Deb Norton Tech

This Saturday, February 11th, 2017, I will be hosting a webinar for SimpleK12 on Learning with Data. The webinar is free and you can sign up to register here .  In this webinar, I will share all different types of tools and sites for teaching and learning about data.  Here are a few of the resources I will be sharing in the webinar: 1.  Collecting Data - I've started compiling a list of sites that allow students and teachers to find and download data.  I'll be sharing the collection in the webinar.  It probably isn't too surprising that Google Trends is one of my favorite sites to find interesting data. Here is a graph I created using the Numbers program on my Mac after exporting data about Valentine's Day from Google Trends -- In the webinar, I will show several other sites that can be used to collect and compare data.  #2 - Graphing and Charting Tools-  It doesn't get much easier than this Easy Bar Graph site. Elementary stu...

Chat with Deb about Learning with Data -  Working with big data is a 21st Century skill that many employers are looking for. Data is all around us, and using big data to determine programs and the future of education is prevalent in education today. In this video blog, I share several great resources and sites for using with students of all ages to teach them how to find, chart, graph, analyze and interpret large data.  If you are interested in a specific tool or site, look at the timestamp below the video. Timestamp: 0:28 - Knoema - A Data Atlas for finding large data 2:13 - Create a Graph - an awesome tool for entering data to make a graph or chart 3:32 - A New Feature: Insert charts and graphs in Google Docs and Presentations 5:23 - Wolfram Alph - A Computational Search Engine - The search results are interesting and graphically displayed 7:08 - Fusion Chart - Charts made with Java Script 8:17 - Data Stories Podcast - Podcasts are my new jam ...