Happy 2/22/22 -
Hold on because its about to get Nerdy . . . Spreadsheets. . Yes I said it - There are so many other things that we could be talking about on 2/2/222 but reflecting on these numbers made me think of Spreadsheets. I used to not be a fan of spreadsheets. I had the misperception that they were complicated, boring, and I really only needed them to look at data. Boy, was I wrong! Looking back on it I really wish that I would have had my students work more with spreadsheets. I could have used this to help teach the skills of organization, graphing, calculating, programming, and to teach how to make sense of large data. Below are 2 lessons that I have found from two different sources that you may be interested in trying with your students. If you would like more information or help planning or would like me to model a lesson please let me know.
1. This is one of the resources that I shared in last week's newsletter. Christine Pinto has great Google templates for younger students. In this activity Students are introduced to Spreadsheets and click and drag clip art onto a grid to design a map, city, or game. You can see the Template HERE. Once you click, "make a copy" you can try for yourself and then share through Google Classroom.
2. Applied Digital Skill lesson for Middle or High School - In this activity students research and organize information about a location to create an interactive guide. This is an applied digital skill lesson from Google for Education meaning that this lesson is self paced and has interactive steps and an assessment
