Howdy,

While working on my Excel worksheet I thought up a quote.

Trying to make things work harder for you not make work harder.

That kind of sums up my personality.  I like to tinker, I try to make things easier for other people, and I always believe that there has to be a better way to do things.

So remember to keep it simple and don't make things more complicated then it already is.

I always tell my students when doing math problems look for the bread crumbs, every question has one, to guide you in your pursuit to the answer.

Happy Surfing

Oregon Online Tip of the Week 11/18

Missed a few weekends, not enough hours in the days to get everything done.  This week's topic is Excel.  I love Excel it can do amazing things if you know what kind of capabilities it has.  I am no expert but I have used for several different things over the year from making a spreadsheet that would do nuclear chemistry, to making a spreadsheet that would look up oxidation charges for ions to balance chemical equations.  It can also be used to make spreadsheets to track students grades, make graphs that show the position of cars being chased by police cars or to do projectile motion problems.  It can also great for making test generators for math problems so that students have easier time solving mathematical equations.

Another great thing is YouTube once you learn something you can share it with the rest of the world.  Today I wanted to show my fellow teachers what you can do on Excel but making a spreadsheet doesn't do anyone any good if it doesn't have some kind of instructional manual so that is where YouTube is also great.

Here is an example it's not the best but I didn't have time to make two or three videos so I just did a screen capture in one shot.

Video on Excel hosted on YouTube.

So if you want to be better at Excel you can ask me, or search YouTube, there is probably already 10 videos already out there for what you want to know how to do something.

Happy Surfing