Announcing the COTS 2022 Activity Contest!
This contest is a call for lesson plans inspired by the theme “Preparing the Modern
Student”.
We are interested in activities in the four tracks.
1. Statistical and Data Literacy for the Modern Student – what every student needs to know
in personal and professional lives.
2. Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice in data science and statistics.
3. Preparing Mentors, Leaders, and Teachers for tomorrow.
4. The (old and new) skills are needed for the modern data scientist and statistician.
5. Other.
The lesson plan should include the appropriate materials needed by both students
and teachers. As examples a good lesson plan might include: instructions for the
students to carry out the activity, instructor tips, learning objectives, time to
complete the activity, resources needed to complete the activity, recommended
course, in class or out-of-class use for the activity and skills required. The lesson
plan should be accompanied by a grading rubric for any assessment. Lesson plans
should be submitted by April 15th, 2022.
The top two winners will present their activity in a 30-minute breakout session
during eCOTS 2022 from May 23rd to May 26th. The lesson plans will be judged by a
panel of educators. All decisions by judges are final. There will be a cash award for
the top two winners.
Please contact Megan Mocko at Megan.Mocko@warrington.ufl.edu if you have any
questions.