June 25, 2007

Happy Birthday...

...to me! You say it's your birthday... You're gonna do a spreadsheet!

Yes, it is indeed my birthday. And I'm doing spreadsheet exercises! Yea for me! So this is the Office product that I have in spades. In my former life as a product manager, I used to have to create INTENSE spreadsheets on a monthly basis and incorporate them into Powerpoint presentations. Can I say for the record that I do not miss doing that?

The problem I have with this excercise set is that we have STI. Every school-related use I would have for Excel, I currently do in STI. But... I imagine if I taught Math or Business-related courses this would be helpful.

Ways I could use Excel when teaching English:
  • to organize our class library
  • to track literature circle assignments
  • to track individual student achievement of COS objectives

I like the gradebook in STI. I like the address capabilities of STI. I even generate my own reports in STI... Sorry Excel!

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