Apr 15 2016
Assignment Four: 1,000 Dollar Windfall
Description:
Students use the $1000 Windfall example in their handout, and create their own data set of Items and Costs – must have between 6 and 8 items. Use the charts options in MS Excel to generate a 3D PIE chart based on the data in the handout. Students must show data value by using the “labels” option from their “Toolbox”.
They then copy and paste the chart to an MS Word file (shown in the example). They need to use standard reporting page set-up with a header, title and indented paragraphs with 1.5-2 line spacing. They must write an introductory paragraph, show the data table, and write a summary paragraph that extrapolates and describes at least 2 pieces of data shown in the table.
The finished piece is saved as a MS Word .docx file and a .pdf file – the .pdf file is uploaded to their Tech Lit page on their ePortfolio and displayed in the standard format of naming the assignment (title), giving the assignment description (can be copied from above here), showing the assignment (link to the .pdf file with an accurate link name), and a reflection statement (restate the assignment task (WHAT), tell steps taken to complete the assignment (HOW), and what the student thinks of their effort and work quality (SELF-EVALUATION).
Windfall DB:
Reflection: I enjoyed creating this database, because it gave me a chance to explore making my simple databases into a chart. There were a couple steps to this assignment. First of all, you had to put the data into Excel, and once you had it all there you had to do a little formatting. Once it was all formatted you had to select the whole set and turn it into a pie chart. Then you copied and pasted it into word where you had already formatted it. Then I wrote about it in word. The final