Excel Spreadsheets

I love using excel, but I usually get really frustrated when I can't get something to do what I am wanting it to! As a coach, you are usually not granted enough practice time with your athletes, so I would use an excel timeline to show my athletes practice times and how practice will go. This way they visually can see what is expected of them and we can use our practice time wisely. With a spreadsheet, it is so great for a teacher because you can enter a formula to average grades and once it is entered you can change numbers as you wish and the formula will automatically update the outcome. If a teacher had to use a calculator for all his/her grades, it would be a difficult task to constantly go back and make changes. Some teachers let students make up work, correct bad grades and/or give extra credit and with the spreadsheet entering those grades is easier because of the formulas.