This document discusses tools that can be used for data analysis tasks. It lists Numbers, Tables and Graphs like Excel, Google Spreadsheets, and Tinkerplots that can organize and visualize numerical data. It also mentions visualizing verbal data through tools like Wordle, Tagxedo, and visualization tools from Mashable that generate word clouds from text. Examples of Wordle are provided and there is a 5 minute presentation on using Wordle to visualize word frequencies in texts.
2. TOOLS FOR DATA ANALYSIS
• Numbers, Tables and • Visualizing verbal data
Graphs o Wordle
o InspireData o Tagxedo
o Excel o Excel/Spreadsheets
o Google Spreadsheets o Visualization Tools
o Tinkerplots (4th – 8th (Mashable)
grade)
o Fathom
EDUC W200 Week 9
These tables are a good example of what the students will be looking at on their computers during a given lesson. The simplicity of the program aloows for creation of such tables in mere seconds given a sufficient list of data. Within a few clicks from our toolbar, students can easily relate different data sets to explore and discover new information. After gathering results, the student can easily manipulate each table using the Separate or Stack tools. Students can even place new data sets into the same table to seek different results and explore new relations. Or if the data sets given don't fit the criteria to answer a question given, students can use formula tables to creat new assets to dive deeper into the relations given. Tinkerplots is a simple yet creative program that engages students in efficient data organization, and could be a very useful technology in today's classroom. Teachers shoud take note of the simplistic nature of the program, and try to develope challenging questions along with the data and activity they give to the class. Make sure to challenge the student to use all his tools to critically analyze the material given. Problem solving skills can be highly developed with such an intuitive program as Tinkerplots.
US Constitution.
MacBeth. Shakespeare.
German.
This Wordle was created from the NETS-T standard. The larger words are the words that are repeated most often.
