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

1. Using Kidspiration to Create Digital Portfolios:With Microsoft WordPresenter Evelyn Ayum Evelyn Ayum

2. 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.” Evelyn Ayum

3. 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.” Evelyn Ayum

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

5. 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.” Evelyn Ayum

6. Kidspiration Kidspiration allows young children to illustrate ideas about themselves. Evelyn Ayum

7. 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. Evelyn Ayum

8. Kidspiration has many ways to illustrate math ideas. Evelyn Ayum

9. Math concepts are illustrated • Kidspiration improves the way students learn about same and different. Math idea 2 Same and Different Evelyn Ayum

10. Science Concepts • Learning the five senses is made simple. Evelyn Ayum

11. Kidspiration and Social Studies • Students learn new concepts in social studies. Here is a graph that compares wants and needs. Evelyn Ayum

12. Real and Make Believe 1 Reading & Writing • Kidspiration is hands on media where students act upon their learning about concepts. Evelyn Ayum

13. Storytelling Concepts • Students learn how to visually tell stories using Kidspiration. Evelyn Ayum

14. Cinderella • Use Kidspiration to tell stories using various characters. Evelyn Ayum

15. The Houses of the Three Pigs • Illustrate with Kidspiration to compare and contrast the houses of the three pigs. Evelyn Ayum

16. Building Portfolios • Compile students work Digital work samples Drawing Evelyn Ayum

17. Microsoft Word & Kidspiration • Create your Kidspiration ideas and paste them into Microsoft word and hyperlink to a specific child’s portfolio • Andrews Portfolio.rtf Evelyn Ayum

18. Sara’s Portfolio You can document student learning with Kidspiration… Sara.doc Evelyn Ayum

19. Teaching and Kidspiration • Teachers can document their teaching using Kidspiration. Dinosaur chart Evelyn Ayum

20. 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 Evelyn Ayum