November 4, 2008:

Graphing Goodies!

There are almost limitless ways to use charts and graphs as part of your instruction. Some popular ways to use charts and graphs include:

Halloween candy count
personal characteristics: hair color, eye color
favorite things: foods, pets, movies, tv shows, games, websites
temperatures
weather data

Please use the video tutorials below to help refresh your memory. If you have trouble viewing the Flash videos you can download the videos in Windows Media and Quicktime formats as well.

Turn on your speakers or use headphones to listen to the video soundtrack.

If you need to enlarge the Flash video click the "full screen" button fullscreen on the bottom control strip.

Excel
Watch Flash tutorial (8:18)
Download tutorial in Windows Media format (21MB)
Download tutorial in Quicktime format (35MB)

Google Docs | www.google.com/docs
Watch Flash tutorial (7:25)
Download tutorial in Windows Media format (16MB)
Download tutorial in Quicktime format (32MB)

Zoho | www.zoho.com
Watch Flash tutorial (7:37)
Download tutorial in Windows Media format (21MB)
Download tutorial in Quicktime format (33MB)

ChartGizmo | www.chartgizmo.com
Watch Flash tutorial (8:15)
Download tutorial in Windows Media format (28MB)
Download tutorial in Quicktime format (91MB)

AppleWorks
Watch Flash tutorial (4:02)
Download tutorial in Windows Media format (16MB)
Download tutorial in Quicktime format (22MB)