on
Apps4VA High School Compe��on
Eligibility Open to all Virginia public high school students – individuals or teams
Types Outline in a presenta�on a so�ware applica�on or create an actual so�ware applica�on. Mashups accepted
MUST USE ONE OR MORE EXPOSED EDUCATION DATASETS!
CAN USE OTHER PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE DATA.
$$ CASH PRIZES FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR
SCHOOLS$$
11 Submissions Submi�ed
Sponsors
Apps Spinoffs
CS 474: Database Design and Applica�on James Madison University, Spring 2013 Semester
April 5-‐7, 2013 Charlo�esville, VA
Student Codeathon! April 20, 2013
What’s Next?
Like Us/Follow Us!
Facebook: h�p://www.facebook.com/apps4va
Twi�er: @apps4va Twi�er Episodes: #datapreso
www.apps4va.org Bethann Canada
Director, Educa�onal Informa�on Management Virginia Department of Educa�on [email protected]
