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Offers links to Excel learning tutorials, subject-specific uses for spreadsheet software, and links to additional resources

Integrating technology in the classroom is becoming more and more prevalent in many schools across the world. Teachers need to think of creative ways to incorporate technology into the classroom. This guide provides help for teachers wanting to use the application, Microsoft Excel, for help in their classes.

Some great tutorials on Excel and ways to integrate it into multiple content areas.

MrExcel is your one stop for Excel tips and solutions. MrExcel offers help for excel including seminars and other training.

Calculating the mean and standard deviation in Excel 2007 is as easy as 1, 2, 3 and only takes a few minutes. Use the "AVERAGE" function in Excel to find the mean of a set of numbers. Enter the range of numbers in your Excel spreadsheet....

An excellent resource from scholastic for the Thanksgiving holiday. With teacher registration, you are granted access to the following: *Video tours of Wampanoag dwellings, canoe construction, and daily life *Replay of webcast including interviews with interpreters from the Plimoth Plantation *Series of classroom emails from a Pilgrim girl and a Wampanoag boy *Reminder emails for virtual field trips and webcast replay Interested in integrating technology into holiday lessons? This is an excellent place to start for Thanksgiving!

This is an excellent site for finding sources that connect mathematics and Excel.

Tutorial on creating a timeline in Excel, PowerPoint, or Word (2010).

Briefly suggests applications for Microsoft Excel. Includes grade book ideas, lesson integration choices, and other non-mathematical uses.

Tutorials, Lesson Plans, and lots of ideas for using Excel in the classroom.

More Excel templates from Internet 4Classrooms, these are also aimed at elementary but with a focus on math and science

I like how this site explains the basics of excel. I actually refer my students to some of the points mentioned on this website when I initially teach how to use spreadsheets.

A helpful video and text tutorial showing how to create a timeline from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Basic Computer Skills, Word, Excel, PPT, Publisher, and Internet Safety Lessons

Basic Computer Skills, Word, Excel, PPT, Publisher, and Internet Safety Lessons

Creative ways to use Excel in an elementary classroom

This website provides the reader with all of the information they may need to get started in using Excel in the classroom. From the reasons why to teacher resources you can find it all here!

Timeline template for Excel and a tutorial on how to create timelines.

This article reports a study of a community of practice that was focused on...developing communities of practice! Excellent exploration of the factors that influenced participation levels in this CoP, including: emotion, technology, and connectivity. The authors conclude that online learning communities succeed on the basis of the level of investment of the members.

This article reports a study of a community of practice that was focused on...developing communities of practice! Excellent exploration of the factors that influenced participation levels in this CoP, including: emotion, technology, and connectivity. The authors conclude that online learning communities succeed on the basis of the level of investment of the members.

This website lists different links for spreadsheet use in the classroom. I personally like how much I weigh on a different planet.

There are many web sites with ideas for classroom projects. The following sites contain some ideas for using Excel with your students.

There are many web sites with ideas for classroom projects. The following sites contain some ideas for using Excel with your students.

Download a free Gradebook Template for Excel. This is a spreadsheet tool for teachers who grade on a percentage or point-based system.

Downloadable templates for Excel, aimed at elementary language arts and social studies

Connectivism overview outlining major principles of the theory, includes George Siemens video. Excellent quote from George Siemens (video) "We can not, not learn"

Stacie, Good site to define connectivism. I especially like the diagram graphic and the two video clips with George Siemens, one of the gurus of this technology. The two slide shares are great too. We have one of those slides in our resources for this module.

A great article and resource on George Siemen's principles of connectivism. This includes excellent alternate resources including links to other supporting pages and video links to help understand the connectivism theory.

Good article on some of the reasons spreadsheets are important and why you should teach how to use EXCEL.