Using Kidspiration to Create Digital Portfolios:With Microsoft Word Presenter Evelyn Ayum

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Using Kidspiration to Create Digital
PortfoliosWith Microsoft Word Presenter
Evelyn Ayum
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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.

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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.

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Kidspiration

• 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?

• 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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Kidspiration

• Kidspiration allows young children to illustrate
  ideas about themselves.

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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.

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• Kidspiration has many ways to illustrate math
  ideas.

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Math concepts are illustrated
Math idea 2 Same and Different

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

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Science Concepts

• Learning the five senses is made simple.

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Kidspiration and Social Studies

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

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Reading Writing
Real and Make Believe 1

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

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Storytelling Concepts

• Students learn how to visually tell stories using
  Kidspiration.

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Cinderella

• Use Kidspiration to tell stories using various
  characters.

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The Houses of the Three Pigs

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

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Building Portfolios

• Compile students work

Digital work samples
Drawing
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Microsoft Word Kidspiration

• Create your Kidspiration ideas and paste them
  into Microsoft word and hyperlink to a specific
  childs portfolio
• Andrews Portfolio.rtf

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Saras Portfolio

• You can document student learning with
  Kidspiration Sara.doc

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Teaching and Kidspiration

• Teachers can document their teaching using
  Kidspiration.

Dinosaur chart
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Kidspiration Microsoft Word

• Students can use Kidspiration and save their work
  in Microsoft word.
• Combine two powerful software and create winning
  digital portfolios.

Kids Portfolio Samples.rtf