Puzzling Week

I found this week's assignment enjoyable. Creating the crossword puzzle in excel was a bit challenging, however, the end product came out perfectly! The directions outlining how to create the crossword puzzle in excel was easy to follow. I had no trouble with them(and believe me, I do have trouble with following long directions at times). I did my crossword puzzle on the topic of nutrition and this concept in usually taught in fourth grade. Here is a snapshot of it, let me know what you think...


Also, I did another crossword puzzle utilizing a website, DiscoveryEducation.com. This website is associated with the cable channel, the Discovery Channel. This web 2.0 tool was so easy to use. On a scale from one to ten, 10 being difficult and one being super easy. I give it a one!! It was very user friendly! All the user has to do is input the word and the clue into a box and it is all set! I will make sure to bookmark this page in my Diigo! If I were to pick which program that I would use again to create a crossword puzzle, I would have to decide what I would use it for first. For example, If I wanted to create one with graphics, for students most likely in the younger grades, I would use excel. However, If I did not care about graphics and I did not have a lot of time to create one, Discovery Education would be the best bet!

Here is a snapshot of my crossword utilizing the web 2.0 program-discovery education!