DN_Workshop1

**Data Collection - Graphing** 9.30-10.30am 

**A couple of options for collecting data....**

**Microsoft Excel** is a program for creating spreadsheets. Spreadsheets allow you to organize information in rows and tables (which create cells), with the added bonus of automatic mathematics. Spreadsheets are used in business to keep track of expenses and other calculations. Microsoft Excel can save hours in the classroom by manipulating data.

Microsoft Excel Tutorial You Tube - Excel**
 * Links**
 * Excel can be exciting


 * Pdf Notes:**

[|Google Link to helpful information]
 * Google Docs Spreadsheets **: Using Google Docs Spreadsheets eliminates the issue with software.....not having it! If you do have Excel software the skills it requires are the same as what Google Docs Spreadsheet require. Therefore, you can use a combination of the two very easily with your children.

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 * You can embed these into your wiki like this:**


 * Kid Pix** is a great tool for the children to present the data they have gathered. The can record their voice easily stating facts about the data.