Sunday 19 May 2013

Activity 8: Integrating Spreadsheet with Learning


Reflection

 
 Teaching my class about Microsoft Excel was quite a rewarding experience. Students were enthused to transfer what they had documented during the science lesson. Students were engaged in a period of observation where they documented how much water was absorbed by a plant over a six days period. The thrilling part was when they had to work in groups to be able to create a line graph. I observed that as students worked in their groups there was greater productivity, more high-level reasoning, more frequent generation of new ideas and exercising of problem solving skills. My task as a facilitator was to offer assistance where necessary. There was one group that encountered some difficulties but as time progressed they were able to grasp the concepts and ably complete the task at hand. All the objectives were met and learning did take place.

 Reflection of the outcome of the lesson: This lesson was rather interactive and students were very enthused to work in their groups for the duration of this lesson. There was one group that struggled to present their data because initially the information was incorrectly documented during the observation process. In the future I will ensure that greater attention is paid to the collection and tabulation of data by students.

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