Spreadsheets

Not having much experience with Microsoft Excel, it was quite enlightening to be taught how to make a simple spreadsheet. I noticed with creating the grade book, it did take some time to incorporate all the information of the students within the spreadsheet, but all well worth wild. As far as the material aid, I decided to use a time line to show inventions of the 20th century. I had no idea one could create a timeline using Microsoft Excel, I use to just use Microsoft word or PowerPoint. This by far makes it much easier for me as a future instructor to incorporate that information by a much easier and effective means. Whenever I do get to the point of teaching I will with no doubt be using Microsoft Excel’s spreadsheets not only for grad books reasons, but also incorporating material aids such as time lines with my lectures.
Spreadsheets provide a means of organization that pen and paper simply can not compare to. It gives an instructor means of simplicity that would add to the edge of instructing, in other words one less thing to think about while teaching.
Spreadsheets have an Advantage over a calculator by using formulas and saving those formulas within a spreadsheet for future use, this can’t really be used as functionally as a calculator presents.
Keeping records, calculating, and presenting information are vital to an instructor’s means of teaching. Spreadsheets are simply tools of making all of this easier for instructors to do.