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Using Kidspiration to Create Digital Portfolios:With Microsoft

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Using Kidspiration to Create Digital Portfolios:With Microsoft

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What is Kidspiration?What is Kidspiration?

• “Kidspiration is the visual way for young learners to think, write and comprehend. The learner creates graphic organizers by combining pictures, text and spoken words.”

• “Kidspiration is the visual way for young learners to think, write and comprehend. The learner creates graphic organizers by combining pictures, text and spoken words.”

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What does the research says?

What does the research says?

• “Research shows that visual learning is one of the most effective means for teaching thinking skills.

• Kidspiration improves comprehension, clarify thinking, increase retention and strengthen organizational skills--creating a foundation for academic success.”

• “Research shows that visual learning is one of the most effective means for teaching thinking skills.

• Kidspiration improves comprehension, clarify thinking, increase retention and strengthen organizational skills--creating a foundation for academic success.”

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Kidspiration Kidspiration

• Working visually, young learners build important early literacy skills, while more advanced students are able to better understand information and communicate ideas.”

• Working visually, young learners build important early literacy skills, while more advanced students are able to better understand information and communicate ideas.”

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When and how to use Kidspiration?

When and how to use Kidspiration?

• “Use Kidspiration in reading and writing, social studies, science and math … or anytime students need to visualize, organize or categorize information.”

• “Use Kidspiration in reading and writing, social studies, science and math … or anytime students need to visualize, organize or categorize information.”

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KidspirationKidspiration

• Kidspiration allows young children to illustrate ideas about themselves.

• Kidspiration allows young children to illustrate ideas about themselves.

School

Things Chase doesn't like

Me

This is me in my room

Things Chase likes

Spiders

Chase like to play in School

Hop

Write I am Chase

I am going to be a nurse when I

grow up

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Kidspiration and Graphic Organizers

Kidspiration and Graphic Organizers

• Kidspiration combines pictures and text for better understanding.

• Here is a simple graphic web created by a student on what plants need.

• Kidspiration combines pictures and text for better understanding.

• Here is a simple graphic web created by a student on what plants need.

Seedling

Plants need someone to

care for them.

WaterSun

Air

What Plants Need

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• Kidspiration has many ways to illustrate math ideas.

• Kidspiration has many ways to illustrate math ideas.

Big Cart

Little Cart

Medium CartHow many apples?

How many apples? How many

apples?

My guess

How many apples will fit inside the Medium Cart?

3

5

2

3

Math & Kidspiration

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Math concepts are illustrated

Math concepts are illustrated

• Kidspiration improves the way students learn about same and different.

• Kidspiration improves the way students learn about same and different.

3 Go to Writing View to explain why the pictures

belong together.

2 Add two new pictures that go with the one you

dragged out.

1 Put the pictures that don't belong into the

empty boxes.

Math idea 2 Same and Different

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Science ConceptsScience Concepts

• Learning the five senses is made simple.• Learning the five senses is made simple.

My Five Senses

I would hear

I would touch

I would taste

I would see

I would smell

Kidspiration helps you use pictures and

words to describe the five

senses

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Kidspiration and Social StudiesKidspiration and Social Studies

• Students learn new concepts in social studies. Here is a graph that compares wants and needs.

• Students learn new concepts in social studies. Here is a graph that compares wants and needs.

Wants Needs

Wants

Wants

Needs

Needs

On a cold day

A place to live

Go to Writing

View to add details.

For lunch

Use pictures and words to tell about different wants and needs.

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Reading & WritingReading & Writing

• Kidspiration is hands on media where students act upon their learning about concepts.

• Kidspiration is hands on media where students act upon their learning about concepts.

RealMake Believe

Put each creature into the correct category.

Kidspiration teaches students about real and make believe

Real and Make Believe 1

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Storytelling ConceptsStorytelling Concepts

• Students learn how to visually tell stories using Kidspiration.

• Students learn how to visually tell stories using Kidspiration.

1 Use pictures and words to tell about a character in your book.

2Go to Writing View to add details.

Baby Bear

Mama Bear

Goldilocks

Papa Bear

Goldilocks went to

the Three Bears House

Porridge

Porridge

Porridge

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

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CinderellaCinderella

• Use Kidspiration to tell stories using various characters.

• Use Kidspiration to tell stories using various characters.

Think of some settings.Think of some characters.

The king and queen want a bride for the prince to marry.

Think of some actions.

1 Share your ideas for stories

She goes to a ball and loses

her glass slipper

Queen Prince King

Use pictures to

tell stories.

2 Using Kidspiration and story characters

Cinderella Cinderella lives in a cottage with her evil

step-sisters

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The Houses of the Three Pigs

The Houses of the Three Pigs

• Illustrate with Kidspiration to compare and contrast the houses of the three pigs.

• Illustrate with Kidspiration to compare and contrast the houses of the three pigs.

Brick House

Straw House

Stick House

Homes of The Three Pigs

The Bad Wolf

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Building PortfoliosBuilding Portfolios• Compile students

work • Compile students

work

Drawing Digital work samples

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Microsoft Word & Kidspiration

Microsoft Word & Kidspiration

• Create your Kidspiration ideas and paste them into Microsoft word and hyperlink to a specific child’s portfolio

• Andrews Portfolio.rtf

• Create your Kidspiration ideas and paste them into Microsoft word and hyperlink to a specific child’s portfolio

• Andrews Portfolio.rtf

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Sara’s PortfolioSara’s Portfolio

You can document student learning with Kidspiration… Sara.docYou can document student learning with Kidspiration… Sara.doc

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Teaching and Kidspiration

Teaching and Kidspiration

• Teachers can document their teaching using Kidspiration.

• Teachers can document their teaching using Kidspiration.

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Dinosaur chart

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Kidspiration & Microsoft Word

Kidspiration & Microsoft Word

• Students can use Kidspiration and save their work in Microsoft word.

• Combine two powerful software and create winning digital portfolios.

• Students can use Kidspiration and save their work in Microsoft word.

• Combine two powerful software and create winning digital portfolios.

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