Maximizing Data and Data Services
Monday, October 14, 2013
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Overview
• What are the top information technology
trends right now?
• What is the direction and emphasis on data
at the federal level?
• What resources and tools exist to act and
handle data?
• What are your needs around data NOW?
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What are the top IT trends now?
There are four major trends:
• Expansion of mobile smart devices
(Smartphone and Tablets)
• Social media sites and implementation in
applications
• Cloud Computing and Storage
• Big Data
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Social Media User Highlights
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Facebook: 1.11 billion users
Google+: 343 million active users
Twitter: 500 million total users
LinkedIn: 225 millions users
YouTube: 1 billion users, 4 billion views/day
Instagram: 100 million users, 4 billion photos
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Cloud Computing and Storage
• Personal Cloud will replace
PCs for personal content
storage; allows access across
multiple devices
• Mobile OS offers Personal
Cloud as its core ecosystem
• Applications are going to have more cloud
storage integration
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Personal Cloud Providers
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Cloud Computing
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What is Big Data?
• Historically, we started from a reasonable
amount of data exchanged on the web and
we are now facing challenges for huge
storage for data exchanged. Hence, the rise
of Big Data.
• Big Data refers to data sets for which size is
beyond the ability of commonly used software
tools to capture, manage, and process within
a tolerable elapsed time (Wikipedia)
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Are you taking advantage of these
trends?
• Mobile smart devices are becoming the norm;
look for opportunities to support multiple
devices
• Social Media is a key in communication,
marketing and sales; don’t ignore it –
integrate it
• Cloud computing and storage can reduce
costs and increase accessibility
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What is the Federal focus on Data?
The State and Territory Administrators Meeting (2013)
Session Titles:
• Office of Child Care (OCC) Strategic Framework Pathway to Measuring Results
• Collecting and Using Workforce Data To Inform State
Professional Development Systems
• Using the INQUIRE Data Toolkit for Linking Policy and
Monitoring and Evaluation Questions: The Quality
Performance Report as an Example
• Data-Driven Decision making: OCC Vision for
Quality Data in Action
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What tools and resources around data
are available?
Early Childhood Data Collaborative
• Promote policies and practices that support the
development and use of coordinated, longitudinal
early care and education state data systems
• Working with states to transform data systems:
– From compliance-driven to improvement-driven data
systems
– From fragmented data silos to coordinated data
systems
– From “snapshot” data to longitudinal data systems
• Workforce Data Systems Alignment Project
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What tools and resources around data
are available?
Quality Initiatives Research and Evaluation Consortium (INQUIRE)
• Early Childhood Data: Building Strong Foundation | Webinar
Series:
– Webinar: Overview and Application of the INQUIRE Data Tools to
Support High Quality Early Care and Education Data (March 20,
2013)
– Data Management Webinar: Developing Data Governance
Structures (May 6, 2013)
– Data Management Webinar: Best Practices for Producing High
Quality Data (May 16, 2013)
• INQUIRE Data Toolkit* (Available September 2013)
Recorded Webinars Available for viewing at:
http://www.researchconnections.org/content/childcare/federal/inquire.html
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What tools and resources around data
are available?
Common Education Data Standards (CEDS)
• A national collaborative effort to develop voluntary,
common standards for a key set of education data
elements
• Facilitates common definitions, option sets, and technical
specifications to streamline data sharing and comparing
• Provides a data model and supplemental tools to help
stakeholders utilize the standards.
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What are your Data needs NOW?
Small Group Discussion on Data
• Breakout into four groups
• Two primary topics (15 mins each)
– Usage and Reporting
– Sharing and Data Integration
• Assign a scriber for the group; use flip
chart(s)
• Report out to the group on findings
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Topic 1 - Data Usage and Reporting
List in order of priority your data needs in terms
of data usage and reporting. (15 mins)
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Topic 2 - Data Sharing and Integration
List in order of priority your needs in terms of
Data Sharing and Integration. (15 mins)
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Report Out on Topics
• Each group will report out on their findings
and comments
Note
A document with the findings and comments
will be forwarded via email tomorrow morning.
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Wrap Up
• Monitor and take advantage of the major
trends in information technology
• The big push around CCDF funding:
– Workforce data sets and collection
– Data standards and reporting
– Data access and sharing
– Data integration with state systems
• Up Next: Examples of Maximizing Data
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