This morning I worked with a 6th grade teacher who introduced Numbers to her Math students for the purpose of them understand how to enter data in a spreadsheet, take that data and turn it into a graph, and from the data type a conclusion paragraph interpreting the data. The lesson went very well and the students caught on quickly about the purpose and uses of Numbers, and about the functions Numbers provides. Most people do not like exploring software that deals with spreadsheets, but these students really seemed to enjoy plotting their 10 day weather forecast, turning that information into a double line graph, and then writing a conclusion paragraph as if they were report the forecast for the next 10 days.
Definitely something I did not expect going into the classroom, as my previous experiences with Numbers or Excel with students have not boded well, but I underestimated.
I will be joining another teacher on Wednesday teaching the same lesson. So it will again be interesting to see how the students handle Numbers and how they learn the purpose and uses of Numbers.
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