Reflecting on What I Know pg. 204.

Spreadsheets can be a lot of fun, because you can put so much into them to do basically whatever you want! There are so many formulas and numerical data to put in them for many different outcomes. As it stated in our texts, they are "very versatile tools!" I could not agree more! You could have students collect currency, or dates, or even time and percentages for a lesson to put into spreadsheets and manipulate them however you need them to fit the lesson. In a spreadsheet you can sort and select by adding columns to your table. The thing is you always have to make sure you have the right formula to have the correct outcome or answer in the spreadsheet. Sometimes a spreadsheet could have hard to understand for some students, and even some adults! As the educator it could be a difficult task to teach. The best way to have the student grasp this concept is to possibly have them create several different spreadsheets. This is an excellent tool for problem solving and discovery. This is a great way for the student the manipulate a graph to FIND the answer, so this could be used in Math and Science in a FUN and engaging way. Especially for those students who may not grasp those subjects so well to begin with! Spreadsheets are an essence an easy tool once taught and learned... You can create a simulation and teach it that way as well. You as the educator  can create a template with formulas and graphs that allows your students to simply input the data and they can analyze the results and begin to see the relationships and learn it easier if they are having problems. The results are shown immediately as the values, and changes to graph or chart. As always, make sure you have an up to date lesson plan for a great day or week technology review so that each student can learn to his or her full potential!