Changes

Gathering data, analyzing and making decisions is not new to human beings. Can you guess what may be different about this unit? Yes - you are correct! Digital technologies have changed the way we are gathering data and representing data.  Discuss with your friends, in groups, all the word that come to your mind when you say data. Now look at the following and classify whether the following are data or not.

Gathering data, analyzing and making decisions is not new to human beings. Can you guess what may be different about this unit? Yes - you are correct! Digital technologies have changed the way we are gathering data and representing data.  Discuss with your friends, in groups, all the word that come to your mind when you say data. Now look at the following and classify whether the following are data or not.

 

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![[File:Habitat natural.ogg|thumb|Natural habitat]]

![[File:Habitat natural.ogg|thumb|Natural habitat]]

![[File:Double rainbow, Graz, Austria, 2010-05-30.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Double rainbow, Graz, Austria]]

![[File:Double rainbow, Graz, Austria, 2010-05-30.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Double rainbow, Graz, Austria]]

!Illusration

![[File:Ordered space illustration.svg|thumb|200x200px|Ordered space illustration]]

!Infographic

![[File:2014-Infographic-English (14696784703).jpg|center|thumb|250x250px|2013-2014 year infographic]]

|-

|-

|[[File:F-35 compilation.ogg|thumb|Aircraft Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstration video ]]

|[[File:F-35 compilation.ogg|thumb|Aircraft Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstration video ]]

|[[File:8-cell-simple.gif|center|thumb|196x196px|A 3D projection of an 8-cell performing a simple rotation about a plane which bisects the figure from front-left to back-right and top to bottom]]

|[[File:8-cell-simple.gif|center|thumb|196x196px|A 3D projection animation]]

|Text

|[[File:Latex example text dots.png|thumb|Text]]

|Numbers

|[[File:Arabic Numerals.svg|thumb|Numbers]]

|}

|}

Are you surprised?  All the above are data.  We saw how computers work by converting everything into data.  Whether we see a picture, or listen to a song or perform calculations, we are working with data.  In today's world data is becoming more and more important and we should develop skills of understanding data to make decisions.

Are you surprised?  All the above are data.  We saw how computers work by converting everything into data.  Whether we see a picture, or listen to a song or perform calculations, we are working with data.  In today's world data is becoming more and more important and we should develop skills of understanding data to make decisions.