I attended the Introduction to Tableau Workshop as part of my Innovation badge. At this workshop, I learned the basic skills associated with Tableau, a software used to present data and statistics. In the workshop we learnt how to present this data in various ways including a bar graph, pie chart and even in a map format. In all of these, we learnt how to change styles and colours and really just experiment with the app. I believe this is useful for me as a student as it has given me a new and innovative way to present data, which I can use in my classes. It could also be a useful way to present homework/study plans, to help me stay on top of Uni work. In addition to this, I think Tableau and my knowledge on how to use the app will be extremely useful for my teaching career. I believe this can be used in Math classes when children are learning about Data and Information Handling, as it will be a creative way for them to display data and allow them to learn how to display data in different ways. As the app is easy to understand, it will be easy for me to teach it to the children for them to use for themselves without many problems occurring. This may also be useful in Social Studies or Geography lessons as a way to appreciate statistics and allow for children, particularly in the upper elementary grades, to understand and learn more. Overall, I believe this workshop was extremely useful for me and taught me a lot on the importance of data visualisation, which will also be useful for my future classroom.
