Activity 4 - Spreadsheets for Admin Purposes

Spreadsheets are definitely useful in helping with the administrative functions of the teacher.  This activity demonstrates how functional a spreadsheet can be for recording and computing students' grades.  With simple math equations entered into the spreadsheet, a teacher can simply enter the primary grade students receive for various assignments and have all the calculations done in the background to come up with final grades, percentages etc.  They also allow for graphical presentations (charts etc) of a variety statistics that can be gathered for a class or subject area.