Quotes are taken from a message written by Rick to Charles on 06/28/96...
RP>CB> Hmmm...interesting.  I think I would do just the opposite.
RP>CB> Spreadsheets  contain much more power and tons of stuff that 6th
RP>CB> graders will have  little use for.  Using a database (such as MS 
orks)
RP>CB> with the ability to  do simple calculations and organize data in a
RP>CB> simple format would be  more useful to 11-year-olds.  No?  Perhaps my
RP>CB> view of this is clouded by  the fact that I use the database software
RP>CB> far more often than  spreadsheet software.
RP>
RP>This only begs the question: Are they really all that different? Hell,
RP>my wife used to open up an 80 character-wide column in Lotus and use
RP>it as a text editor :) I think probably a smattering of the three
RP>basic applications in something like Works wouldn't hurt, especially
RP>showing them the _differences_ and how to cut and paste data from
RP>one to the other.
We have installed MS Works on all of our workstations and will probably 
use the database for our middle school kids.  I still think the power of 
the spreadsheet goes to waste until the user has some reason to use the 
powerful accounting tools available in the spreadsheet software.  
Cut-and-paste and integrating data from the database into a word 
processing document seems like a good start for the younger students.
On the other hand, if the teacher had a specific function they wanted to 
teach on the spreadsheet, then instruction in the application might be 
eful.
Chuck
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