Excel

I have used Excel very little throughout the years. Last year was the first time in which I really used Excel, and even then I feel like I didn't use it to the full potential. I was placed in charge of a athletic program that was begun in the before and after school program where I work. The program is called "Let's Get Movin'" and involved a number of different exercises and activities that worked to get the students up and moving. However, because this was a program that accompanied a grant there was a need to keep track of all the different student's activities and the amount of time spent being active within the program. This task was tedious and at first I started with a table created in Word. Eventually the Word document became too cumbersome and as a result I decided to begin to use Excel. The Excel document became much easier to manage and input data into. However, I still feel as though I just skimmed the surface for all the ways in which Excel can be used and the easiest and most effective ways to use it. 

I never thought that Excel could be used to make either a timeline or a crossword puzzle. At first I was at a complete loss as to what to do but as started to read more about the tools in Excel and play around with them it became clear. But as I worked to create the crossword puzzle the tools made sense and made the process much easier and faster as I figured out what I was doing. Excel can be a useful tool when used correctly, otherwise it may just seem frustrating and annoying.