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enhancing the use of digital data in secondary schools

An ARC funded research project [DP190102286] involving researchers from Monash University & Deakin University

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“We’re an infrastructure black hole” – the technical challenges of maintaining a school’s data resiliency

The datafication of schooling relies on schools having robust, functioning computer and data infrastructures. In our investigations of the work involved in school data,…

The behind-the-scenes work of producing school data (part 1) … Brookdale’s ‘Student Attendance’ app

The flow of data around a school relies on considerable amounts of behind-the-scenes ‘invisible’ work.  Following the lead of Susan…

The importance of ‘number narratives’ in school use of data

School data is rarely the subject of sophisticated quantitative analysis by teachers. Very few staff are statistically proficient enough to…

Data infrastructures … are schools being sold short?

Even when things  seem to be working smoothly on the surface, the data systems of every school are invariably in…

Is ‘my’ data good for me? A brief checklist…

In light of recent discussions of the rights and wrongs of domestic data-based technologies such as Amazon Ring, the following…

Thank God we have all this data … said no teacher ever

[Interview with Psychology teacher – Brookdale High School] “Do you know what?  There’s a meme in our staffroom that’s someone’s…

Infrastructure, software and other materialisations of school data

Despite seeming like an ephemeral topic, there are various tangible aspects of ‘school data’ that we can examine. First is…

Schools doing data on their own terms?

Throughout our investigations, we have seen instances of what might seem to be shoddy data practices. Yet, what might appear…

No time for ‘interesting’ analyses?

A recurring theme throughout our investigations so far is the limited ambitions that most people in schools seem to have…

Data in schools: timing is everything

An interesting tension point emerging from our research relates to time and temporality – specifically, the temporal disparity between how…

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