Excel

New Excel ideas:

            1) The students wear uniform (colors consist of white, light blue or dark blue) to school.  We could use excel to track who wore what colors on any given day. 

            2) We have to document when we would with small groups.  We could use Excel to show what we have taught and keep track of the progress.

            3) We have to track how students get to school.  We could use Excel to see if they are a walker, go on a bus, or they are dropped off by the car line.

            4) Students could use excel to show how many words they read in a minute.  They can use the graph function to show grow over time.

            5) Student could use Excel to help them understand math facts. Students can use excel to learn about equivalent expressions by finding how many ways they can make 12, using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Google Docs or Microsoft Word/Excel

            I would choose to stay with Microsoft Word/Excel.  Teachers are familiar with these programs. A lot of new expectations are put on teachers and they are expected to do it with the resources they have in their classroom.  Teachers need to be able to access information at the touch of a button.  If the internet is done, you won’t be able to get on google docs. It is important to have hard copies of information.