Today I was required to make a couple of PowerPoint tutorials regarding Microsoft Excel. The first PowerPoint I created included the Basics of Excel as well as mathematical commands the middle school students can use. I also touched upon using the Auto Sum feature, inserting symbols for their mathematical equations, and utilizing the function button to do their calculations. These PowerPoints will be used to teach the students to use Excel for their upcoming Math Project Fair.
I found it a bit frustrating because supposedly the Bentley students that go to McDevitt on a different day were assigned to make PowerPoints about charts, graphs, and tables. However, due to lack of communication between the other Bentley Students and Project Managers, no one knows who is doing what. In response to that, I emailed Project Managers as well as the McDevitt teacher the PowerPoints I created and asked questions as to who is doing what.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
A New Challenge
Just recently (two days ago actually), I was assigned to partake in a Math project and teach students how to use several Math related tools such as Excel. I plan to create a PowerPoint to explain how to use Excel, making snapshots of examples and placing them in the PowerPoint.
Right now I have been reading through the Math Project packet and I plan to visit some of the links that my assigned McDevitt teacher has been giving to her students. These links include Math related websites that create 3D shapes for geometry or defining Moebius strips and how to make one.
The Math Project will be held in the Math Fair sometime in June.
Right now I have been reading through the Math Project packet and I plan to visit some of the links that my assigned McDevitt teacher has been giving to her students. These links include Math related websites that create 3D shapes for geometry or defining Moebius strips and how to make one.
The Math Project will be held in the Math Fair sometime in June.
Summary: Spring 2010
Cluster Challenge is a very new program, starting last Fall 2009 for the first time.
As a 4th-credit participating in Cluster Challenge, I am assigned several tasks to do in order to help middle school students as well as their teachers learn and by open-minded to the concept of using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
Helping at the McDevitt Middle School, I was faced with the challenge of several projects. As I recall, I have been researching how to enhance student's Windows Movie Maker videos and have been successful in figuring out how to make a voicethread over music so student's short films can explain their project while have music play in the background within their video.
I have also been working as a floater, communicating with a number of teachers who are looking for ideas to integrate Web 2.0 in the classroom like using Gloster for History projects or PowerPoint for geography projects.
As a 4th-credit participating in Cluster Challenge, I am assigned several tasks to do in order to help middle school students as well as their teachers learn and by open-minded to the concept of using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
Helping at the McDevitt Middle School, I was faced with the challenge of several projects. As I recall, I have been researching how to enhance student's Windows Movie Maker videos and have been successful in figuring out how to make a voicethread over music so student's short films can explain their project while have music play in the background within their video.
I have also been working as a floater, communicating with a number of teachers who are looking for ideas to integrate Web 2.0 in the classroom like using Gloster for History projects or PowerPoint for geography projects.
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