eCOTS is underway and now it's your turn!
eCOTS is now underway! This is a participant-centered conference and we want to hear your thoughts, questions, experiences, and ideas! One great way to participate is through the eCOTS Social Media Challenge - this year using Padlet technology. Post your comments and critiques in text or media at
https://padlet.com/ekendriss/eCOTS16_Monday
There will be a new padlet each day and each day that you post will give you another ticket in a random drawing for great Statistics Education prizes.
Another great way to actively participate is by posting comments on the virtual posters and entering questions in the chat windows during the eCOTS keynotes, sessions, and workshops. "See" you at eCOTS!
eCOTS starts on Monday morning and runs all week with 40 hours of statistics education programming under the theme of "Changing with Technology." It's a terrific bargain that you don't want to miss. Check out the program at www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots16/program and register today. Registering will let you participate in the live presentations and workshops, watch and listen to the archived presentations before they are released to the public, participate in the eCOTS Social Media Challenge, and participate in a regional conference near you.
Plus - the program is amazing, featuring keynote presentations by Andrew Gelman and Michael Jordan; 3 workshops disseminating NSF funded projects; 5 panel discussions on hot topics in statistics education; 18 lively breakout sessions; 8 birds-of-a-feather small group discussions; and 34 virtual posters.
This year our Social Media Challenge is Changed with Padlet Technology!
Each day of eCOTS, look for a link to be posted and tweeted out with the hashtag #eCOTS16, and join in the daily discussion Padlet on a topic relating to the theme, or an important event during that day. A double-click is all it takes to add audio, video, image, link, document or text. It can even be done from your smartphone. For each day you contribute to the discussion, we will add one virtual ticket with your name to the random prize drawing (first place is a free registration or one night's lodging for USCOTS 2017). So be sure to put your #nameonit, as I tell my students!
Kay Endriss
Coordinator, CAUSE Social Media Competitions
It’s not too late to register for eCOTS!
eCOTS is now just one week away. Check out the program at https://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots16/program featuring keynote presentations by Andrew Gelman and Michael Jordan; 3 workshops disseminating NSF funded projects; 5 panel discussions on hot topics in statistics education; 18 lively breakout sessions; 8 birds-of-a-feather small group discussions; and 34 virtual posters. With nearly 40 hours of programming, eCOTS is a tremendous bargain – made even better with registration discounts for high school teachers, two-year college instructors, graduate students, and faculty and staff affiliated with CAUSE institutional members. On top of that, when you register, you can sign up for one of eight exciting regional conferences taking place at a location near you – and those are offered free with your eCOTS registration.
Dear Colleagues,
The Journal of Statistics Education (an ASA publication) is happy to announce its first issue for 2016! As you may know already, starting with this issue, JSE is being published by the Taylor & Francis Group. Here is the link for the current issue: Journal of Statistics Education - Volume 24, Issue 1 ( tandfonline.com/toc/ujse20/current). This issue includes three regular articles, one Research in K-12 Statistics Education article, and an interview by Allan J. Rossman with Robert W. Hayden. I hope you enjoy reading this issue, and welcome your feedback.
The older issues can still be accessed at the link: Journal of Statistics Education (JSE) Home Page
There are several other exciting developments on the way for JSE. Please stay tuned for more information. Remember, you can request to join JSE’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/groups/486553198048126/... or follow JSE on Twitter (@JStatEd).
Enjoy!
- Soma ------------------------------
Soma Roy
Editor, Journal of Statistics Education Associate Professor,
Statistics Department
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo CA 93407
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is happy to announce our first Cartoon Caption Contest. Each month cartoons, drawn by British cartoonist John Landers, will be posted for you and your students to suggest statistical captions. The first cartoon and the entry rules for the contest ending June 1 are at
https://www.causeweb.org/cause/caption-contest/june/2016/submissions#
The best captions will be posted on CAUSEweb and the winner(s) will receive their choice of a coffee mug or t-shirt imprinted with the cartoon or free registration to eCOTS 2018.
Enjoy.
The Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS) hosted by CAUSE will take place May 16 -20th, 2016, with the theme “Changing with Technology”. eCOTS 2016 includes keynote presentations by Andrew Gelman and Michael Jordan, 3 workshops disseminating the innovations of NSF supported projects, 18 active half-hour breakout sessions, 34 virtual poster presentations, 5 panel discussions on hot topics in teaching with technology, 8 birds-of-a-feather small group discussions, and nine one-day regional conferences happening around the country.
So sign up for eCOTS and the regional conference near you today !
For more details and to register, go to www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots16/ .
CAUSE (Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education) the American Statistical Association are happy to announce the seventh annual undergraduate statistics project competition (USPROC). Project submission for the May 31 , 2016 deadline is now open! Cash prizes and an invitation to give a plenary talk at the annual electronic undergraduate statistics conference will be provided for all winners. Learn more here: www.causeweb.org/usproc
Think about your students this semester in all levels of statistics courses, as well as summer and independent research students. Competition tracks for all student levels are available.
The purpose of USPROC is to encourage the development of data analysis skills, to enhance presentation skills, and to recognize outstanding work by undergraduate statistics students.
There are two main categories for submissions to the competition.
Undergraduate Statistics Class Project Competition (USCLAP): This competition is for undergraduate students who are taking an applied statistics course(s) at introductory, or intermediate levels, in which a class project is part of the course work (either required or optional).
Undergraduate Statistics Research Project Competition (USRESP): This competition is for undergraduate students who conduct research projects that are statistically related, either methodological or applied. The types of research projects may include research work from REU research projects, senior capstone research projects, or independent research projects that are not based on a specific course that students are taking.
A promotional poster you can display in your department is attached.
Save the date of October 21 , 2016 for the second annual electronic undergraduate statistics conference where winners will present and all students will have the opportunity to give an e-poster about their project.
Please register for The Bubble Project on Apr 26, 2016 2:00 PM EDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7798764881328076289
Presented by: Pamela Fellers, Grinnell College
Abstract: Many statistics courses incorporate a final project into the semester which typically begins mid-semester with the bulk of the work in the last few weeks. These projects often involve content from the first few weeks of class which students sometimes struggle with application to their final projects (e.g. data collection, numerical and graphical summaries, etc.) This webinar will present an example of how a short-term project has been incorporated into the first few weeks of the class as a way of gaining additional exposure to these early concepts as well as preparing the students for their larger-scale final projects.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar .
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The new CAUSEweb is now live! Check out our newly redesigned website at www.CAUSEweb.org and get involved. Set up an account and add yourself to the Statistics Education Map. Register for eCOTS and one of the affiliated regional conferences taking place that week in your area. Have your students take part in the USPROC competition and the A-Mu-sing contest. Suggest a resource for the new Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences portal by entering the TSHS innovation challenge. Rate and review items in our resources library and suggest a new item for us to include. And don’t forget to stop by often as new resources will be added every day. The support of the Statistics Education Community will keep CAUSEweb free, growing, and helpful - let us know if you see something broken or have an idea for improvement.
