First of all Yum, any adult or child for that matter can truly be enticed with candy! When we started the class I was definitely one of those people who envisioned spreadsheets as the uniform chart mathy looking things. But as we learned in class there is more to spreadsheets than boring! A simple task such as sorting M&M’s is fun as well as interactive. This simple in-class experiment really helped me see what I could do with spreadsheets in my elementary classrooms. Not only does a class task such as this help children with math it also assists in developing skills in computer literacy, creativity and depending on how you plan the lesson writing skills as well. Now there is one problem, I am learning many wonderful things but when it comes time, will I use them? I hope so, because I think that computer skills are necessary in the world today. But on the other hand it does take time as well as a bit of creativity to come up with a child friendly project. I guess I really won’t know what I do until it is time for me to teach and manage my own classroom.
