sas programming for high school - giving students the power to know
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SAS has created a tremendous opportunity for high school students to learn skills that involve not only programming but critical thinking and problem solving. This workshop will explain SAS, show why it should be taught, explore what it looks like in the classroom and highlight the connection between SAS and the NAF AOIT curriculum.TRANSCRIPT
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SAS Programming for High School
Teach Your Students to Use Data Analysis for Problem Solving
Sharon T. Jones, Ed.D, Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology
Workshop Goals
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1. What is SAS? (Language & Company)
2. Why Teach SAS?
4. SAS in the Classroom
5. Relating SAS and NAF
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What is SAS?
The CompanyThe TechnologyThe Culture
SAS: The Company
Founded 1976Worlds largest privately held software company13,000+ employees worldwide (60 countries)SAS has customers in 135 countries - more than 65,000 business, government and university customer sitesRanked #1 -World’s Best Multinational Workplaces list (2012)
SAS: The Technology
World leader in Analytics
Programs and Initiatives
National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards
Education Industry Board Memberships
NC 1:1 Learning Technology Initiative
Computer Science Education Week
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Employee Volunteer Fund
Communities in Schools
STEM Initiative Support
YMCA of the Triangle
Triangle High Five
Donors Choose
Math Summit
Scholarships
Teaching and Learning
SAS Programming for High School Educators
University MS in Advanced Analytics Programs
University Joint Certificate Programs
SAS Global Academic Program
AP Statistics Summer Institute
SAS Student Ambassadors
Industry Advisory Boards
Offerings and Services
Value-Added Assessment Software
Administrative Software & Services
No Cost:
SAS Software Access for Universities
Education Mobile Learning Apps
Online Curriculum Resources
Workshops for Universities
Teaching Materials
SAS: Commitment to Education
SAS: The Programming LanguageSAS is a 4GL programming languageEasy-to-learn syntaxAccess, manipulate, manage, store, analyze and report on dataThe SAS language basically divides data processing and analysis into two kinds of steps.
Data Steps - Which manipulate data input and creation or deletion of variables.Procedure Steps - Which manipulate analysis and output.
• DirectTV• T-Mobile• Williams Sonoma• Brooks Brothers• Blue Cross Blue Shield• Harrah’s Entertainment• Bank of America• Citibank• AutoZone• Honda
• Expedia• Family Dollar• US Department of
Treasury• US Airforce• US Census Bureau• US Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention• US Fish & Wildlife Service• Dow Chemical Company
Customers in 135 countries, over 65,000 customer sites
SAS: Who Uses SAS?
Speaking with Students
Why Teach SAS?
Programming SkillsCritical Thinking and Analytical SkillsStudent Engagement and LeadershipPractical ApplicationCareer OpportunitiesCertification Opportunities
Why Teach SAS? (What is the value?)
Why Teach SAS?: SAS Programming for HS Overview
Teaches students how to prepare data for analysis and write SAS programs to solve problemsTwo courses availableEach course aligns to an industry recognized SAS certification credential
Why Teach SAS?: SAS Programming I
Teaches students -Basic SAS programming concepts and tasks, including accessing and manipulating data; producing basic list, summary, and statistical reports; creating SAS data sets; combining SAS data sets; creating basic graphs; and querying data using the SQL procedure
Prepares students – SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9 credential
Why Teach SAS?: SAS Programming IITeaches students -Comparisons of manipulation techniques/resource cost benefits designed to help student programmers choose the most appropriate technique for their data situationHow to process SAS data using Structured Query Language (SQL) & how to use the components of the SAS macro facility to design, write, and debug macro systems that are reusable and dynamic
Prepares students – SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9 credential
Why Teach SAS?: Statistics
Predicted Shortfall of Analytic Talent
Connection to Career Readiness: BIG DATA
Why Teach SAS?: Statistics
Where is all this data coming from?
RFID (radio frequency ID) systems generate up to 1,000 times the data of conventional bar code systems 10,000 payment card transactions are made every second around the world Walmart handles more than 1 million customer transactions an hour340 million tweets are sent per day. That's nearly 4,000 tweets per second Facebook has more than 901 million active users generating social interaction data More than 5 billion people are calling, texting, tweeting and browsing websites on mobile phones
Why Teach SAS?: Statistics
SAS in the Classroom: Project Examples
Homecoming Project:•Students created a survey to ask students about their opinions about homeocming•Collected data at lunch•Input data into SAS•Analyzed the data
Homecoming Prezi
SAS In the Classroom: Bobcats Project
Bobcats Project:•Students wanted to know if their fellow students would want a name change•Collected data at lunch•Had to analyze and present
SAS in the Classroom: Color Flower
Color Flower:•Each student was given a Gerber Daisy•Had to ask questions prior to the experiment•Cut the flower and chose a food color then put flower in food coloring•Estimated time to change or if change•Ran analysis
Overview of Projects:
Homecoming ProjectCharlotte Bobcats ProjectTechnology Journal Project: students recorded data of pieces of technology used, ran the data to see what technology was used mostWorld Statistics Day ProjectSuperBowl ProjectCollege Research: researched 10 colleges to find out information about the schoolsReverse HomecomingCharlotte Checkers Game: attended a Charlotte Checkers game and recorded dataNew Lunch Survey: a new lunch schedule was implemented and the students asked if they could run a survey to see if the school population like the new lunchTransportation Survey Project
Find all the projects at: http://sjonespob.webs.com/classdocuments
SAS in the Classroom: Overview
Relating SAS and NAFConnecting Students and SAS:"SAS Day"- event on the SAS campus every year where the students and teachers can network with one another, play with SAS in ways that are not necessarily covered in their courses, and also see some of the newest technologies SAS has to offer. This year is was called "Discover, Lead, Solve"
Internships with SAS- Our high school programs are designed to give students first hand interaction with state of the art technology, as well as professional mentorship. SAS’ high school programs provide students with work-related learning experiences in a positive corporate environment. SAS Internships
SAS on Advisory Board- SAS has had several members sit on advisory boards
Relating SAS and NAF
SAS Programming is offered as part of the NAF curriculumSAS and NAF have partnered to offer a joint SAS/NAF CertificateConnecting Students and SAS
Discover, Lead, Solve Internships Advisory Boards
Relating SAS and NAF
SAS/NAF Joint Certificate Pathway
NAF Principles of Information TechnologyNAF Introduction to ProgrammingNAF Database DesignSAS Programming
Next Steps:Summer Program
5 days professional development (CEU’s)30 seat SAS software licenseAll instructional materials, exercises, assessments, data sets included
Next Steps:SAS Programming for High School Workshop
June 22-26, 2015
Cary, NC
Contact Information:
O.B. [email protected]/highschool
Sharon T. Jones, [email protected] http://sjonespob.webs.com