Queen Elizabeth's School: Digital Skills and Research Methods Report

This report examines digital skills and research methods, focusing on the use of Microsoft Office tools (PowerPoint, Skype, Excel, and Forms) to enhance productivity and gather data. It explores the importance of academic grit as a key driver for success, analyzes data collected through questionnaires, and compares findings with published articles. The report highlights the significance of data analysis using Microsoft Excel, including the generation of various charts for effective result interpretation. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of learning different methods to enhance performance, recommending the use of both primary and secondary data collection and analysis methods, and suggests providing more information on the use of Microsoft Office tools.

Digital Skills and
Research Methods

Table of Content
• Introduction
• What makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team
• Concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
Digital skills can be defined the ability to find, examine, create, share and make use of the content using Internet as well as different information technologies. Digital
skills are important because they help in increasing the overall productivity of a business and thus gain a competitive advantage against other players in the market.
They also provide new ways in which a work can be done. This can further lead to an increase in the overall revenue of the company and building long-term positive
relationships with the customers.

Reason behind using Microsoft Office
Tool set
Microsoft Office comprises of a set of software, both client as well as server that are
designed by Microsoft itself. Using Microsoft Tool set can help an individual in uploading
emails, spreadsheets and documents in an effective manner. here are soft wares that match
every requirement and situation, also, with an advancement in technology, one can use
these tools not only on their laptops, but smartphones as well. The different tools are
explained below -

Cont...
PowerPoint – When a person wants to create best presentations in an easy way,
they can use PowerPoint to do so. M8icrosoft PowerPoint is a tool that can be used to
create presentations that are creative as well as engaging at the same time. The
software allows a person to manage their presentations in the most effective way.
This is an important software in academics because it allows students to deliver
presentations that are not only colourful and attractive, but also engaging at the same
time.

Cont.…
Skype – Skype is a telecommunications application that offers the service
of video chat as well as voice calls between two computers , mobile
devices etc. It allows people to build relationships with each other through
voice and video calls. In context to Queen Elizabeth's School, the teachers
can use Skype in order to conduct classes and create other educational
opportunities. As far as students are concerned, they can connect with
their lecturers or faculty members and thereby increase their overall
knowledge.

Cont...
Excel – Almost all businesses as well as educational institutions use
Microsoft Excel in some or the other way to compute data by using basic
formulas and carrying out calculations. It can be defined as a spreadsheet
program that is used to compute large sets of numerical data in an effective
way.

Cont.…
Forms – Microsoft Forms is an easy to use app that lets an individual to
create polls and surveys effectively. It can also be used in order to create
quizzes, collect feedback etc. The faculty members at Queen Elizabeth's
School can use Microsoft Forms in order to collect feedback from
students, plan syllabus and conduct various class activities.

Importance of Academic Grit
In context of academics, grit can be defined as the combination of an individual's overall
passion for learning a task and purposeful activities. Academic grit is important because it
acts as a key driver for success and is not dependent upon what intelligence and talent
within the company contribute. If there is an absence of grit, talent within the organization
may be nothing. If an individual is passionate about learning a new skill or acquiring
knowledge about something new, they will put in their best efforts to make sure that goals
and objectives are achieved effectively.

Cont.…
Questionnaire
Q1 Why is academic grit important in getting a good academic qualification?
a) Key driver for success and achievement
b) Passion
c) Courage and Resilience
Q2 What are the different tools in Microsoft Tool set?
a) Excel
b) Forms
c) PowerPoint
d) All of the above
Q3 Why should you use PowerPoint?
a) Organising and structuring presentations
b) For making engaging presentations
c) To animate slides
Q4 What is the importance of Excel?
a) Graphing
b) Data Organising
c) Computing numerical data
Q5 What are questionnaires used for?
a) Collection of primary data
b) Gather relevant information
c) To address a particular research problem

Data Analysis
Q1 Why is academic grit important in getting a good
academic qualification?
Key driver for success and achievement 12
Passion 6
Courage and Resilience 2
Key driver for success and achievement
Passion
Courage and Resilience
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Column B

Cont.…
Q2 What are the different tools in Microsoft Tool set?
Excel 3
Forms 2
PowerPoint 7
All of the above 8
Excel
Forms
PowerPoint
All of the above
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Column B