It is a great tool to be used within the classroom. It can be used to monipulate numbers for grade postings, to teach a student to manage a budget, accounting, and much more. It can be used in everyday life which makes this program very useful and from my viewpoint nessary on the educational standpoint.
The book mentioned three major functions storing, calculationg, and presenting information. First, spreadsheet are programed to store information, usually numerical information. Second, and most important, spreadsheep support calculation functions, such as numerical contents of any combination within the cells. Third spreadsheet present the information using graphs and charts, as well as graphics.
If the cells of a spreadsheet are formated correctly than it can do much more that just calculate numbers. It can be used as a filling system to ceep records of grades of a teachers students rather than keeping a gradebook.
Jonassen, D., Howland, J., Marra, R. M., & Crismond, D. (2008). Meaningful Learning With Technology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.
I found your post very interesting in many ways. I never thought about using Spreadsheets for teaching students accounting and budgeting, but those are two great ways students can be both engaged in the lesson, while learning something valuable they could use when they are adults. Great post!
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