On Excel

 I gave alot of thought to how I could use Excel in the classroom.  We already used up so many good ideas.  I based my ideas on what I like to do and find out about.  The first idea had to do with music.  I would find a way through Excel and with the help of the students, to find the most popular song and genre amongst the class.  We could have the newest songs sent from Itunes and vote on some.  We could get others from a volunteered list created by the class.  We would vote on a genre or each student could just pick their faavorite one.  The winning or most popular song would be downloaded and copies burned for each student.  All information would be labeled on Excel with each student's name listed, along with their choices.  We could use excel to help us as a class pick a winning lottery number based on each student and their choice. We would then narrow our choice based on the most common choices and numbers.  We could see how close to the proper class ranking order the students could guess on their own.  The choices and correct orders would be listed on Excel.   This would determine how close they came to being right and how they decided their choice. The fourth idea is that the class could try to find the most common tv show amongst them.  They would make their choices then Excel would show us what is most popular.  Another idea would be to list birthdates and zodiac signs for everyone in the class. We could use Excel to determine what the alike signs had in common based on answers and questions from a collaborated list by the class.