Spreadsheets

It is with spreadsheets that the whole personal computing concept really began. VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program that ran on an Apple II - before IBM even was involved with micro computers and before Microsoft existed. Clearly, handling numbers is a big deal for spreadsheets and the reason that many teachers use spreadsheets for grading. Spreadsheets also serve two other broad purposes: 1) organizing information into neat rows and columns, and 2) storing large amounts of information that can easily be retrieved (as a database-type function). As with Google Docs: Documents and Presentations, Atomic Learning has a tutorial at Spreadsheets .

 Sometimes as people approach spreadsheets they bring with them some math phobias that really are out of place. You may want to also look at this video: Introduction to Spreadsheets in Google Docs - __ [] __  **Lesson Plans** //Elementary//  //Mathematics - "Calorie Counter" - Lerman & Hicks, page 223 //  //Mathematics - "The Gift Giver" - Lerman & Hicks, page 239 //  //Mathematics - "Graphing" - [] //  // Mathematics - "Home Measurements" - Lerman & Hicks, page 244 // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"> // Mathematics - "How We Spend Our Time" - Lerman & Hicks, page 248 // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"> //<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Science - "Consumer Product Testing Experiment" - // __ [] __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> Science - "Introduction to the Scientific Method" - __ [] __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> Social Studies - "U.S. Immigration" - Lerman & Hicks, page 263 //Middle School// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> //Language Arts - "Our Community Speaks" - Lerman & Hicks, page 302// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> //Language Arts - "Vocabulary Spreadsheet" - Lerman & Hicks, page 308// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> //Mathematics - "Middle School Favorites" - Lerman & Hicks, page 295// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> Mathematics - "Our Community Speaks" - Lerman & Hicks, page 302 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"> //<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Science - "Consumer Product Testing Experiment" - // __ [] __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> Science - "Collaborative Lab Experiments" - __ [] __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> Social Studies - "Creating a Study Guide" - Lerman & Hicks, page 282 //High School// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> //English - "The Great Gatsby Debate" - Lerman & Hicks, page 326// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"> //English - "Political Cartoon Analysis" - Lerman & HIcks, page 341// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> //<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Science - "Consumer Product Testing Experiment" - // __ [] __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"> Science - "Collaborative Lab Experiments" - __ [] __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"> //Social Studies - "Political Cartoon Analysis" - Lerman & HIcks, page 341// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"> //Social Studies - "The Statistical World" - Lerman & Hicks, page 351// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #323229; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"> **__Performance Record__** Comment, under the topic "Spreadsheets" at GAIN-CPED5300 on Google Groups, about your work with the Spreadsheets portion of Google Docs. If you have used a spreadsheet before, how does it compare? (Don't feel bad if you haven't, many have not.)


 * 1) What did you find the easiest part of the spreadsheet to master?
 * 2) Is there anything about the spreadsheet that still is not clear to you?