Think of one number that matters for your project, like a cost, a score or a stock count. Would you keep it in a paragraph, or in a grid where you can add it up?
A spreadsheet is a grid of cells in rows and columns, built for numbers and short labels.
Suitable uses are jobs like budgets, trackers, tallies and stock lists.
Tool fit means you use a spreadsheet for data and a word processor for writing.
Your project pick is the most useful idea for your project.
Aoife bakes cakes to order. Her ideas are a budget, an order tracker and a stock list. She picks the budget because it helps her set her price.
You will sort each job into the tool that fits it best, as a class. When every card is in a bucket, click Check.
Use 1: A ___ tracker for my ___ so I can ___.
Use 2: A ___ list/tally for ___ so I can ___.
Use 3: A ___ budget/timetable/score sheet for ___ so I can ___.
Pick for ICT2: ___, because it will answer ___.
Next lesson, you start a budget for your project.
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