Spreadsheet

Bailey Goodman's Class July 16, 2009 Studen Presentatio Midter Essay ts n m Dan 45 50 40 Dave 49 49 45 Jane 50 50 40 John 45 48 47 Kara 50 47 45 Lisa 40 50 48 Louise 48 50 50 Averag 46.71 49.14 45 e

Portfol io 50 70 48 75 48 75 47 75 50 70 49 70 49 75 48.71 72.86

Final

Total Points 255 266 263 262 262 257 272 1837

Percentag e 92% 96% 95% 95% 95% 93% 98% 95%

Students can use spreadsheet software in several different ways in the classroom. Spreadsheets are helpful among all content areas and can be helpful to inform, reinforce, integrate, and utilize information for students. For example, Students can use spreadsheets to mark the growth of bean plants in Physical Science; they can match states and captials in Social Studies; match dates with events in History; and students can also match vocabulary words with definitions in English. All of these examples use spreadsheets to reinforce, utilize, and integreate information. It is a common misconception that spreadsheets should only be used for calculations in math and sciences. Students can use spreadsheets as a tool for learning in all of the different content areas. Teachers can provide a spread sheet with some information completed and several blank areas for studnents to fill in the missing data. This way students are finding and locating the missing information and are leaning while completing the process. Using spreadsheets as worksheets would be a helpful tool for students and teachers. If a student leaves a cell blank, then the teacher knows what concepts and questions the students may be struggling with. The teacher will then know what area he/she needs to review for student mastery. Similarly, students may think they know all of the answers,

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Bailey Goodman's Class July 16, 2009 Assignment Max Score Weight Essay 50 15% Journal Entries 10 5% Presentation 50 10% Exam 1 50 20% Midterm 50 20% Final 75 20% Portfolio 24 5% Class Participation 25 5% Total: 100%