Microsoft Excel

Having taken a class on Microsoft Excel in high school I felt as if I had a pretty good feel for how it worked. Excel on Vista though provides many additional features that I had not before utilized. So far I have only gotten as far as using the basic features of the program in a gradebook simulation. Even at this simple level I have been able to use multiple formulas and formatting tools. Excel makes it incredibly easy to keep an accurate and organized spreadsheet for any purpose.

As a future teacher I feel that Excel could be very helpful in keeping track of assignments that I give to my students. The program will also be very helpful in recording and organizing grades. I will be able to see what assignments were possibly too difficult for the students and how I should adapt them for later use. Excel is a program that could be used often and effectively by teachers.