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Michelle L. Rochel
Research Summary:
currently use interactive notebooks as part of all my science classes. One of my professional
I note that although my students have used Excel or Google sheets, many of my students
do not know how to insert circle and column graphs. There is a difference between using a
Out of 43 students surveyed, 41 responded. 40 students said in the survey they knew how
to label a graph and create a title. 37 students said they knew the difference of where the X and Y
axis are located. 13 students responded they have used Excel to share information. 16 students
In our Technology and Communication (EDUW 692) class, we discussed the value in
having our students practice how to use and interpret graphs as a preparation factor for the ACT
test.
C.5. Use content specific tools, software, and simulations (e.g., scientific devices, graphing
calculators, exploratory environments, Web tools) to support learning and research
C.14 Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks
and solve problems
I believe some of my students have been introduced to spreadsheets and entering data.
When I asked my seventh and eighth grade students if they have made various types of graphs,
they indicated they had, but had not practiced this since the beginning of the 2016-17 school
year. Both standards are indicators of the need to practice using specific tools to support learning
My goal is to have all students earn a 17/20 or better on M &Ms graphing lesson.
prepared to use Google sheets for graphing data. I also asked if Google sheets were used in any of their
classes as well as if students are prepared to interpret various kinds of graphs in preparation for the ACT
test. One math teacher responded he does not use Google sheets in his class. The class uses Desmos
(online), graphing calculators, but not often. Reviews of lines are done every year and as they move on,
more graphs and interpretation are introduced. The second math teacher responded she rarely uses Google
sheets and the incoming freshmen are not prepared to use Google sheets. This math teacher uses Excel
and mentioned the incoming freshmen are not prepared to use this either. The only time Excel or Google
sheets are used is in the statistics class, but never used in any other math class in the high school. She also
responded if graphing were needed, the high school students use graphing calculators, Desmos (online) or
Geometry Sketchpad (software). This teacher mentioned most of the graphs on the ACT test are science
driven and the high school is taking time to interpret various graphs in preparation of ACT test. The most
interesting piece I learned from this teacher’s input was that incoming freshman did not have a great deal
of knowledge of how to use Excel. The computer applications gives class is offered to incoming freshmen
and they are taught as if they know nothing of this piece. The third teacher mentioned the incoming
freshmen have a pretty solid handle on building a graph by hand, however, they are not proficient at
graphing using a spreadsheet. His AP Physics class is very proficient at this skill and typically use Excel
and TI graphing calculators. He also mentioned a few of his AP Physics students use Google sheets for
graphing, otherwise they work on the vernier platform for Pre Physics and Physics using Logger Pro. The
sharing process allowed by Google is not available with this software. He also shared the interpretation of
graphs is the skill they put the most time and effort in preparation for the ACT test.
I also looked at our diocesan technology standards. As with all of our standards, we, as educators,
first introduce the concept and practice learning how to do the basics. We continue to practice and review
the concept. This allows the students to use the concept in a variety of ways. The end result is to become
proficient, or master the standard. More practice and review allows students to apply what has been
My goal is to have all students earn a 17/20 or better on the M&M graphing lesson which
will incorporate the usage of Google sheets.
Google sheets, Google slides, and Google docs. I found this article “How Many C’s are in that
Word Sort”. This article reinforced integrating technology in the classroom. The question she
asked herself when planning lessons was “How does this make learning better?” Feedback is
should not practice wrong. Google sheets allows time for feedback to impact the level of
learning. Google sheets also allows me to teach a concept at a time, check to make sure all
students have completed this task (go around room and check each screen) before moving on to
the next task. Based on the tools and functions involved, I selected to learn more about Google
sheets.
I will be using Google sheets as my technology piece. This tool allows a person to collect
data and put it in a spreadsheet. Google sheets also allows choice to customize various graphs
that will work best to share information. My lesson will include using M&Ms to graph (pie
graph) their own sample as well as collect data from four other classmates to graph (column
graph) the different results. Students will get a chance to customize their title with their font
preference, color font, and font size. Students will use the sum function formula to find sums and
I will be teaching this technology piece in my three science classes as a large group
“show and do” lesson. The directions will be on the Smartboard. I will demonstrate each step and
will wait for all students to complete the task requested before moving to the next task. If a
student completes a task early, I will ask them to assist me to help other classmates if they have
difficulty or questions. It is important when teaching this lesson to use the correct terminology so
it is consistent with what the students may be learning in their computer applications class. I will
be using vocabulary that will include cell, click and drag, insert, delete, merge, and
customization.
HYPOTHESIS:
I believe my students will increase their technology skills by reviewing and practicing, as
it will help them collect data, share information, create various graphs, and compare data
collected; the same components they will need to provide for their upcoming science fair project.
Due to when I needed the pre-assessment results, I had students complete this Google doc survey
on a hard copy. I also did not have a full understanding of how to create a Google form at the time I
Out of the 43 surveys given, 41 surveys were submitted. 40 out of 41 students said they knew
how to label a graph and create a title. 37 out of 41 students responded they knew the difference of where
the X and Y axis are located. 13 out of 41 students stated they have used Excel to share information. 16
out of 41 students indicated they have used Google sheets to share information. 27 out of 41 students
replied they have used other form of Web tools to share information. (See Artifact B). This survey helped
me to see only 32% of my middle school students had used Excel to share information.. Only 39% had
used Google sheets to share information. This allowed me to plan accordingly within my three classes. I
knew I would need to teach at a slower pace, rather than thinking all students had prior knowledge in
LESSON.
Computer Skills
Spreadsheets (Google Sheets)
Creating Pie & Column Charts
In this activity, we will learn how to display data using a pie chart and a column chart, color-code the charts, and
label the charts. We will also learn the Sum function formula.
Getting Started
1. Login to your Google Drive. Click New and Google Sheets.
2. Click Untitled Spreadsheet in the top left corner and type M & Ms - Your Name.
Proficiency check - walk around classroom and make sure each student has completed
this task. Point to the untitled area if a student is unsure where to create title. Students
will have this information in order to be proficient for this task.
Entering Text
Type the colors of the candy as shown below. You must add Brown to cell F2. You can change
the font or background colors.
4. Click the Customization Tab, and change the title of the chart to Colors of M & Ms.
5. **** If the data is switched (names are the legend and colors are the names, go to Chart
types and unclick rows/columns).
Now, let’s change the colors so they are correct:
6. Scroll all the way down to the bottom to where it says Series: All Columns. Click where
it says “All Columns” and choose Yellow.
7. Click the little color box below that and change it to be a shade of yellow.
8. Continue to change all the colors to match the words.
Proficiency check - walk around classroom to make sure each student is able to
complete these tasks to create a column graph. If needed, remind students where the
customization tab is located, so students can find where each piece is located. Students
will have completed this set of tasks to be proficient.
We’re almost done. Now that we’ve changed the colors, we are going to remove the legend.
9. Click the drop-down button under Legend and choose None
10. Click Insert to insert the chart.
11. Click the down arrow in the top right corner of the chart and click Move to own sheet.
Proficiency check -walk around classroom and check to make sure sum function formula
is in correct cell. If needed, review directions and allow student to redo task so they
practice the task. Students will complete this task in order to be proficient.
students to become proficient while practicing. I will be able to work with students who have
questions or don’t understand a certain task. At each proficiency check, students will need to
show me their work, so I can help them if they have questions. I can give immediate feedback,
rather than waiting for entire assignment to be turned in and realize a student struggled.
I created a Google doc reflection titled, “Did you know how to do this before I showed
you?” The reflection included each task that was completed and an overall reflection of what
they learned and what they did to problem solve when something did not work correctly. The
reflections were done well and my students shared a great deal of insight.
What worked? On Day One, everything worked the way it needed to for my lesson. No
Students were super, excited to integrate technology in the classroom and the chance to eat your
What didn’t work? On Day Two, I had three laptop computers that would not allow the
sum function formula to work correctly. I watched the students each do the task, and it still
didn’t work. In order to keep the class moving, I told the three students not to become frustrated
and I would do some homework and do some problem solving. I went into each of the students’
assignments and tried to change the numbers. It ended up being you had to recreate a new
spreadsheet. Although the students were disappointed in having to recreate the Google sheet,
they knew they could not complete the rest of the tasks until this was done. I also had a couple
students who were absent on Day One. I would give one set of directions, then go to the student
to give yesterday’s directions. It worked effectively, but I should have made a hard copy of the
graphs, and compare data collected; the same components they will need to provide for their
upcoming science fair project. Many students mentioned in their reflection they had not created
various types of graphs prior to my lesson, but with practice, it is something they feel they could
now do independently. Many of my sixth graders did not know how to create a graph for last
year’s science fair. This year, after doing this review and practice lesson, they felt more
My next steps include planning for more graphing assignments to review and practice
these technology tasks. I will continue to find ways to incorporate technology in my science
classroom.
Overall, this was a positive learning experience for my students and me. My targeted
learning objective was for all of my students to score a 17/20 or better on the M&M graphing
assignment. My objective was met. Many of my fifth and sixth grade students did not have any
prior knowledge of using Excel or Google sheets. The major learning took place when we
compiled our data and created a pie graph and column chart. All of my students felt successful in
taking time to learn, review, and practice these tasks. Reading the post assessment reflections
gave me more insight to the value in this lesson. An eighth grader expressed the pace I taught
this lesson was perfect for his learning. Our science fair is right around the corner and all
students will need to have a graph as part of their science fair project. Each of my students now
have the tools needed to create various graphs. I think the most valuable piece of learning was
me observing and hearing many positive student comments. As my post assessment reflections
(Artifacts D-F) indicate, learning did take place using this graphing assignment with Google
sheets. My next steps include finding more graphing lessons that allow students to review and
practice these tasks.
REFERENCES
Keeler, A. (2017, February 18). How Many C's Are That Word Sort? [Web log post]. Retrieved
Survey
Artifact B: Graph of preassessment data - (click on top right icon to see this data in Google
sheets)
Please take a moment to reflect on the following questions. Be honest in your answers. If you
knew how to create a title, change font, change font size, and change the font color, let me
know. If this is the first time you have ever used Google sheets, let me know.
If you have used any type of spreadsheet to share information, describe what you did or how
you learned it. At the other school we made a spreadsheet from the weather information we
were doing.
If this was a review, please let me know if practicing helped in remembering how to create and
insert graphs as well as the other tasks we did. It helped remember how to make a graph.
Did you know how to create a title, change the font, change the font size, and change the font
color before I showed you how? Yes because you can do those exact things in google docs.
Did you know how to create a pie graph and insert to a document before I showed you how?
Did you know how to create a column graph and insert to a document before I showed you
how?
Did you know how to find the totals and averages using the sum function formula before I
showed you how?
Did you know how to customize a pie graph or column graph before I showed you how?
Did you know how to use Google sheets before I showed you how?
Overall, how do you think this assignment helped you in learning this technology tool as well as
using a spreadsheet to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems? In the event you are
glitch, or something that didn’t work the first time, tell me how you solved the problem. Example
- I inserted my pie graph before I did all the directions. This is how I solve problem.
Please take a moment to reflect on the following questions. Be honest in your answers. If you
knew how to create a title, change font, change font size, and change the font color, let me
know. If this is the first time you have ever used Google sheets, let me know. :)
If you have used any type of spreadsheet to share information, describe what you did or how
you learned it.
I have google docs to share my projects with my mom or in language arts.
If this was a review, please let me know if practicing helped in remembering how to create and
insert graphs as well as the other tasks we did.
This was not a review for me. I have not learned this until you showed me.
Did you know how to create a title, change the font, change the font size, and change the font
color before I showed you how?
Yes I like to make cards, write stories , and more on google docs. I change the color, font, and
size to make it more interesting.
Did you know how to create a pie graph and insert to a document before I showed you how?
No I did not but this it was really fun to learn.
Did you know how to create a column graph and insert to a document before I showed you
how? No but now I know how to.
Did you know how to find the totals and averages using the sum function formula before I
showed you how?
No and now I don’t even have to use a calculator.
Did you know how to customize a pie graph or column graph before I showed you how?
No but I can do this now. It is fun and I might do it at home for fake school with my siblings.
Did you know how to use Google sheets before I showed you how?
I had to use it last year for the science fair but my mom had to do it a bunch. I don’t even
remember using it. So I am a beginner.
Overall, how do you think this assignment helped you in learning this technology tool as well as
using a spreadsheet to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems? In the event you had
a glitch, or something that didn’t work the first time, tell me how you solved the problem.
Example - I inserted my pie graph before I did all the directions. This is how I solved the
problem.
I think this project will help when I do the Science fair.
I did not have any glitches or problems with my project. How many M&Ms we got was random.
This project helped me because now I can do this at home. I now know how to do it and use this
technology and it is really cool. I really loved this project.
If you have used any type of spreadsheet to share information, describe what you did or how you
learned it - I have used a spreadsheet before. I never really learned how to fully use it because
my helped me with it and I didn’t really pay attention… The last time I used a spreadsheet was
last year. (It was not on google docs.)
If this was a review, please let me know if practicing helped in remembering how to create and
insert graphs as well as the other tasks we did - For some of the part like labeling graphs it
slowly starting jogging my mind. This was a great help because now if I ever need help or a
refresher on how to make a graph, I can just go look at the M&Ms assignment and see how I did
it.
Did you know how to create a title, change the font, change the font size, and change the font
color before I showed you how? - Yes, I already knew how to do all of these pieces.
Did you know how to create a pie graph and insert to a document before I showed you how? -
No I did not. I have tried it once on another program but that was ages ago.
Did you know how to create a column graph and insert to a document before I showed you how?
- No I did not. I have never tried making a column graph before.
Did you know how to find the totals and averages using the sum function formula before I
showed you how? - I believe our computer teacher showed us how to do it in the beginning of
the year but I couldn’t remember the formula.
Did you know how to customize a pie graph or column graph before I showed you how? - I did
not.
Did you know how to use Google sheets before I showed you how? - Not really. I was able to do
a few pieces but none of it could really help me.
Overall, how do you think this assignment helped you in learning this technology tool as well as
using a spreadsheet to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems? In the event you had a
glitch, or something that didn’t work the first time, tell me how you solved the problem.
Example - I inserted my pie graph before I did all the directions. This is how I solved the
problem. - This assignment helped me tremendously! I can now create my own charts and graphs
for other school work. Since we took this nice and slow I can remember it a lot better, and
knowing how to create charts and graphs will definitely help me in the future. For instance, now
I can finally make a good graph for my science fair project. Creating a graph for my science fair
project used to be the hardest part for me. Now I can breeze right through it.
Please take a moment to reflect on the following questions. Be honest in your answers. If you
knew how to create a title, change font, change font size, and change the font color, let me
know. If this is the first time you have ever used Google sheets, let me know. :)
If you have used any type of spreadsheet to share information, describe what you did or how
you learned it.
If this was a review, please let me know if practicing helped in remembering how to create and
insert graphs as well as the other tasks we did.
Did you know how to create a title, change the font, change the font size, and change the font
color before I showed you how?
Yes
Did you know how to create a pie graph and insert to a document before I showed you how?
I had done it before in computers but I did not remember how to.
Did you know how to create a column graph and insert to a document before I showed you
how?
I had done it before in computers but I did not remember how to.
Did you know how to find the totals and averages using the sum function formula before I
showed you how?
Did you know how to customize a pie graph or column graph before I showed you how?
Did you know how to use Google sheets before I showed you how?
I knew how to do the general tasks with cells, columns, and fonts/colors.
Overall, how do you think this assignment helped you in learning this technology tool as well as
using a spreadsheet to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems? In the event you had
a glitch, or something that didn’t work the first time, tell me how you solved the problem.
Example - I inserted my pie graph before I did all the directions. This is how I solved the
problem.
It helped me remember how to do all of the tasks on google sheets so now I can use it for
other assignments like for science projects. Everything worked fine for me I had no
glitches.