Google Sheets

 Google Sheets is based on the alternative Microsoft Excel. It's a spreadsheet program that is connected to people's Gmail and is a free, web-based connection to Google Drive services. Everything is accessible from their Google account and they'll be able to see and access all of their files from Google Drive. They can create and edit spreadsheets directly in their web browser. Multiple people can work simultaneously, they can see other people's changes as they make them, and every change is saved automatically. It makes it easier when it's done automatically.

The big question is how do people use Google Sheets? First thing is to open a spreadsheet in Google Sheets by going into your Gmail and clicking the green window icon (shown above). Next, click a cell (a rectangle) that’s empty or double-click a cell (a rectangle) that isn’t empty. After that, you start to type what you would like to put in the cell (rectangle). If you would like to add another line within a cell (a rectangle), you are going to press “⌘” + Enter on a Mac or Ctrl + Enter on Windows. This allows the cell ( rectangle) to be longer to add more information in. When you’re done, they press Enter.

Google Sheets can help students learn and teachers as well. For students, it helps with their organizational skills. Since students can easily put hyperlinks into a Google Sheet, they can gather resources for themselves. Using the formatting features and multiple sheets, also allows them to create a document that's easy and clear for them to navigate. This helps keep their information and materials in one place, so it’s easier for them to find. For teachers, it allows them to create useful spreadsheets for planning class, for marking assignments, for student editing, resource organization, activity reviews, quizzes, attendance, and lots more. Another helpful way is to use it as a gradebook system because it's easy to put grades in and if the teacher loses a grade, they can go back in the spreadsheet and check, since the spreadsheet is automatically saved.