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Semantic Webbing

Difficult Concepts

History

Character Webbing

Prewriting

OrganizingOUTLINING

CONCEPT MAPPING Writing

Science

CREATIVE THINKING

PLANNING

CreativeWriting

Idea Generation

Brainstorming

Projects

Front-End Multi-media

WWW Research

Web Design Site

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Table of Contents

INSPIRATION

History Example: Cause and Effect....................................................................................3

English Example: Character Web........................................................................................4

Science Example: Concept Map..........................................................................................5

Diagram Mode: Toolbar Reference Sheet..........................................................................6

Outline Mode: Toolbar Reference Sheet............................................................................7

Change Format of Main Idea Symbol..................................................................................8

Change Format for New Main Idea Symbol........................................................................9

Adding New Symbol..........................................................................................................10

Adding Link.......................................................................................................................11

Changing Symbols.............................................................................................................11

Rapid Fire...........................................................................................................................12

Switching from Diagram to Outline View.........................................................................12

KIDSPIRATION

Getting Started with Kidspiration......................................................................................13

Picture View.......................................................................................................................13

Writing View.....................................................................................................................14

SuperGrouper Tool............................................................................................................15

Create an Activity..............................................................................................................15

Create New Symbol Library..............................................................................................16 Inspiration/Kidspiration Links...........................................................................................17

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Marie Curie"Manya

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Henri Becquerel

Discovering radioactivity

Death by leukemia 1934

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First person to win two Nobel Prizes

PhysicsChemistryDiscovering

element radium

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History Example:Cause and Effect Biography

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English Example:Character Web

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Unaware of just how much

Key Characteristic

In his unique way

Survival skills

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Humorous

Poetic

Intelligent

Alienated

Caring

Spiritual

Sensitive

Unhappy

Does he represent every teenager's

struggle for independence?

Character Web: Catcher in the Rye

Troubled

Worried

Confused

Sarcastic

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Science Example:Concept Map

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Thanks to Paul Rutherford, high school

teacher, Shawnee Mission, KS

Diagram Mode

Toolbar Reference Sheet

Outline - this button toggles between the Diagram and Outline views.

New Look - Sets default settings for new symbols and links.

Rapid-Fire - Allows you to add multiple ideas quickly to a topic. It will automatically create the symbols every time you hit the Enter key.

Symbol - Adds news symbols to your diagram.

Link - Links two different symbols.

Add Note - Elaborate on your ideas by adding notes.

Create - Add new symbols in the direction of the arrows.

Position - Navigate through your document when it is larger than your view screen.

Arrange - Change the arrangement of symbols in you diagram. A window will appear to help you select the manner in which you wish to organize.

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Outline Mode

Toolbar Reference Sheet

Diagram - this button toggles between the Diagram and Outline views.

Add Topic - Adds a new topic at the level your cursor is at.

Add Sub - Adds a subtopic to the topic you have currently selected.

Add Note - Allows you to type in a note directly below the current topic.

Left and Right - Moves a topic to left (up one level) or to the right (down one level).

+- Sub - Hides/Shows subtopics.

+- Note - Hides/Shows notes.

Prefix - Allows you to change the type of numbering/listing. Choices include: Working Format, Romam Numerals, Alpha Numerals, Legal, Numeric, bullets, no prefix, and custom.

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Properties - Change outline styles, fonts, margins, etc.

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Change Format of Main Idea Symbol

Main Idea word is already highlighted. If not hold down left button on mouse, highlight the word Main Idea.

Click on Format. Scroll down to Font to change Font. Click on Format again and scroll down to Size to change size.

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Change Format for New Main Idea Symbol

Click on File. Scroll down to Diagram Properties and Click.

Click on Font located in lower right hand corner. This should pop up a Font box. Change your setting and click okay.

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Adding New Symbol

With the Main Idea Symbol (or the symbol you want to create the next idea symbol from) highlighted, you can click on either of the two

Create Icons.

Another Option for creating New Symbol. You will notice a cross wherever you click on the page with your mouse. Click where you will like the new Symbol to appear. Next on the left hand side, you should see the library. Click on the shape you wish to use and it should appear where the cross was.

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Adding Link

Click on link icon Choose the symbol you want to link from and next click the symbol you wan to

link to.

Changing Symbols

Click on the symbol you want to change and then choose a new one from the library, located on the left hand side.

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Rapid Fire

Click on the symbol you want to create subtopics for or brainstorm. Click on the Rapid Fire Icon. A red lighting bolt should appear at the end of the

last word. Type the subtopic and hit enter.

Switching from Diagram to Outline view

Click on outline icon. This should switch the view.

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Getting Started with Kidspiration

Picture ViewCreate a diagram in Picture view:

Open Kidspiration from the Start menu To start a new diagram, click the Picture button The First Idea provides a starting point for your work.

Add symbols to your diagram: Click a symbol to select it (you will see red squares appear at the corners) Click the Add Symbol button.

Adding text to symbols: Click a symbol to select it, begin typing.  

 Using the symbol palette:

On the symbol palette, click the Pick Library button and select a category. Choose the symbol you want and drag it onto your diagram.

Connect symbols using links: Click a symbol to select it. Click the Link Symbols button to turn it on Click a second symbol to create a link to it from the first symbol selected. Click the Link Symbols button to turn it off.

Listen to the ideas in your diagram: To turn on the Listen tool, click the Listen button. To hear the computer read an idea in your diagram, click a symbol. To turn off the Listen tool, click the Listen button again.

Record your own words or sounds: Click a symbol to select it. On the Sound menu, click Record A “tape player” screen will appear; to begin recording, click the Record button. When you are finished recording the sound, click Save. To play the recording, click the speaker in the upper right corner of the selected symbol.

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Clear part of your diagram:

To erase a symbol, click the Clear button (the eraser). Fix a mistake (undo):

To undo what you just did, click the Undo button (the shocked person). Change the look of symbols using color:

You can change the colors of two-color symbols and multicolor symbols. Click a symbol to select it – the Symbol Colors tool appears on the Formatting toolbar at

the bottom of your screen. On the Symbol colors tool, click the color that you want to change, and then click

a new color on the color menu.

Writing View

Work with ideas in Writing view: To view your diagram in Writing view, click the Go to Writing button (the pencil and

paper button). Add an idea:

Click an idea to select it. To add the new idea, click the Add Idea button (the piece of paper button). Type an idea in the new idea line.

Move an idea: To move an idea, click the left side of the idea. When the grabber hand appears, drag the

idea to the new location. Add details to an idea:

Click below the top line of an idea to type details. Change the look of ideas using the Formatting tools

Select the text you want to change. To change text color, click the Text Color button (the A with little diagonal lines at the

top right) and then click on a color you like. Click the arrows on the Font box until you see a font you like. To increase text size, click the up arrow, to decrease size, click the down arrow.

Change the prefix style There are several prefix styles. You can choose letters ,numbers, Roman

Numerals, bullets or none of these.

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SuperGrouper Tool Categorize ideas using the SuperGrouper tool:

Click the SuperGrouper button (the jar with round objects), and then click the SuperGrouper shape you want.

Add a title to a SuperGrouper category: Select the SuperGrouper category, and then type.

Add symbols to a SuperGrouper category: Drag a symbol to the SuperGrouper category, or drag the SuperGrouper category over a

symbol, or select the SuperGrouper category, and then click the Add Symbol button. Remove symbols from a SuperGrouper category:

Drag the symbol to another location, or select the symbol and click the Clear button (the eraser).

Create an Activity

Create an Activity: Create the assignment or project in Writing or Picture view. Enable the Teacher menu. On the Teacher menu, click Save As Activity. Select the default settings you want for the activity. Click the category under which you want the activity to appear. In the Activity Name box, type a name for the activity. In the Description of Activity box, type a description for the activity. When you are finished modifying the activity, click Finish.

 Modify an Activity:

Open the activity. Make any changes. Enable the Teacher menu. On the Teacher menu, click Save As Activity. Select the default settings you want for the activity. Click the category under which you want the activity to appear. In the Activity Name box, type a name for the activity. In the Description of Activity box, type a description for the activity. When you are finished modifying the activity, click Finish.

 

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How to Create New Symbol Libraries To Create New Symbol Libraries

Enable the Teacher menu. On the Teacher menu, click New Symbol Library In the Category list, click the category that you want the new library to appear under on

the Symbol toolbar. In the Library box, type a name for the new library.

 Insert Custom Symbols and Graphics into the Symbol LibrariesYou can also insert custom symbols and graphics into the symbol libraries so they are available for use on a regular basis. There are several ways to insert graphics into the symbol libraries. You can:

Insert a symbol or graphic on your picture into a symbol library. Insert a graphics file into a symbol library. Copy and paste a graphic into a symbol library.

 More Tips 

To turn the Teacher menu on or off, click Enable Teacher Menu on the Teacher menu. You can add hyperlinks to ideas, notes, symbols, and links. Before you add a hyperlink,

make sure URL Hyperlink Auto-detection is turned on in Application Options. You can add a hyperlink by just typing the hyperlink itself or selecting text and clicking URL Hyperlink on the Teacher menu. Then you will type the Internet address that you want to assign to the text in the Hyperlink Address box.

Talking Interface can be turned on or off by going to the Teacher menu and clicking Application Options. Then select or clear the Talking Interface check box. The same can be done for the Listen took, the sound recording, animation.

In Picture view, you can export a diagram to the following file formats: BMP(Windows), PICT(Macintosh), GIF, JPEG, HTML.

In Writing view, you can export a project to the following file formats: plain text, AppleWorks (RTF), Microsoft Word (RTF), HTML

You can add your name and other information such as your teacher and subject area to your project. When you print your work, the name appears at the top of the page.

Page numbers appear only when you print a project in Writing view. When you print, the page numbers appear at the bottom of the page.

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Inspiration/ Kidspiration Links

Lesson Plans/Ideas:

1. Inspiration Sample lesson Plans: http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/inspire/inspiration.htm

2. Kidspiration Sample Lesson Plans: http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/inspire/inspiration.htm

3. Inspiration & Kidspiration active learners: http://www.uni.edu/profdev/conceptmap/five/index.html

4. Kidspiration Activities: http://www.clis.com/staffdev/Kids/KidsAct.htm

5. Inspiration Project Ideas: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/ideas98/index.html

Tutorials:

6. Inspiration tutorial (this is site has short video clips explaining how to use inspiration.) http://www.atomiclearning.com/inspiration.shtml

7. Kidspiration tutorial (this is site has short video clips explaining how to use inspiration. For a pc.): http://www.atomiclearning.com/freekidspc.shtml

8. Kidspiration tutorial (this is site has short video clips explaining how to use inspiration. For a ac.): http://www.atomiclearning.com/freekidsmac.shtml

9. Inspiration Tutorials: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpfs98/mod3.html

10. Inspiration Tutorials: http://aitt.acadiau.ca/tutorials/Inspiration/index.htm

11. Inspiration Training: http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/admin/technology/Summer/Summer_Wkshp_Lessons_00/Inspiration/Inspiration_menu.htm

12. Getting started in Kidspiration: http://itc.gsu.edu/howto/kidspirationhandout.htm

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