Week 4: Excel Questions

I think that spreadsheet is useful and makes life easier when it comes to quick formatting and such things. But I don't think I would use it in my classroom for gradebook. Maybe when I'm making a material aid I could use it, but it seems like it would take more time than using something like Word.

Teachers can use spreadsheets for multiple reasons. In my class, I could use a spreadsheet to create a reading list. It would allow me to sort the list with titles in one column, authors in another, and date to read them by in the third. I could easily sort them by date, author, or alphabetically with the titles. Spreadsheets allow you to highlight cells and it calculates totals for you which eliminates the mistakes that could be made when using a calculator. I think that spreadsheets are most effective in business settings. I use them often in my accounting classes and think that they were designed for that exact purpose. Other uses can be found, but they are best in business.

Kayla Morgan
ETEC 424