Want to introduce them to something new and exciting? Like Tableau? Well, you have come to the right place. We are posting some easy ways for you to help you kids learn Tableau and share their insights with world
Today is Mar 18, 2020 and we are the midst of COVID-19 pandemic here in the US. I live in the Bay Area and we are currently in a “Shelter in place” mode, which basically means stay at home unless you need to go buy food or medicines. Schools are closed and we are trying to give our kids a sense of normalcy. So, with one of my colleagues, Elina Johnson (who also has kids at home), we thought of putting together this site and helping your kids have some fun with data.
I thought it would be interesting to see how interested my kids would be in learning more about Tableau. So, below are the reflections from that interview.
Alright, you ready to learn? We are going to keep it simple. There are 3 steps to our journey
Step 1
Choose a Topic of interest
To get you started, we have a few different topics such as sports, university rankings, volcano eruptions and cookies and cereals. All you need to do is decide what sounds the most fun to YOU
Step 2
Download the Dataset
Once you have decided on a topic, go on an pick one of the data sets we have made available for you
Step 1: Choosing Your Topic
Ok, when you are ready, take a few minutes to pick a topic of your choice
Step 2: Download the Dataset
Once, you choose a topic, click on the button of your choice to download the data. Each topic has 2 buttons, one for the data download and second that will tell you more about the data you are about to download. For example, if you choose “Cookies” as your topic, you should click on the blue button “Cookie Data” to download data and click on “About Cookies” to know more about the data
And, don’t forget the location where you download your data
Step 3: Now, let’s make our data Sparkle
REMEMBER to DOWNLOAD Tableau FIRST from this page
And, when you are ready, explore the videos below: Start with the Chapter1: Getting Started. The chapter below show up as the most recent first
How to leverage the “Scientific Method” to solve real world problems
Kids teach us every day, only if we are willing to listen.
In this episode we will cover what my daughter taught me over the weekend
What comes to Mind when I say Data?
When we started with discussion about Data, it was sort of like we jumped into Tableau because my kids have seen me use Data in Tableau. So, it felt like we just jumped ahead.
In this episode, we decided to just talk about Data in general.
The discussion led to talking about fairness in decision making and also a bit about presidential elections.
Hope you enjoy this one
Chapter 7: Q and A with kids: Discussion on TRUST and Bar Graphs
So, we are continuing our learning about Data using Tableau and we adopted a new format for the last few sessions with my daughters. In short, our format is that the kids watch me work on some dashboard that is part of my daily work, they make observations and ask me questions along the way. … Continue reading Chapter 7: Q and A with kids: Discussion on TRUST and Bar Graphs
Chapter 6: Calculated fields with Tableau
It’s not always that your data EXACTLY the way you need. Infact, many a times, you don’t have much of the data in your dataset However, often, what you are looking for is available in your dataset in a different form. And, that’s when we can use calculated fields to build new ways of looking … Continue reading Chapter 6: Calculated fields with Tableau
Chapter 5: Filters with Tableau
In order to keep interest in a topic, some changes are required. We realized that “at home” that using the same data that we have been using so far for our “Data+Kids” project isn’t quite working so well. So, we moved over to Olympics data to see what we can find about that In this … Continue reading Chapter 5: Filters with Tableau
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