Spreadsheets

//E////very truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.//
//Confucius//

There is no doubt that math achievement influences a students reasoning about staying in school (@http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Dropouts_Perspective/). Success in life is somewhat dependent on the students' ability to do math, and it is of great toc

importance (@http://www.ed.gov/nclb/methods/math/math.html). But, some students have difficulty.

Although there is some controversy about how to teach math, their is little doubt that we have to instill more math into our students' thinking.
 * Watch Video on this page: @http://www.edutopia.org/math-coaching-integrated-curriculum
 * Read the article on the page.

So, here comes spreadsheets. There are so many ways to use spreadsheets in the classroom, and most are unexplored!!! Most think that spreadsheets are only valuable for math. //However//, they are useful in most subjects! Why? "Math across the curriculum!" If you think about it, math is involved in almost all subjects! The nice thing about using spreadsheets -- spreadsheets do not cause people to focus on the math, which can be intimidating to some; instead, people focus on the **meaning of the numbers.**

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 * Posters in Excel - who knew?**

= CLASS ONE ASSIGNMENT - download and complete these two work sheets, print the file and bring to class three when we meet F2F. =
 * Who are You and WHO are some of the students?**


 * Try Me:** Who Are You?
 * Try Me:** Who are your Learning Disabled students?

Task 1 (Completed together in class)
Getting acquainted with what you can do with Spreadsheets

1.) Graph a survey In a group of 2, survey people about what they think about 21Century Skills. Create a graph of your results. Here is a guide to help you:
 * STEPS**
 * Determine 1 question that you would ask with 4 choices. The question should be about 21 century skills. (Discussed further in class)
 * Write them.
 * Go around the campus and find 10 people to answer your question.
 * Create the excel survey to share your results
 * Put in the **M Drive > Faculty>Sockman>Public>MCOM510>Spreadsheets>Class Activities**

2.) Making an If-Then
 * Look at the following sample of how using an if-then statement can be used: [[file:Spelling.xlsx]]


 * **Now, create an "if - then" that works on the presidents.**