Week of November 20

In looking at the website, www.amphi.com/~psteffen/excel.html, I was amazed at all the possibilities! In addition to tutorials for Excel users, there are lesson plan ideas to teach students how to use Excel. Some of the plans are for students as young as kindergarten and first grade! Through my Excel exercises I completed, I learned quite a bit about the many uses of this program. I think the thing that amazed me the most was how easy it is to make a graph! That is a skill that comes in handy not only at school, but in any organization or activity with which you are involved. Simply clicking a button gives you a beautiful, professional-looking chart. The use of formulas challenged my math skills but also proved to be a very useful tool. I do plan to use Excel in the future, both inside and outside of the educational realm. I found it to be very practical and easy, once you get the hang of it of course.