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Kidspiration 3
Windows demo
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Mac demo
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Subjects:
Citizenship, English, Geography, History, ICT, Mathematics, Science,
National Curriculum:
KS1 to KS2
Scottish Curriculum:
A to D
Age Range:
7 to 11
Sectors:
Early Years, Primary, SEN,
Publisher:
Inspiration Software Inc
Features:
- Kidspiration uses the proven principles of visual learning to help readers and writers learn to develop and organise their ideas.
- Picture view provides a graphical way for pupils to represent their ideas using symbols(includes a library of over 3000 symbols).
- Writing View allows pupils to begin the writing process, by expanding their visual thoughts.
- One mouse click transition from Writing View to Picture View to Picture View and vice versa.
- SuperGrouper tool allows pupils to interactively group and arrange thoughts and symbols.
- Audio gives pupils the chance to hear their work read aloud, or record their own voice. All buttons, menus and other tex are text-to-speech enabled, helping pupils to read and navigate.
- Symbol maker - create customised symbols with this new drawing tool.
- Includes thumbnail of images in the outline view to support emerging readers and writers.
- Super grouper template allows creation of VENN diagrams to categorise and sort information.
- Syncronises files with Inspiration for Palm OS.
- Interactive whiteboard enabled (except on Mac OS Classic).
- NEW Maths View with 5 visual maths tools develop pupils number sense, spatial reasoning and conceptual understanding of the four basic operations.
- NEW 3000+ symbols offer visual support for concepts taught in the primary curriculum.
- Symbol search makes it easy to find the right picture, image or symbol to express thoughts and ideas
- NEW Word Guide - a combination dictionary and thesaurus, builds pupils vocabulary and reading comprehension.
Benefits:
- Teaches emerging readers/ writers to clarify thinking, and to process, organise and priortise information.
- Visual representation deepens the pupils understanding of concepts and identifies misconceptions.
- Intuitive interface helps keeps pupils focused on their ideas, not on the process of constructing the mind mapping diagram.
- Stimulates creative thinking.
- NEW Build conceptual understanding in maths
Related Internet Links:
Kidspiration 3 Flash Demonstration
| Description | Notes | Type | Size | Link | |
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| Across the curriculum | Kidspiration diagram detailing how it can be used throughout a range of curriculum documents. | .jpg | 98.28 Kb | click | |
| Article from MAPE about developing Thinking Skills | Article by Kerry Rich and Rachel Briggs from Monkhouse Primary; Tyneside about developing thinking skills using Kidspiration. | .htm | -- | click | |
| Fife Education Kidspiration Site | Superb website containing information and examples of the use of Kidspiration across the curriculum. | .htm | -- | click | |
| Humpty Dumpty | The sotroy of Humpty Dumpty mapped out in a Kidspiration diagram. | .jpg | 70.17 Kb | click | |
| Mini beasts | Kidspiration diagram used to show creatures found in a school's grounds. | .jpg | 29.01 Kb | click | |
| Mixing Colours | Kidspiration diagram demonstrating mixing colours. | .jpg | 67.96 Kb | click | |
| Order | Kidspiration diagram used to study order related to size. | .jpg | 23.93 Kb | click |
Subjects:
Introduction
Video:
User Guides and Other Documentation
No information available
Technical Details
Operating Systems:
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Mac OS 7.x, Mac OS 8.x, Mac OS 9.x, Max OS X classic, Mac OS X native,
Version:
3
Technical Notes:
Mac OS 7.1+ - Interactive whiteboard feature is not available on Mac OS Classic.