Your assignment will be to create, in Excel, a modified spreadsheet and outcome graphs as directed. This is a self directed activity meant to extend your understanding of Excel and how to self direct you learning experience with Excel tutorials and formula creation macros.
You will use the given materials to complete the assignment with ZERO teacher input. You may brainstorm with peers but no one can input any information into your spreadsheet except you.
Upon completion a written reflection on the topic of what you learned shall be posted on the class website for teacher and peer review.
This exploration and documentation should include the following:
Follow self directed instructions on Power Point
Explore and modify Excel spreadsheet as directed
Follow Directions on spreadsheet and save your work as instructed
Compare and contrast your histograms with peers in class
...Then Brainstorm Together in Class Webpage Discussion Post
A gallery walk of each groups preliminary data and final artifacts should be done, followed by a group discussion about the various findings and the implication of such. After reflection and group analysis, modify your final presentation and your final calculations with Excel generated graphs for your class and teacher. Your artifact creation and process shall be within, or include, a PowerPoint presentation of no less that 5 slides and no more than 15. Your presentation should address all factors considered and how looking at the other groups work may have affected your final analysis.
All PowerPoint presentations should be of professional and conservative business or scientific format. These shall then be posted on an ongoing web based class project site and each persons personal web portfolio for display on the internet. All pages and portfolios shall conform to internet safety standards and acceptable language and content policies.
A formal peer review shall be done as a discussion post on the class webpage and shall be completed appropriate to said venue with regard to commentary, language and content. This review/reflection is to be a graded activity of self and peer assessment skills.