EDU-241 Blog #2

This week we talked about using Excel, databases, and PowerPoint's in the classroom. I already knew how to make a PowerPoint, and I've used it several times when teaching a class. I had used Excel before, but I did not know how to do a lot of the things I learned this week.

Learning how to make grade books in Excel was very valuable to me because that means I can keep track grades more easily and make less mistakes as I do the math because the computer helps me keep track and average correctly. I also learned little tidbits in Excel like how to lock a row so that whenever you scroll it keeps the same column/row there. This is useful for grade books because I can enter the correct grades for a student without having to scroll back and forth to check that I have the right names.

Databases are also useful for me to have learned to create and use because it makes emails, letters, and anything else in which I will need to use the student's and the parent/guardian's contact information. I can just make labels straight from the database without having to hand-write out 100 letters for all of my classes.