Spreadsheets

Spreadsheets can sometimes be difficult for any age of student to learn.  Microsoft Excel is the the main program that people learn to do spreadsheets on.  The problems I always come across in this program is getting frustrated that the program isn't doing what I want it to do.  That is the reason I now use the Numbers program on my Mac computer.  I believe it is more user friendly than Excel.  I would try and incorporate one of these programs into my classroom lesson plans by asking children to make simple spreadsheets just so they can get used to the program.  I believe that the could use these programs to do projects or simple things like keeping track of their own class grades.  I will make sure spreadsheets will be incorporated somehow into my lesson plans.

Here is a link to my Weather Tracking Spreadsheet