Someone we know was in a bit of a panic recently because he had mistakenly deleted part of his Excel spreadsheet, and then saved over it. Was there, he wanted to know, a way of getting back the spreadsheet as it was before he made those ill-advised changes? As it happens, there often is.
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Although the book has not been written with teachers in mind, it contains information that many teachers would find useful.
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Could this book of 100 top tips for using Excel benefit heads of department or subject leaders?
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I recently received this massive tome, the Excel 2019 Bible. Here’s what I thought of it.
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To learn programming, it’s best to have some real problems which need solving. This article looks at several examples of the applications I’ve created, and why.
Read MoreReview of ASAP Utilities for Excel
A program to put Excel on steroids. Loads of utilities that can be applied straight away, no programming involved, and it's free!
Read MoreComputational thinking and spreadsheets
One way you can “get into” computational thinking is through spreadsheets. Taking a practical view of what “computational thinking” means (see What is Computational Thinking?), I’d say that spreadsheets definitely fit the bill. In order to try to solve a problem using a spreadsheet, which is a tool for modelling or simulation, you have to do the following things:
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