Advancing the Field of Data Science in the Early Childhood Years

The in-person convening included three keynotes:

  • Keynote #1 — Quayisha Clarke, Boston Public Schools: Importance of Self-Awareness, Social Awareness, and Responsible Decision-Making in Data Science for Students during their Early Childhood Years
  • Keynote #2 — Doug Clements and Julie Sarama, University of Denver: The Building Blocks of Data Science: Foundations in Number and Logical Operations 
  • Keynote #3 — Smirla Ramos-Montanez, TERC: From Home to the World: How Families Foster Young Children’s Data Mindsets

List of Attendees

Workshop Co-Facilitators

  • Andee Rubin, Principal Scientist, TERC
  • Marisa Wolsky, Executive Producer and Director of Children’s STEM Media, GBH Kids

Participants

  • Kizzy Albritton, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Margie Gurley Seay Centennial Professorship in Education, University of Texas at Austin.
  • Jessica Rueter Andrews, Director of Strategic Projects, GBH Kids
  • Cindy Ballenger, Lecturer, Tufts University.
  • Alexander Butler, Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University.
  • ** Quayisha Clarke, Elementary School Math Coach, Boston Public Schools.
  • ** Doug Clements, Distinguished University Professor and Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning, University of Denver.
  • Diane Cohen, Director, Education Development, GBH Kids.
  • Guadalupe Díaz Lara, Assistant Professor, Department of Child & Adolescent Studies, California State University, Fullerton.
  • * Karen Economopoulos, TERC, Director of the Investigations Center for Curriculum and Professional Development.
  • Jennifer Fischer-Mueller, Head of School, Martin Trust Partnership in Education for Early Learners.
  • Susan Friedman, Senior Director of Publishing and Content Development, NAEYC.
  • Dorothea Gillim, Executive Producer and Creative Director of GBH Kids, GBH.
  • Marcy Gunther, Executive Producer and Director of Development of GBH Kids, GBH.
  • Mary Haggerty, Director of Media Engagement, GBH.
  • * Connie Henry, Former Elementary Math Program Director, Boston Public Schools.
  • Kristin Hunter-Thomson, Dataspire, Director & Founder.
  • Lisa Jones, General Manager, GBH Kids.
  • Ryan “Seth” Jones, Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University.
  • Hollylynne Lee, Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Education, North Carolina State University.
  • Victor Lee, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technology Design & STEM Education, Stanford University.
  • Joshua Littenberg-Tobias, Director of Research and Evaluation, GBH Kids.
  • Silvia Lovato, Senior Director and Head of Learning & Research, PBS KIDS.
  • Melissa Lucas, Applied Developmental and Educational Psychologist, postdoctoral associate at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and incoming representative on the Ethnic & Racial Issues Committee, SRCD.
  • Anne Lund, Senior Director, Content and Curriculum, PBS KIDS.
  • Eve Manz, Associate Professor, Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.
  • Camillia Matuk, Associate Professor of Educational Communication and Technology, New York University.
  • AnneMarie McClain, Assistant Professor, Boston University.
  • Gigliana Melzi, Developmental Psychologist/ Professor, New York University.
  • Jillian Orr, Media Consultant and former Executive Producer, GBH Kids.
  • Leigh Peake, Chief Education Officer, Gulf of Maine Research Institute.
  • Ashley Lewis Presser, Senior Research Scientist, EDC.
  • **Smirla Ramos-Montanez, Family STEM Learning Researcher, TERC.
  • Deidre Richardson, Independent Consultant, New Jersey.
  • Paula Rauch, Child Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General. Founding Director of the Marjorie E. Korff Parenting At a Challenging Time (PACT) program.
  • **Julie Sarama, Kennedy Endowed Chair of Innovative Learning Technologies, University of Denver.
  • Shawn Stevens, Director, STEM Curriculum and Instruction, GBH Kids.
  • * Angela Chan Turrou, University of California, Los Angeles and a member of the DREME network.
  • X. Christine Wang, Director of the Fisher-Price Early Childhood Research Center, University at Buffalo.
  • Janella Watson, Educational and Organizational Strategist and Researcher, Watson Creative Consulting.

*Denotes organizing committee members
**Denotes keynote speakers

“I particularly found [helpful] the practical examples and insights from videos and experiences, and then reflection on these in our small break out groups (e.g., peer pressure, child-led experiences, working in small groups with children and whole classroom activities) and questions about understanding, developmental stages of diverse groups of children and many more.”

– Convening participant