Associated with the summer camp “Data Are Everywhere” being delivered by Andee Rubin and Traci Higgins.
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Learning Objectives
- Consider the types of data practices that young people might engage in to learn more about school subjects and the world.
- Visualize some personal data, and reflect on the decisions you make as you do so to help you discover the power of data visualization
Pacing
This part should take you approximately 1 hour to complete.
Key Terms
Data, datafication, data visualization, finding patterns in data
Prepare
- Explore the Data Clubs website here
- Watch the video half-way down the home page. Notice the kinds of reasoning participating students engage in as they analyze data. These kinds of practices are similar to those participants in the Data Are Everywhere summer camp will encounter.
- Read about the three modules that were developed for middle school-aged youth.
Explore
This short activity from the book Observe, Collect, Draw! by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec will allow you to experience the process and power of data visualization.
- Click here to download an activity from Observe, Collect, Draw! (Note: you will need to print the page – this is an unplugged activity!)
- As you do it, consider the kinds of decisions you need to make to complete the activity.
- Consider how you might adapt such an activity for either your students – or for K-12 students
Apply
Share your representation on this padlet. Compare the representation of your family with others that have been posted. Post a response to at least one of the questions below.
- What similarities and differences among families did visual representations of data allow you to see that would be difficult to perceive otherwise?
- What new ideas about data did you learn from the video or the activity?
- Where do you encounter data in your life?
