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Have No Fear: Google Sheets Is Here

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom II/III

Participate and share: Interactive session
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Presenters

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Founder CEO
Educator Alexander Consulting, LLC
@educatoralex
@educatoralexander
Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator, speaker, and author. She is Founder CEO of Educator Alexander Consulting. She holds various teaching, administrative and technology certifications, including being a Google Partner. She is the author of Ready to Be an Educational Leader: Your Guide for Passing the SLLA 6990, a 2022 & 2021 Texas Computer Education Association Featured Thought Leader, 2020 International Society for Technology in Education Featured Voice, 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference Featured Presenter, 2019 Better Business Bureau Customer Commitment Award Honoree, 2017 40 Under 40 Awards Honoree among other honors. Learn more: www.educatoralexander.com.

Session description

Spreadsheet - just the name can strike fear in your heart! Well, fear no more! Beginners, learn how to use Google Sheets to create spreadsheets in a step-by-step presentation that will have you asking, “Well, why didn’t they just tell me that?!”

Purpose & objective

Purpose: The purpose of this session is to take the stigma away from using spreadsheets of raw data by showing educators quick, practical ways to organize and evaluate data and how that can led to student-centered decision making.

Objectives:
1. Participants will evaluate how to use, organize and evaluate data on Google Sheets and how these skills can help them make decisions that are student-centered.
2. Participants will be able to redeliver this content to other teachers and students to help them be more productive with spreadsheets of data.

Evidence of Success:
--Evaluation of session
--Participant participation
--Participants using skills at their campuses with students and co-workers

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Outline

Content and activities:
-Audience will work along with the presenter...presenter will give them the same sheet of data that she is using so educators can practice the skills in real time and ask questions in real time
-Audience is encouraged to ask questions
-Audience will participate in a deep dive connecting how these skills can be used in decision making so they not only know the skills but know how and why they will use them

Outline: 

Time: 60 minute session

5 minutes: Introduction
50 minutes: Interactive teaching of skills, participants ask questions
5 minutes: Closing and evaluation

Process:
-Throughout the session, the audience will be participating using the same spreadsheet of data the presenter has and will be encouraged to ask and answer questions as well as giving their own tips as well.
-A Padlet will be used as a backchannel

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Supporting research

https://www.graduateprogram.org/2020/02/data-driven-decision-making-in-education/

https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/25562_1204_Goldring___Ch_1_excerpt.pdf

https://www.njea.org/three-reasons-why-you-should-use-google-sheets-in-your-classroom-in-2022/

https://tlt.cofc.edu/2016/10/28/6-reasons-you-should-be-using-google-sheets-instead-of-excel/

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Session specifications

Topic:
Assessment/evaluations/use of data
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
Google account
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
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  • Use assessment data to guide progress and communicate with students, parents and education stakeholders to build student self-direction.