Blog 10

     For Elementary aged kids, I would use surveys for getting their opinions on different activities we do. Get their feedback to see if they enjoyed it and were able to stay focused. I would use Excel spreadsheets to calculate averages on their grades and create graphs to show them. Or in lessons that deal with graphing do mini surveys on their preferences and put their answers in a spreadsheet and show them graphs of their answers compared to the class as a whole. I could use Excel to show them the different graphs and the purposes of different graphs.
     When looking at my classmate's blogs I like reading their reflections on the different assignments. It seems that a lot of us struggled on the same aspects of each project. I also learned from reading their reflections how they solved their problems. I also liked reading the first blog. The introduction blogged when each person described themselves because those were the most original and different for each person. A lot of us are in the class for similar reasons, but also what to do different levels of teaching.
   One technology I would like to learn how to use is Excel. I feel like I just know the basics and haven't really worked with it before. It will be useful in classrooms to organize test data or just splitting up kids in groups. I think it would be useful in also sharing data and portraying it in charts. I think these assignments will help expand my knowledge on how to use Excel and just doing projects or working with the program I know I'll learn more and more.