This document provides an overview of how to use Excel for educational assessments. It discusses using Excel to create grade books, rubrics, templates, and interactive activities. Examples shown include graphing in science and social studies, reading logs, grading rubrics, and curriculum mapping. The tasks for the session are to create an assessment chart with graphs, and a rubric in Excel. Directions for these tasks are provided on the course Blackboard site. Homework includes a reflection, textbook reading, and evaluating education technology tools.

1. Using Technology For
Assessments
Week 10
ED 204/TECP 63: Instructional Technology

2. Tonight’s Focus
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Learning how technology
can be used for assessments
“Tackle” Excel

3. Using Excel
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Assessments
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Grade Books
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Rubrics
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Templates
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Interactive Activities
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Timelines

4. Excel =
Excel = Yikes?
Yeah!
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It’s not just for
number crunching...
It is like a battleship
game...
Great for making
forms or charts

5. Examples of How Excel
is Used in Education

6. Graphing in Science

7. Calculations in Math

8. Graphing in Social Studies

9. Charts

10. Reading Log

11. Grading Rubrics

12. Grading Scales

13. Common Templates

14. Curriculum Mapping

15. Labeling Worksheet

16. Labeling Worksheet

17. Crossword Puzzle

18. Interactive Map

19. Tonight’s Tasks
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Create an assessment chart
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Create 3 graphs
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Create a Rubric

20. Assessment Chart
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Follow Step by step
directions on BlackBoard.
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Make up the data
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Customize with color

21. Assessment
Chart Graphs
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Reading Formative
Assessments = Line Graph
Writing Prompt = Column
Graph
Math Benchmarks = Bar
Graph
Add Chart and Axis Titles,
Data Labels, and Colors

22. Rubric
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Create a Rubric from an
online tool called Rubistar
Tied to your topic for this
class.
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Try some customization
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Download as an excel file
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Step by step directions on
BlackBoard.

23. Homework for Week
11
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Reflection Journal Entry
Textbook Reading with online quiz or
focus questions
Spotlight Tools Evaluation