I am an spreadsheet newbie in the biggest way possible. I can honestly say that, although they intrigue me, I have NO idea what I am doing with all the boxes and rows and letters and formulas! There, I confess! So the first thing I did was go in and do the tutorials from the 21 Things site. I tried the given spread sheet tutorials in both Excel and Google Spreadsheets so I could see which one worked better for me. For me Excel was a bit easier but I figure that once I know the basis of one well, I can probably beat my way through the other if I need to. Excel also seems to be the one that we use most often in my district. Then I went and looked at the Google forms practice activity. The other thing that I did was take Mike's advice from our last webinar and looked up another tool for support on learning spreadsheets. http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office2010/excel2010 What a wealth of information! Thank you Mike! So after a lot of video watching, where I learned a great deal, I got my spreadsheet pulled together! High fives all around!
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3/24/2015 11:17:50 pm
You are obviously a self-directed learner! You tackled the task of learning to use Excel with determination and commitment! The end result, your spreadsheet and chart, on the differences in achievement in Math for 3rd grade economically disadvantaged and not economically disadvantaged, is done correctly and gives us a good overview of what the data means.
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AuthorMy name is Deirdre Dannecker. I have been in education since 1981 and have taught K-6 in general education and special education. Presently I run a resource room with K-3 students. I love my job!!!! CategoriesArchives
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