Big Data: Big what?

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Big Data: Big what? Big Data: Big what? Big Data: Big what? Big Data: Big what?

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Icon person 16 - 25

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60 - 120 minutes

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Big Data big what: Lesson plan

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This lesson is an opportunity to discuss ‘big data’ in a range of contexts – what it is, how we use and contribute to it, and how it is changing the future workplace.

By the end of this lesson students will be able to:

  • Understand what big data is, how it is processed and analysed
  • Interpret a visualisation of big data
  • Recognise the breadth of careers within the big data field
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Digital Citizenship Problem solving

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