Excel+as+a+Tool+for+Teachers

=Welcome!=

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During this workshop we will discuss primarily basic uses of Excel for educational purposes. Advanced functions will be touched upon briefly. A portion of the workshop time will be devoted to creating a usable template or project for use within your classroom this year. As this is only a three-hour workshop there is no way to cover all functions of Microsoft Excel. Video summaries of workshop topics are available at anytime on the Excel Video Page. Please feel free to ask specific questions during the independent portion of the workshop or at any later time on the Excel Questions Page. Finally, as you create items that you will be using in your classroom, lesson plans and/or workbook examples, please share them with us on the Excel Ideas Page.

=Resources= Listed below are several resources for ways to use excel in the classroom. Please feel free to add others if you come across them!

Excel Help (General):
[|Mactopia - Microsoft Office for Mac.] How-to page with interactive lessons and directions on a variety of Excel procedures. Uses Office 2008. [|Internet4Classrooms - Excel.] Helpful directions, grade-level, specific suggestions, and downloadable examples. [|Microsoft Excel Training Resources.] Microsoft developed Excel Training. Uses Excel 2003 for Windows but many of the procedures are the same.

Excel Help (Formulas):
[|Introducing Excel Formulas.] A text-heavy introduction to formulas. Includes description of basic formulas. Scroll down for a list of several formulas. [|About.com - Spreadsheets.] A basic tutorial on formulas from About.com. [|Microsoft - Commonly Used Formulas.] A more in-depth and detailed (overwhelming) site on Excel formulas.

Excel Templates:
[|Office 2004 for Mac Template colection]

Lesson Plans and Projects:
[|Teacher2Teacher - Excel Plans.] 16 useable classroom activities to get your students practicing with Excel. Can be downloaded as a zip file. [|Microsoft's Lesson Plan Main Page]. Searchable database of classroom projects that involve Excel as well as other Microsoft Office products. [|Classrooms that Excel Resources.] Grade-level specific examples and suggestions for using spreadsheets in the classroom. [|eMINTS Excel Page]. External link page for a variety of Excel help and examples. [|Using Spreadsheets in the Classroom] NIce collection of data sets and projects.