kidspiration for grades k 6
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A getting started guide for KidspirationTRANSCRIPT
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Kidspiration For Grades
K-6
Meredith MartinMantua Township Schools
[email protected]://www.techforteachers.com
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What is Kidspiration?
• Cross Curricular• Multi Grade Level• Expandable• Customizable
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Getting Started With Kidspiration
• The Starter Screen– Using Pre-Made
Activities– Picture View– Writing View
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Using the Activities
• Kidspiration comes with a variety of pre-made activities in several different subject areas.
• You can add templates to the Activities area by downloading pre-made templates from the web or by creating your own.
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Picture View
• Create story maps, flow charts, and outlines
• Use SuperGroupers to create Venn Diagrams and other sorting activities
• Add pictures from the Library, or import graphics saved on your hard drive
• Add text boxes
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Super Groupers
• Use to create sorting and categorizing activities
• Venn Diagrams• Create you own!
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Writing View
• Create outlines• Linked to picture view• Publish to Word or
Appleworks to edit and create final story or outline
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Switching Between Views
• Create a flow chart or story map in Picture view
• Switch to Writing view to create an outline based on the picture
• Expand picture activities in the Writing view
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Exporting Work
• Export as picture file– Can then be imported into
Word or other program
• Export as HTML– Create student portfolio
online
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Create Your Own Templates
• You can create custom templates easily in Kidspiration
• Use the Teacher Menu to access the Activity Wizard
• Customize your activity settings
• Save in the Kidspiration Activity categories
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Downloading Templates
• There are hundreds of pre-made Kidspiration templates available on the web
• http://www.techfor teachers.com – go to the Kidspiration link on the side
• Google – search for Kidspiration templates