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09 Oct 2023 11:36

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Will learning Excel at the school level have long-term benefits?

Today, children are learning the basics of computers in school itself, understanding simple programming languages as well. On their own, too, children learn coding and other aspects of software through free online tutorials. While MS Word and PPT are perhaps easy to pick up when learning the basics, using Excel may take a while. I feel that since nowadays data entry is mostly done in Excel spreadsheets and the tools therein are useful in organizing and collating the data, learning Excel early would be beneficial at some later stage in the future career of the student.

Do you think Excel should be part of the curriculum in senior school? Or would it be just something that students would consider as a burden and useless to learn?

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#775250

09 Oct 2023 15:10

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I think the basics of computer applications are being taught in the high school stage. But they are not practical examinations are practical classes till they come to the 11th class. Once the students start practically working on a computer, they can be taught some basics of Excel spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are very useful for students to maintain data and note down their observations. So I feel it can be included in the curriculum from the 11th class onwards. It will never be a burden to them, I feel.
These days computers are available in almost all houses and children start using them from an early age. They will be doing painting and drawing pictures etc on computers. But one problem is students start showing more interest in computer science and may not concentrate on other subjects. So there should be a balancing act and the policy makers should see that higher secondary students will never lose interest in science subjects and other subjects.

drrao
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#775256

09 Oct 2023 17:37

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Teaching utility programs and useful applications in schools now becomes a necessity rather than an academic luxury. Programs like Excel are very useful and can be used in a variety of situations.

We had seen in the past many incidents in ISC where newly qualified members were not able to make an HTML link and were struggling for a long time till some member or editor helped them. Why it happened because they never learnt these things in school.

In my view, I strongly feel that all the basic computer applications or programs of a practical nature should be taught at the school level itself through practicals during computer science classes or as a part of science classes.

Knowledge is power.

#775341

12 Oct 2023 10:57

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Excel is very useful. I am now trying to learn it, but my progress is very painstaking and slow. On the other hand, my daughter learnt it during Graduation. She learnt Excel very fast and is now an expert Excel user. This expertise helped her immensely in project-related work during her Graduation and Post-Graduation.

School-going children will definitely learn Excel even faster (than the learning speed of my daughter). It will also help them in future, but I am not very sure whether it would help them in the long run. Because I am pretty sure that in another ten years or so, some better alternative will come in the market.

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#775454

16 Oct 2023 11:59

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I recommend this in school or atleast it should be a practicals to Mathematics as each and every thing in Excel has most mathematical tools and so it may be very useful and will be easy to learn their functions when they use it manually. I doubt even who is excel in EXCEL would not have utilised fully. Being a maths lover i can proudly say i have overtook my tutor who taught excel to me.

shasthranaam Ganitham moordhanisthitham

#775463

16 Oct 2023 17:06

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Excel is so common and so useful today that people who never learnt it during their school or college times are now compelled to learn it as it is everywhere and not knowing it becomes a matter of inconvenience in one's career.
Even in managing and keeping records of one's personal finances, Excel comes handy in a great way and many people are using it for that very purpose.
It is simply a spreadsheet but with its large number of functions and manipulations possible on a large range of cells in a row or in a column or in a sheet, it is really very impressive and mesmerizing for the user. It is a very powerful utility and only thing is one should learn the tricks and techniques of it.
The feature of Excel that I liked most is that if you make a change in any cell then corresponding changes in all the related cells through formula are done instantaneously bringing a update to the whole sheet.

Knowledge is power.

#776633

30 Jan 2024 16:22

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Absolutely! Learning Excel at school is like gaining a superpower for your future. It's not just about creating tables and charts, it's about being a wizard with numbers. Imagine making your work and life easier by organizing data effortlessly or impressing your boss with killer spreadsheets. Plus, it's a skill that businesses adore, so when you step into the professional world, you'll already have a secret weapon. So, yes, learning Excel in school is not just a class; it's an investment in a future where you're the master of data!

#776640

31 Jan 2024 11:29

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I will reiterate that Excel is one of the most popular and useful computer application that people are using today. It has become a basic tool in the hands of everyone right from a student to highly skilled professional.
My experience with Excel is very positive and I am able to keep my personal data or investment data in a proper way and can get the information from the Excel sheet in any way I want.
The addition of rows and columns and other frequent operations in Excel are so quick and easy to understand that one actually enjoys handling Excel for data keeping or any advanced computation.
Excel is a very convenient and versatile spreadsheet software and I am much impressed with its options and powerful approach to data handling.

Knowledge is power.

#776648

31 Jan 2024 17:41

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I heard that Excel is a great utility app but so far I have not learnt it. I will try to learn it as it is available in the mobile.

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#776725

04 Feb 2024 08:35

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Excel is becoming a basic tool nowadays in the hands of students as well as for the people working in various capacities.
I want to share my experience and learnings with Excel which might be useful to the beginners -
1. Whenever we delete a row or column we must correct or check the places where these rows or columns were mentioned in the formulas or were simply copied and pasted earlier.
2. In a large worksheet it is always better to have some cross checks to find the mistakes at an earliest. For examples a sheet having many subtotals in it can be cross-checked by comparing with the straight total of the data with the total of subtotals only.
3. Whenever writing a formula in a cell end it with yes or no (accept or reject) by clicking on the cross or tick sign. Failing to do so can cause a lot of inconvenience as cell contents will behave erratically.

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