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Sunday, November 7, 2010
Interactive spreadsheet
In the excel spreadsheet I wrote multiplication facts that a third grader would know. I had worked with excel briefly before so I found it to be not as difficult. It was hard when I had to type the formula in over and over again in each row because I kept leaving out a symbol which messed up the whole formula. I had never used the privacy or hidden tools which I think will be very useful in the classroom. The students can't change what is already written but they are able to type and re type their answers. I can see myself using this in the classroom for 3rd to 5th graders. They will be able to complete the spreadsheet just like a worksheet but will automatically know if their answer is right. The automatic feedback will be helpful so they can try again until they receive the right answer. The only thing I didn't like on excel was their very limited amount of clip art images. I expected excel to carry simple math images but could hardly find any.
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Maggie,
ReplyDeleteYou should only have needed to get the formula right once and then you could "drag" it down to the others. Get with me so I can clarify that for you.
Jeff