1/24/2015 January 23, 2015As the second quarter came to a close I am disappointed that there were still 10 students who did not complete the stock market video assignmen t and so have an Incomplete for their quarter grade. The purpose of this assignment was to give students background information and a real life context for the work we were doing with our own stock market activity in Excel. The assignment itself was quite simple, explained in November and due at the end of December. I will make no further comment on it but the incompletes will remain until the assignment is finished. Currently due is the stock market spreadsheet, formatted according to directions in Tech-onomics 2. So far 19 students have signed a sheet indicating their spreadsheet is ready to be checked. The students are demonstrating their skill with formulas and formatting in Excel. All spreadsheets should be completed by the end of the first week in February. Students may come to the computer lab for help or additional work time during recess. On February 3 they will take their work in Excel a step further in Tech-onomics 3 which will be explained on Feb 3. Anyone who is absent on Feb. 3 will need to rely on the written directions and examples provided as I will be away on February 10. During this activity we will be looking at the charting function in Excel and producing a line graph to show the activity in one of the stocks in the portfolio over the course of the 8 weeks. Once the chart is completed students will be researching in earnest for their Genius Hour project in which they will seek information on an essential question and then share their findings with the class. That will be the bulk of the fourth quarter grade.
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