Microsoft Excel...the program which seems to be the most daunting of all the Microsoft Office tools was the center of our study this past week in technology class. In my opinion, I have never hated using Excel and have in fact liked it on many occasions, however generally speaking for people without a business or math background Excel can seem unfriendly. Thus, I was glad to brush up on Excel using skills and see how this program can be used in an integrated classroom.
I really enjoyed the main activity we did with the Excel program in making an animated worksheet for students to use in the studies. I plan to teach Social Sciences at the high school level therefore, I think this activity will come in handy for future instruction. The practice sheet I did relates to a Geography class, with different facts on Morocco. The worksheet allows students to enter in a proposed answer to get direct feedback from the worksheet. This tool is great to send home for homework, mainly because of the instant feedback that students can get. Students are able to see which spots they are having trouble with in their studies and can train their study too these areas.
Along with the worksheet activity that we did in class there are many other uses for Excel in the classroom, one being helping keep your grade book with the program. For myself, I am not a math minded person, therefore to have a program that does the mathematical work for me is great! Of course, Excel does take some getting used to, but through practice with the program I think anyone can become adept at using the program and getting their desired results.
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