About the course
Welcome to Data Literacy for Teachers! In this course, you will learn about practical techniques for teaching data literacy in broad general education (5-14 years old). The course takes place over 5 months. Each month will cover a different topic which you will explore by:
- Reading articles and watching videos (2 hours)
- Attending an online class (2 hours)
- Trying out a data-related activity and preparing to teach it to your class (2 hours)
- Reflecting and writing feedback on the activity (2 hours)
Sharing what you learned with colleagues (1 hour)
Here is a list of general resources which you will find helpful throughout the course.
Topics
Topic 1: Introduction and problem solving with data
Topic 2: Data visualisations
Topic 3: Data for fictional worlds
Topic 4: Community data
Topic 5: Sensing our world