We are at the door step of the final class session for IS101-3004, Fall 2024!
Of the still actively participating students, twelve students will complete the semester and two will go into overtime.
Of the twelve, all but one student has completed Phase 2: Performing (Determined and Analytical). About half the students have completed Phase 3: Performing (Creative). One student is outperforming and I hope she will be actualizing -- see my previous blog post for a graphical representation of the three phases and beyond.
Of the two, one presented his A8 Improved Slideshow Presentation this past Saturday. The other will follow suit and join the 'outperforming and actualizing' student this coming Saturday, our final class session for Fall 2024.
Since my previous blog post, the remaining students have presented their A5 Slideshow Presentation, I walked through my favorite demonstration, and the digital literacy program director's custom Excel workbooks capped off Phase 2.
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Nianqi enjoys his Hobbies of swimming, learning to play tennis, running, and playing video games during his free time. The images used in his slideshow are found through Google searches.
Shae fondly regaled a May to Remember: My [Her] Trip to Georgia 2024 where she had participated in a college graduation, a surprised birthday dinner, and a wedding engagement. Along with the next slideshow, they
Kendra walked down memory lane in Paseo Familiar Primavera 2010 -- Family Trip, Spring 2010 where her family visited Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Mexico City, Aztec Pyramids at San Juan Teotihuacan, Church of St. Michael in Guanajuato, and Cocodrilario Kiekari in San Blas Nayarit.
Michael's slideshow ventured outside the of 6-slide boundary with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. I fully support this not only because of the iconic status of the director or the film but the presenter's steadfast and above and beyond effort throughout the semester!
Juwan chose Habits as his topic because it seemed interesting to him. With neither of us having read the book, I believe he summarized the key points of the book and presented them well.
Eyram wanted us to reach The Realization That You [We] Are a Leader by explaining what a leader is and is not, what a leader is about, and concluded with the question of are you a chicken or an eagle?
Johnathan happily shared his 3D Printing Experiences with the class after enlisting in the military. I'm glad the young man will leave academia (hopefully not permanently) with this experience.
Salem personally shared his Direction, Passion as he found his way through music. May Salem Bee become a famous and successful musician in the future.
Brian dazzled us with Seven Wonders of the World. I didn't know the current list was determined in 2007 by 100 millions votes. I wonder what the next list will look like?
As A5 and A8 offer students the opportunities to fully showcase their individuality and originality to stand out from the curriculum's mechanical process and factory-production results, I and the digital literacy program director created our own :-)
Beyond -- the prerequisite to, actually -- the formulas and functions are logical thinking, qualitative decision-making, and communication skills.
I created various scenarios to stimulate the classroom to think through whether a scenario requires straight average vs. weighted average or something else?
Do we choose a type of chart base on how pretty it looks or how much we like a certain type of chart?
What are some skills often overlooked or under-practiced that make our spreadsheet experience miserable?
Is there more than just plus, minus, times, divide?
Would everything grow or diminish in a linear fashion?
What are the pros and cons to linking vs. embedding an object?
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The final two from my set of signature assignments are A6 Spreadsheet Analysis with Trailer and A7 Mail Merge. Trailer requires students to view questions and communicate answers from a qualitative and external perspective.
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The digital literacy program director has created [Fun with Functions] and [More Fun with Functions] workbooks to challenge students' attention to detail and precision in implementing their answers when applying what they learned.
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I am excited to see the remaining A8 and students finish their IS101-3004, Fall 2024 journey on a high note ^_^
Hmm... I wonder if more than one student will actualize him/her self via bonus quizzes, optional assignments A9 Query Options and IF Statement & A10 Workbook Investigation, and Microsoft Office Specialist certifications beyond MO-110 Word, MO-210 Excel, MO-310 PowerPoint?
For the past few weeks, I’ve learned several things. First, choose an appropriate chart for your content each chart has a different usage depending on what you wanted to see. Second, I learned to use some functions in Excel that I didn’t know before. Third, I didn’t know that we can do mail merge, and I’ll make sure to use what I learned when needed. I learned a lot of things to the point that I can’t list them all.
ReplyDeleteAbout the “Fun with Functions” and “More Fun with Functions”, I remember doing this at night and I didn’t realize that it’s morning already. Because I was so focused trying those formulas. These tasks helped me with my perseverance skills. Once I start something, I’ll make sure to finish it. It was one of my favorite tasks, it was challenging but fun at the same time.
I believe we should choose a chart based not on how pretty it looks but on whether it can represent our data accurately. A pie chart, for example, works best for showing proportions, while bar or line charts are better for comparing values over time. A skill that is often overlooked in Excel is VLOOKUP. It can greatly improve the efficiency and accuracy of your work, yet they are underused by many.
ReplyDeleteOver the past weeks, I’ve deepened my understanding of Excel, particularly the importance of selecting the right chart type to best represent data. Working with formulas and functions was especially fulfilling, enhancing my technical skills and making the overall experience both challenging and rewarding.
ReplyDeleteI’ve also improved my approach to PowerPoint presentations, learning to use images effectively to communicate ideas rather than relying on text-heavy slides. This shift has made my presentations more engaging and impactful, and I’m excited to keep building on these skills.
I don't have a specific chart that come to mind when doing or inserting a chart. Base on the information that is giving to me I would put the chart that best fit the information.
ReplyDeleteThe chart should best capture what we want to display, what data we want to be understood and its impact. There are a lot of visually appealing options but all of them don't convey data the way we may need. I think a skill that's often overlooked in excel is the "fill handle". I've realized in my job that a lot of people were unaware of the fill handle and different options when it came to applying to their data. In my improved PowerPoint, I embedded a video which double the size of my presentation. Had I uploaded the video in YouTube, my PowerPoint wouldn't have been so large and the link would take you directly to what i wanted to showcase.
ReplyDeleteThe chart used should embody the information you want to disseminate, so the different charts should be used accordingly. The fill handle in Excel is very useful. Mail Merge is something I was unaware of. I want to learn that skill and use it more effectively. Fun With Functions and More Fun with Functions took quite a bit of time to do. Pro and Cons. Embedding an object means that there will be multiple pages if printed. Linked objects are seen but are a pass through. I will continue learning after the class has ended.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the chart you use should be largely impacted by the information you are trying get through. Another good way to choose could just be the practicality of the layout and how easy the chart is to read and understand. I feel like the SUMIF function may be very useful especially if you need to put together the numbers but only if a condition is met! But to me the most useful was the Fun with Functions and the More Fun with Functions because it really puts your knowledge to the test to see if you really understand the information or not. It was a really good learning experience to me!
ReplyDeleteI learned through the assignments that the type of chart that should be chosen is the one that best represents the data that we want to share. A6 Spreadsheet analysis made this very clear. When I started it I did it wrong and was comparing numbers that had no relevance to what was being asked. Upon doing the spreadsheet correctly I saw how important it was choosing the correct chart.
ReplyDeleteI believe skills that are overlooked is not being careful when applying the formulas. One difficulty I had was in my execution on spreadsheets. I understood the formulas but a simple space would throw the entirety of the formulas. A comma in the wrong place could also cause errors. It was very hard to find these mistakes also. There is definitely more than plus, minus, multiply, and divide as I first thought. My favorite was the RAND function, applying it was simple and seeing how it would generate a random number every time was very interesting.
I think different tasks call for different charts. Some charts provide better visual that people can understand better and more accurately. Charts can make a difference between a great presentation and a horrible one. It can also help the presenter staying on point, rather than getting lost in the middle of his discussion.
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