Introduction and spreadsheets

Week 1: January 14

MATH 459/ELMA 559 ~ Technology in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Instruction ~ Spring 2004

Class meeting schedule and topics

Wednesday, January 14 ~	Course information and introduction to Excel
Wednesday, January 21 ~	Constructing graphs in Excel
Wednesday, January 28 ~	Advanced functions in Excel

Homework Assignments

1. Due Wednesday, January 21

   Required work

   • Complete the "Excel, Magic Squares, and Magic Triangles" assignment.
   • Complete the "Excel Gradebook Assignment" assignment.

   Optional work

   • Complete the optional tasks that are given on the assignments.

   • Set up (and maintain) a gradebook file for your grade in this course.

2. Due Wednesday, January 28

   Required work

   • Complete the "Constructing Graphs in Excel" assignment (http://www.math.iup.edu/~tshort/handouts/excel.html).

   Optional work

   • Incorporate the graphs you construct in Excel into a Microsoft Word document. Include your write-up and description of the graphs in the content around the graphs in Word. Turn your homework into a professional-looking report.

   • Construct the ugliest, most distracting, and most misleading graph or graphs you can using display options in Excel. Revise the ugly graph into a clear and simple version. Write a brief comparison of the ugly and clear graphs.