Leadership

DATA

CAN BE BORING

wHEN STUDENTS SEE THIS

bUT WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN DATA TELLS

THAT THEY CARE ABOUT

Student activities

Data Makeovers

Data makeovers

• Find a interesting but boring data set (graph, chart)
• Identify a theme
• Find a related picture or image
• Make it beautiful!!
• Career Connection- Advertising

Data makeovers

• Engagement
• Accessible for all students
• A great way to show how visuals can help the story

Let them Find Data

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and let them tell the story

Data is everywhere...

Going Viral

#Hashtracking

• Decide what is COOL
• Use hashtagify.me
• Search the Hashtag
• See what is popular
• Career Connection- Marketing

Viral Challenge #1

• Pick 4 Hashtags
• Track for 1 week (think stock market challenge)
• Each day track the progress and record the story
• At the end of the week students can discuss, write, and/or present on what is popular today.

Viral Challenge #2

• Each group creates a unique Hashtag
• Give them one week (or more) to go Viral on social media
• Can they figure out what makes something go viral
• Track the # progress each day

Run down

• Simplifying data and telling a story
• Finding data
• Surviving with data

Questions

Zombies

SURVIVAL BRIEFING

and they will

Prepare for the worst

• Establish a Safe Zone
• Secure your area
• Calculate your needs
• Secure your supply routes
• Adapt and survive

Student Survival Map

Statistical superheros

Heros assemble

• The map tells a story
• Look for the patterns
• Think about what is there and what is not
• Find and record your ideas
• ID the problem and brainstorm the solution.

Using photos

Finding data in Photos

• gapminder.org/dollar-street
• Families share photos of everyday items and how much money they have
• Students compare and contrast how people live, challenges they face and what they value
• Tell the story about people and how to help solve problems in different communities

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Hans Rosling

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