Google Data Studio for Educators and School Leaders

Empower school teams to gather, analyse and understand school data with Google Data Studio.

Cohort 4

Every Wednesday evening for 6 weeks at 7:30pm-9:00pm SG time.

September 14, 2022 (Wed)
September 21, 2022 (Wed)
September 28, 2022 (Wed)
October 5, 2022 (Wed)
October 12, 2022 (Wed)
October 19, 2022 (Wed)

(note: recordings of sessions will be made available to participants)

In this course you will improve your learning and gain valuable insights for effectively sharing data as information. You will be equipped with the skills to help your school to become not just “data rich” but “information rich.” Through hands-on practice, you will be guided through building dashboards that you can share with your colleagues right away. Once you join this course, remember, you are not alone! You’ll become a member of a community that will be able to share ideas, ask questions, and support each other during and after this course.

Connect data from multiple common sources to Data Studio
Learn how to set up your spreadsheets to work with Data Studio
Develop good data literacy skills
Develop good practices behind data visualizations
Create multiple dashboards through hands-on practice and walkthroughs
Become an inhouse expert for creating dashboards for your organization
Become part of an exclusive community for risk-free question asking and support

Week

Session Title

Outcomes/Overview

Intro to course (Asynchronous)

Course overview
Welcome to the Community
Initial Participant Data Collection

Data Culture: Setting up your School for Success with the Use of Data

Create an environment for strong data use in schools
Learn basic the layout & structure with Google Data Studio
Build your first dashboard on Day 1

Data Collection: Give Educators Information They Didn’t Even Know They Needed

Connect social-emotional data to GDS
Combine multiple data sets to provide timely information
Learn how to use non-academic data to help teachers
Final Project Brainstorming Session
Hands-on Dashboard Creation

Connecting and Cleaning: Getting our Data to Work in GDS

Learn how to connect data from the most common sources (sheets, forms, csv)
Learn how to set up your spreadsheets to work with GDS
Hands-on Dashboard Creation
Final Project Decision and Feedback

Data Literacy and Privacy: Good Charts vs. Bad Charts and How Share Them with the Right People

Learn about sharing features in GDS
Learn how to create SSO environments for users
Know the difference between a good chart and a bad chart
Hands-on Dashboard Creation

Data Literacy and Design: Don’t Use the Default!

Learn fundamental Dataviz skills
Make your dashboards come together visually
Final Project Peer Review and Feedback

Effective Communication through Data Visualization

Put your skills to the test: Dashboard Cleanup Challenge
Final Project Showcase and Review

Meet the Trainer: Chris Smith

Chris is a Data & Innovation Specialist and Elementary Technology Coach at Singapore American School. He has 17 years of experience as a classroom teacher, mainly in grades K-4. Chris is a Google Innovator, an Apple Distinguished Educator, and an Apple Professional Learning Specialist. He has a passion for making the lives of teachers easier by creating automated systems for mundane tasks. Chris helps build online dynamic dashboards that help teachers understand their students through both internal and external assessments.

He also enjoys working with students to unleash their creativity beyond copy and paste from online resources. He is a life-long learner and continues to search for new innovations to allow both teachers and students to be creative. Chris has a background in data visualisation and is a member of the data team at Singapore American School.

In his spare time, he enjoys curling up next to a good spreadsheet.