Kidspiration

For my powerpoint presentation in EDUC286, I highlighted the software Kidspiration. Kidspiration serves a variety of purposes. It's main goal is to teach students organizing skills (it's a tool for creating graphic organizers) but it does so in a creative way that teaches and fosters other skills along the way. Young students are able to practice literacy skills while older learners improve comprehension skills and learn effective ways to organize and plan writing compositions.

All of these skills are "taught" in a very creative way- the software is all about visuals and audio clips. These extra tools are great ways to get students excited and into what they are doing.

Kidspiration is definately a resource I want in my classroom. It simply looks neat- it is easy to see why students would get excited about it. Another plus is that the website offers several examples of how the software can be applied not only to reading and writing skills, but subjects across the board- math, science, and social studies! This software does it all.