Week4blog2
Excel Spreadsheets can be used in various ways with in the classroom. Spreadsheets can be used to work in conjunction with Smartboards as an excellent resource. I found many lesson plans and ideas on this website http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_excel.htm. One idea is to make a spreadsheet and have the class will vote on information that they choose and then turn that information into charts and graphs.
Another way to use a spreadsheet in Language Arts class, read the book Green Eggs and Ham by Doctor Seuss as a class. Then on a spreadsheet write the items discussed in the book (eggs, ham, cooking oil, green food coloring). List four different grocery stores and ask students to price the items. Ask questions like “Where could you buy the least expensive eggs?” Another idea Language Arts could be documenting reading log/minutes, average the amount of words read per week. In math class, you can use spreadsheets to teach money and making change. This activity would work well on a Smartboard as well. You can also make hundreds and thousands charts to teach numbers. Another cool idea is creating pictographs. I saw a lesson plan on charting weather that was used in conjunction with the Smartboard. There are so many ways to make the classroom more exciting and all we have to do is put some time into jazzing up a traditional lesson plan with some technology.
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