PRODUCTIVITY
TOOLS:
SPREADSHEETS,
WORD
TEMPLATE,
NARRATED
POWERPOINT
Name:
Kennedy
Gilliam
Grade
Level:
First
Content
Area:
Mathematics
Basic
Productivity
Tool
Used:
Microsoft
Excel
Standards
Addressed:
MGSE1.MD.4 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another
Blooms
Level
of
Critical
Thinking:
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
Description
of
how
to
implement
in
the
class:
Students
will
be
divided
into
groups
and
given
a
bag
of
Skittles
candy.
The
students
will
gather
information
on
the
amount
of
colors
in
each
bag.
They
will
collect
their
findings
on
the
Excel
template
provided
by
the
teacher.
The
data
will
automatically
be
placed
onto
a
graph.
Students
will
examine
the
graph
and
compare
their
findings
with
the
rest
of
the
groups.
After
this,
students
will
be
allows
to
collect
their
own
data
from
their
peers.
They
can
choose
whatever
topic
they
would
like
to
collect
data
on.
After
gathering
data,
students
will
go
to
the
computer
lab
as
a
class
and
create
their
own
Excel
spreadsheets
to
display
their
data.
Their
spreadsheets
will
be
shared
on
the
classroom
blog
for
parents
and
students
to
see.
Level
of
Technology
Implementation
(LoTi):
This
lesson
is
a
LoTi
level
4.
Students
are
collecting
information
and
creating
their
own
original
product
and
working
independently.
They
are
sharing
it
within
the
school
community
on
the
classroom
blog.
Description
of
the
sample
spreadsheet
and
graph/chart
provided
*:
Students
will
access
the
template
via
the
classroom
blog.
The
students
will
open
up
the
spreadsheet
and
see
a
chart
and
blank
graph
that
will
fill
in
as
the
insert
the
data.
The
spreadsheet
is
color
coordinated
but
students
are
welcome
to
add
pictures
or
change
the
graph
layout
if
they
choose
to.
Other
comments
about
your
proposed
spreadsheet/graph/chart
activity:
adapted
from:
http://teachers.cr.k12.de.us/~galgano/1linkstemp.htm