April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop MICCA Using Excel to Build Fun and Educational Activities Workshop Baltimore, MD Using Excel to Build Fun and Educational Activities Workshop Tuesday, 4/24/2007, 10:30 am –1:00 pm Tuesday, 4/24/2007, 1:15 pm - 3:45 pm Davina Pruitt-Mentle Kim Reddy Robert Mentle

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop2 Using Excel to Build Fun and Educational Activities Today we will build fun and educational simulations, games, interactive tests and quizzes with Excel, a basic application found in most schools.

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop3 General Outcomes: Explore how to deliver content in creative interactive ways with Excel. View and explore the possibilities. Create: –an interactive quiz or test, –a game –a simulation –and be able to teach students how to do so as well

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop4 Specific Skills: 1. Utilization of more advanced Excel features 2. Utilization of existing Excel templates (you add the content) 3. Build an interactive test/quiz 4. Build a game with educational content 5. Build a simulation with educational content

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop5 Agenda First ~ 15+ min –Introductions/Needs and Interests –Overview –Examples -“The Metamorphosis of Dry Content into Exciting Topics” 1 hour –Build an interactive test/quiz together –Build Your Own with instructor support (Break on own) –Share and Show 1 hour –Build a Game Together –Build a Simulation Together –Time to Build Own Creation(s) Ending –Show and Share –How to stay connected and database portal for products –Evaluation

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop6 Pre-Assessment Link choutreach/MICCA2007Prehttp://cgi.umd.edu/survey/display?edte choutreach/MICCA2007Pre

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop7 Getting Started –Introductions –Where are we with Excel? –Needs and Interests –Pairing Buddies (Peer Learning) –Excel Basics/Overview If needed

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop8 Examples-“The Metamorphosis of Dry Content into Exciting Topics”“The Metamorphosis of Dry Content into Exciting Topics”

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop9 Examples

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop10 Human Digestive System

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop11 Some Other Examples Interactive Matching w/Excel Pizza Calculator How much do you weigh on other planets Doing a calendar in Excel Self Clear Planet Quiz Excel tax calculations Temperature Converter with Excel Advanced Games

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop12 Time Check For further exploration: Next, let’s walk through making a Short Quiz/Test together Then build/start to build a Quiz/Test on your own

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop13 Quiz/Test Together Open Excel-Blank worksheet File→New→Blank

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop14 Quiz/Test Together Type in the questions and possible answers (see handout)

See Handout

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop18 Instructions See Handout

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop20 Steps to Make a Clear Button To Make a Clear button – you will be making a button to implement a macro –A macro is a “recording” of a set of steps –To work, macros must be enabled on the spreadsheet (this might not be true by default) Before you make the Macro - SAVE

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop21 Clear Button Show Forms Menu –Right click on toolbar area, make sure Forms is checked Click on the button icon, use your crosshair mouse pointer to click and draw a button You will be prompted to name the macro that is to be associated with this button, following this you will have the chance to record the macro. –Change the Name of the Macro –Click Record –Clear each of the answers which you entered into the Responses cells in Response Column –Click “Stop” Button –Right Click on Button and click on Edit Text –Change button name to Clear –Save your worksheet. In the future clicking on the button will clear answers a student entered. I suggest naming the button "Clear."

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop22 Locking How can you “lock” the cells you do not want students to change? By default all cells of the worksheet are locked when you Protect the worksheet. So you must change the setting on the cells you want to leave open. –Click on a cell you would like to leave “unlocked” –In the menu bar choose: Format→Cells or type Ctrl-1 –Go to the Protection Tab –Make sure the checkbox next to Locked is unchecked. Now lock the worksheet –Go to Tools→Protection→Protect Sheet –Type in a password – Click OK –Type in the password again – Click OK To unprotect –Go to Tools→ Protection→Unprotect Sheet. –Type in the password and click OK

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop23 Now Try To Make One Yourself and We Will “Test" Them Out

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop24 Time to Show & Share Break

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop25 Game Together: Drag and Drop Feature in Excel

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop26 Game Together Open Excel-Blank worksheet

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop27 Make a Board Game See Handout

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop28 Make a Board Game Choose cells to designate path by filling with a color –may also choose border option Label Start and Finish –I chose the auto shapes w/ text for finish Add questions to each cell through Comments Use Data Validation to have selection for each box

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop30 Make a Board Game To Check Answers –Use Conditional Formatting to change color of box if it is correct To Clear Answers –Create a Clear Button and a Macro

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop31 Fraction Example See Handout

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop32 Make a Simulation Together See Handout Template

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop33 Visual Simulation

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop34 Make a Simulation Together Enter text in cells and format (color, bold, borders) For each of the blue cells enter the appropriate formula Add clip art or other images Make a Thermometer –Make ranges (Edit – Fill: Use Linear) –Paste formula into cell (Hide Values – color white) –Use Conditional Formatting

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop35 Time Check Try Your Hand at Making Your Own Game/Simulation On Your Own

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop36 Show and Share

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop37 Next Steps Resources can be found at gaming gaming Once you have completed your own activities-send to me via and I will add to the resource site (make sure you include your name and contact Evaluations Please (MICCA and my own) Would you like to receive more information/resources about this topic? Would you be interested in being a reviewer for publications (article/book) on this topic?

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop38 Evaluation Link choutreach/MICCA2007Evalhttp://cgi.umd.edu/survey/display?edte choutreach/MICCA2007Eval

April 24, 2007MICCA Excel Workshop39 Questions? Contact Information: Davina Pruitt-Mentle Director: Educational Technology Policy, Research and OutreachEducational Technology Policy, Research and Outreach University of Maryland 2127 TAWES College Park, MD (301)