SS3

This was a fairly easy assignment to figure out, however it was time consuming. I had no problem with google sites because I was familiar with it from doing our group project. I had actually already done this lesson in my classroom, but did not include the spreadsheet and pie chart. I did not include an instruction sheet because I didn't feel like that was designated to meet my students needs, since they cannot read. I also didn't have each of them do their own spreadsheet and pie chart because my students work on a kindergarten level so we would complete this portion (excel) of the assignment together as a class.
Here is my lesson. I hope you enjoy "Macaroni Madness."

SS2

This grading worksheet was much harder to figure out than the first one. I had no idea about the formulas and had to do a lot of searching to figure out how to get them to work. It was very time consuming however after using the help I figured things out and think it is very interesting all the things you can do with a grade book. I had no idea all of these functions could be performed such as mode, range, max and min. Very neat! I think the next time I would do a grading sheet like this it wouldn't take as long after learning how to do it this time. Here is the link to my grading spreadsheet!

SS1

This project scared me much to begin with. I am not familiar with Excel at all but after studying the assignment I decided to give it my best shot. I struggled with the formulas but once I figured out that I needed to put the column number and letter in the cell it wasn't that bad. I searched the web help to figure out how to do the 45 degree on the titles and filling the cell 3 black.

After uploading the spreadsheet to google docs it was easy to cut, copy and paste the columns in the correct order to make the chart which was also easy. The whole google documents was very user friendly and I didn't realize that things such as graphs could be created that easy from a spreadsheet. Good experience. I just HOPE I did everything correctly.

Here is the link to my chart and spreadsheet!

Visual Ranking Tool (Group Project)

We decided to do our project on a reading story that she was teaching her second graders. It worked out well for me also because I teach a K-3 mentally impaired classroom and I can use this lesson and ranking tool as well. I thought it was pretty neat to be able to go online and make assignments and lessons for our students to complete online. This project also allowed us to use google sites again and learn more about it.

My partner for this project was Mollie Toppe. We worked really good together and I actually hate group projects especially ones where you have to communicate to each other via email, but Mollie made it pretty easy. The project was equally divided and we both discussed what we thought of each part and shared our opinions. I am glad she was my partner! Thanks Mollie!

To view our project click here!

Photoshop Express

This was really neat and fun! There were so many things you could do with photoshop. I was able to upload my pictures and decide what transition I wanted and choose audio to go along with my slide show. I didn't bother with downloading my own song, but I just used what the program already had. My pictures go in a circular motion...it was my favorite transition. After I made my album, I save it in my gallery and was then able to use my photoshop address to link it to my blog. Hope you enjoy my album!

Web Album

I never knew it was this easy to upload photos online. Picasa is a great tool to use when you do this. I downloaded picasa 3, chose which photos on my computer to upload, and them uploaded them as a web album. After they were uploaded I was able to add captions. There were other things you could do with Picasa such as crop, adjust the brightness of you picture, transition the pictures and much more! This is a very efficient way to share images and I see myself using this tool in the future to upload my pictures!
Click here to view my web album...ENJOY!

Online Graph 2

My graph is organized by the lower state per capita income to the highest state. I thought this was a very interesting graph to do because I had no idea that the results were going to be as they are. My graph shows that WV has the second to lowest per capita income, yet has the lowest amount of students on an IEP. I found that the state with the least money is not always the state that has the most students on an IEP. As my graph shows, there is a big jump from Utah to Kentucky. Kentucky has the most money on my chart and also has an abundance of students on an IEP. The results of this assignment and my graph show that even though some states are poorer than other, the students on an IEP appear to be lower, with the exception of Mississippi that is the poorest state and has more students on an IEP than West Virginia, Arkansas, and Utah.