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CALGARY TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE(CTCC) and HYATT - address and driving directions

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*****SESSION EVALUATIONS WILL CLOSE FRIDAY MARCH 3rd*****

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Thursday, February 23 • 11:45am - 1:00pm
Teaching Statistics in Math and Science with Code and Data Science

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An understanding of statistics is becoming increasingly important in our world, and as math and science teachers we have an opportunity to develop student competencies in this area. We'll look at ways to incorporate statistics and data analytics into curricular outcomes, explore available resources, and talk about how you and your students can analyse data with Python in Jupyter notebooks (for free) through the Callysto project.

Session attendees will be introduced to and shared scaffolded and differentiated Callysto classroom resources to support teaching of statistics in the classroom with open data and programming code. Attendees will also learn about the role of statistics in machine learning and artificial intelligence applications, and how statistics and data can be used to think critically and make data informed decisions.

Speakers
avatar for Byron Chu

Byron Chu

Director, Data Science, Cybera Inc.
Byron has PhD in Biochemistry and today he applies the same scientific principles to data and cloud-enabled projects. Since 2018, he has led the Callysto project in training teachers across Canada on bringing open data and data literacy into their classrooms.
avatar for Mary Grant

Mary Grant

Education Specialist, Callysto
Mary has a Masters in Educational Technology from the University of British Columbia. She took her passion for technology-supported instruction and Digital Literacy studies to local and international schools. As an Education Specialist for Callysto, she advocates the power of data... Read More →


Thursday February 23, 2023 11:45am - 1:00pm MST
Glen 209 CTCC
  Mathematics (TQS 3), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12) |   Career & Technology Studies/Foundations (TQS 3), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)