Microsoft Excel offers a lot of benefits with its functions, formulas, graphs or charts and tables. Excel worksheets are of a great help to almost all professions. So it is for teaching profession. Teachers can extract several benefits from Excel worksheets in the classroom. In the process of teaching and learning, both teachers and students find it easier to make use of excel worksheets. The activities, such as, preparing lesson plans, grading papers, creating graphs or tables and many more can be carried out effectively and efficiently by using excel spreadsheets.
While explaining the material related to mathematics, excel worksheets canbe used to make calculations, to create graphs and to use various functions and theorems. Also, worksheets are much helpful for solving arithmetical problems and algebraic equations. Besides, there are many graphs or charts available in spreadsheet programs that can be applied for explaining the study material effectively. Aside from these, spreadsheets are well suited for doing statistical analysis. Thus, in accordance with requirement, many worksheets and templates may be tailored in order to teach the students effectively and to make teaching methods more efficient.
As regards English lessons, grammar and vocabulary, excel is a great tool. The rows and columns of excel worksheets are well suited forproviding various examples in relation to different structures of English language. While giving lessons on vocabulary and explaining different forms of words, an English teacher can make use of worksheet columns. In addition, the spreadsheets can be used for creating sample sentences and linking with other sheets pertaining to the lesson plans.
Many jobs require advanced Excel skills nowadays, so, it is important to learn and being proficient in using excel so that you can make use of it in an efficient manner in your teaching profession. Developing excel skills helps you greatly in your job activities making your teaching methodologies effective and efficient.
K.A.Fareed (Fareed Siddiqui)
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BBA; MBA-Finance; M.Phil-Financial Management; (PhD-Management)
Individual Member of Institute of Management Consultants of India
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