For me, personally, there are many features of spreadsheets that can help students learn mathematics, but for older students a graphing calculator may complete the same task. Graphing calculators are able to perform many task some spreadsheets can but in a more efficient, portable manor as opposed to going to the computer lab and interacting with spreadsheet applications. I do see the value of having student interact with spreadsheets to organize and learn the material. I should try to incorporate this technology more into my classes.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Math for Everyone
Finally, my day has come. The day when the focus of an education class was on a mathematical technology. In our graduate class we discussed the use and implementation of spreadsheets into the classroom. For many people, spreadsheets are a way to express and organize data. Spreadsheets allow the user to manipulate the information imported into a spreadsheet. I believe that these are helpful tools for students to learn not only in their school career, but in the workforce as well as a tool to manage their own finance.
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Hi Emilia,
I wanted to thank you again for helping me out with the spreadsheet assignment. You are such a Math wizard! :) I agree that using spreadsheets can be helpful in teaching, and definitely in the subject of Math. You should check out my blog, I came up with a good idea of how to use it in Spanish, but not really sure how to set it up to make it work out? See you later!
Math - I think the queen of the sciences, since none of them can be expressed without it.
I think the ability to use spreadsheets is valuable - though the advent of graphical calculators has done so much. Good thoughts in your post.
I have always felt that your day was here. Its just the masses have never accepted that what you teach is so very important to everyday life. While I am teaching my budgeting project, I get the same thing. When am I ever going to use excel again.
Good for you! Now I know who to go to when I need help. Sometimes it is just coming up with the ideas for me that is the hard part. Oh and learning how to do it so I can teach it!!
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