Productivity Tools: Day Two

1. Don't forget to sign-in!!
2. View biography pages here. Make sure to proofread your biography page -- there were many typos! If you are unable to view your page from the link it means we need to double check the address you provided. Please see one of the course instructors before the end of today's class so that we can make any necessary corrections.
   
   

By now you are familiar with locating and customizing templates to create newsletters, hall passes, business cards, etc.

Some of your remaining tasks for the Productivity Tools Project are to create a pictograph in Excel, create an attendance/grade book record, and create a seating chart.

PART ONE: Creating seating charts with PowerPoint

MS PowerPoint is a dynamic software tool that allows you to create presentations. PowerPoint provides you with the opportunity to list information, display graphics (including animations), concept maps, and tables. Short movies, hyperlinks, and music may also be embedded in PowerPoint presentations.

We will spend more class time on learning about PowerPoint later in the semester. For this part of the Productivity Tools project you will learn to use the drawing tools in PowerPoint to create a seating chart. Don't forget that these same drawing tools can be used in all Office applications (Word, Excel, etc.) Here are some sites which provide more information about PowerPoint: PowerPoint in the Classroom

Integrating PowerPoint

Using PowerPoint in the Classroom

PART TWO: Creating a Pictograph and a gradebook/attendance record in Excel

MS Excel is the final tool we will take a look at in the MS Office Suite of applications. Excel is a spreadsheet application that is used by accountants, office managers, and small businesses. It allows you to create tabular data, work with numbers and charts in a variety of manners.

As educators, there are number of ways we can use Excel: as a record keeping tool (attendance), grades, gather and display data (graphs and charts), etc.

Classroom Excel Resources

To Excel in the Classroom

MS Excel Modules

Today I will walk you through how to create a pictograph in Excel for one of your assignments in the productivity tools project. You'll use a handout to create the attendance/grade book record.

FOR WEDNESDAY:

1. Make any necessary corrections to your autobiography page. I found many typos and several of you are missing some of the information/images that were required. These requirements are listed at the bottom of the blog posting for the 2nd day of class.
2. Continue working on your Productivity Tools project. Make sure to check the project description to ensure that you are completing all of the required components. In Wednesday's class you will be shown how to create a worksheet and how to write the reflection for this project.
3. Contact Maggie Hu if you are interested in participating in her research project on electronic portfolios. You will receive an additional late pass if you participate in her study. Her email address is: maggiehu.china@gmail.com