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I have linked my spread sheet above. This could be one way to use a spread sheet in the classroom.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pXtQRU686lJ7as7RMm25DAw&hl=en

I had to work with a spreadsheet this week and what a great way to manage a budget. I have been working on a make up unit plan having to do with music. although the spread sheet i had to do was over a wedding budget I know that I could use a spreadsheet in a the future.

One way that I would use a spread sheet would be with the unit plan that I have been working on. I would ask the students if they could start a band what type would it be? Then I would go into further detail with this. for example, i would ask what is needed to start this band. I would then give them a budget to go out and by there necessities. they can do some research and find out things they already knew or things they didn't know.

I had work on spread sheets before but i never knew that a spread sheet could give a message. I like that if i went over budget i would get a negative message. if i stay on or was under budget i would get good news. if they were under budget i would leave the a message that they could be allowed to purchase one more item that could be used for the band. If they were over budget they would have to stick with what they bought.

The inspiration of music

Making a movie was fun. Of course there were some set back when working with the technology. I think it is great that I can create something with my own flavor and also something that I was able to create that a lot of people will enjoy.

The program movie maker was already on my computer which is great because I can continue to mess with it. I was also able to embed a few other items like photos and videos. I believe movie maker can also upload something that has been created through power point.

I think that working on a project like this can involve all kinds of participation. For example a student could get very creative of course with parent supervision on interviewing people of the community. If they were doing something on good citizenship they could record themselves doing some volunteer work.

Here is a little moive that i created that gives example of diffrent way that music inspiers people. The only thing i was unable to do was the naration.