CLAS 2021 - Learning Analytics Summit

Everyone has a role to play in data science, but how do you put data into action? Learn how to create stories that drive real change using data. You’ll leave this talk with tangible ideas for how to make your next presentation, report, or conversation about data more compelling.

When leaders develop a plan for progress, they are consistently met with a host of reactive feelings and behaviors. Yet, planning for those reactions to build motivation and ensure success is often limited. In this session, leaders will learn to spark curiosity through an investigative lens that sticks. Participants will learn to build 'initiative momentum' through an entanglement with relevant data that provides a sense of meaning and purpose.

In the School District of Pickens County (SDPC), instructional and technology services collaborate to gather data to inform decision-making while supporting school leaders and teachers. Join us as we explore the ways we use ClassLink Analytics and Analytics+ in addition to our own custom dashboards and web application data. We’ll share our pain points around data collection and interpretation and our future plans to use data for MTSS.

ClassLink is introducing a modern security reporting console to help you diagnose your user’s security options and enforce security policies. This session will give you a look inside the upcoming security module designed to assist you in your security needs. Join to learn more on how this upcoming tool works and what the future holds for it.

Research and data help drive decisions across industries, including education, making it a powerful tool. However, data does not always give the full picture and may paint a misleading picture. This session will highlight the need to critically examine data and research designs. Using a study on children’s learning and music, participants will see how easily data can be misinterpreted. Join this session to learn the importance of self-reflection in research, understanding the participating population, clearly defining variables, and knowing what is (or is not) being assessed and measured.

Join this session to learn the frameworks for data and usage discussions such as PD, purchasing decisions, ROI, the benefits of using and accessing tools via ClassLink, and how to bridge the gap between curriculum and technology teams.

In this session we'll learn how organizations are doing more than reporting with data—like using timely information to drive individualized interventions and maximizing their connections with participants. Looking at real examples of how districts are using Grouptrail to add additional dimensions to their programming, we'll see how, starting with rostering, you can create new tools that allow staff to connect with targeted groups of students and hold educators accountable even when rolling out tools to 58,000 students.

Learn how to differentiate instruction by creating individual goals for students with their data. In this session, you’ll discover how to design instructional activities to be intentional and purposeful with time spent on instructional objectives for each student.

Atlanta Public Schools (APS) provide two critical tools to support the use of data to drive improvement in student outcomes. Join this session to learn how and why APS created APS Insights and APS Graphs to provide real-time insight into school and student profiles. Discover how you can use data to inform how best to serve students and improve student outcomes.

School districts may be receiving a lot of funding relief for their technology programs now, but what happens when the extra funding runs out? Attend this session with former Chief Technology and Information Officers to learn what you should be doing now to prevent your school district from making purchases that they will not be able to sustain in the future. What technology initiatives from the past should you sunset? What systems of support should you be building? How can you use ClassLink Analytics to guide your decision-making process? Come and join the conversation.

How safe is your data? From Multi-Factor Authentication to OneSync, join ClassLink’s security expert Jeff Janover on how ClassLink can strengthen your district’s plan for a secure and sustainable future.

School districts use a magnitude of instructional technology products to get their jobs done. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to track return on investment (ROI) and district goals for product usage? Voila—ClassLink has a way! Join this session to learn how to track product expenditures, set instructional goals within each product, and export this data for your next conversation with your Superintendent and School Board!

Each year, school districts implement thousands of digital resources without a clear consensus on their purpose or an implementation strategy. While more digital resources may seem valuable for students and teachers alike, too many under-utilized or misused resources ultimately cost districts time, money, and student learning opportunities. Join this session to learn how your organization can make better decisions around digital resources using intentional and collaborative processes.

According to recent survey and research data, the number of educators reporting that most of their learning materials are digital has almost doubled since 2020, growing from 34% to 64% this year. In this session, Farheen Mohammad from Digital Promise breaks down this data and what it means for the relationships between teachers and curriculum departments. Learn how curriculum teams and teachers can work together using data-informed decisions to improve learning and support students—all through ClassLink.