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GIS mapping website
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Submitted by Ed Mondragon
Published: 5 Aug 2014 - 15:15

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline

This website allows teahers to learn about GIS mapping and how to use...

Tags: DA - 11 - Create maps with data ECS In progress LO 1.1.1 - Use computing tools and techniques to create artifacts Teaching strategy Data Unit 5: Computing and Data Analysis Python
How We've Been Visualising Big Data Over The Centuries
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Submitted by Jeff Solin
Published: 25 Feb 2014 - 09:45

A look back (way back) through the history of big data visualization...

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Tags: LO 3.2.2 - Use large data sets to explore and discover information and knowledge Data Unit 5: Computing and Data Analysis
Selection Sort Algorithm
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Submitted by Crystal Furman
Published: 10 Jan 2014 - 23:09

Here are a few videos that I created last school year while teaching selection sorting. The worksheet is from Barbara Ericson, and the tiles idea is not mine. :) 

The video shows us working through the algorithm using tiles. There is...

Tags: algorithm Lecture Video LO 4.4.1 - Evaluate algorithms analytically and empirically PS - 15-16 - Sorted and unsorted lists Ready to use selection sorting Algorithms Concept explanation Data Student activity Unit 5: Computing and Data Analysis
Insertion Sorting Resources
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Submitted by Crystal Furman
Published: 10 Jan 2014 - 23:01

Here are a few videos that I created last school year while teaching insertion sorting. The worksheet is from Barbara Ericson, and the tiles idea is not mine. :) 

The first video shows a trace through the selection sort algorithm. The...

Tags: algorithm Curriculum data insertion Lecture Video LO 4.4.1 - Evaluate algorithms analytically and empirically PS - 15-16 - Sorted and unsorted lists Ready to use sorting Data Student activity Unit 5: Computing and Data Analysis
Investigate PT Resource
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Submitted by Brian Fuschetto
Published: 26 Oct 2013 - 19:01

Visit Tableau.com for several free White papers on the concepts of Big Data and Data Visualizations useful for introducing and working through some of the concepts in the Investigate task.

Tags: CSP Data Unit 5: Computing and Data Analysis External links
Some introductory resoruces for Investigate performance task on the concept of Data Visualizations
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Submitted by Brian Fuschetto
Published: 26 Oct 2013 - 18:44

Here are two quick resources that can be used for an introduction to the concept of data visualizations as part of the investigate performance task.  The first is a 1 Minute and 45 second video entitled "The Value of Visualization" which can...

Tags: CSP Concept explanation Data Unit 5: Computing and Data Analysis
Explaining Big Data
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Submitted by Kathleen Perez-L...
Published: 15 May 2013 - 18:18

With captivating visuals, this video does just what it's names says, explains big data:

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Groups: CS in the Wild
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