Links to web sites
that demonstrate how educators and trainers across the country are
incorporating Inspiration® , Kidspiration®, and visual learning
into their work.
- Jordan
School District - Utah
On the
"Transforming Teaching Through Technology" home page, Jordan School
District in Utah, offers a collection of Kidspiration and Inspiration
activities and templates, in many subject areas, along with links to
other great resources.
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/teacher_resources/Kidspiration/index.html
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/teacher_resources/inspiration_templates/index.html
- Cape
Girardeau - Missouri
Teachers in Cape
Girardeau in Missouri continue to post Kidspiration and Inspiration
activities and templates to this district resource page. The subject
areas covered range from music to math and beyond!
http://www.cape.k12.mo.us/blanchard/hicks/Teacher%20Pages/Inspiration.htm
- University
of Sioux Falls - South Dakota
Thousands of
Schools of Education across the United States include Kidspiration and
Inspiration in their technology instruction for pre- and in-service
teachers. Check out the Kidspiration and Inspiration resources
assembled for a educational technology class at the University of Sioux
Falls in South Dakota.
http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/Tech%20in%20ed.htm#INSPIRAT
- Fairfax
County Schools - Virginia
These pages,
created by Carolyn Thalman of Fairfax County School District in
Virginia, contain downloadable Kidspiration and Inspiration templates.
Listed with each activity are grade level guides, as well as handy
lesson planning suggestions for using the templates.
http://www.fcps.edu/LondonTowneES/Resources/techlessons/techlessonskid.htm
http://www.fcps.edu/LondonTowneES/Resources/techlessons/techlessonsins.htm
- Cooperative
Education Service Agency # 4 - Wisconsin
Naomi Harm and Jan
Wee, Instructional Technology Directors at CESA 4 in Wisconsin,
compiled this list on online Inspiration and Kidspiration integration
resources.
http://www.cesa4.k12.wi.us/programs-services/itech/meetings-workshops/workshoplinks/kidspiration/kidspiration.htm
- Computer-Based
Study Strategies Clearinghouse - Oregon
All subject areas
The Center for
Electronic Studying and the Center for Advanced Technology in Education
in the College of Education at the University of Oregon compiled this
huge database of Kidspiration and Inspiration examples, templates, and
activites to share with - and inspire - educators! The examples and
projects are arranged by subject area.
http://cbss.uoregon.edu/clearing/index.html
- Wacona
Elementary School - Waycross, Georgia
All subject areas
Teachers at Wacona
Elementary School in Waycross, Georgia posted a web site with
Kidspiration and Inspiration examples, and classroom ideas - from
multiple subject areas - as well as tips, and online references.
http://www.wacona.com/kidspiration/kidspiration.html
- Brookhaven
Comsewogue Unified School District - New York
All subject areas
Elementary and
secondary teachers from Brookhaven Comsewogue Unified School District
in New York created lessons and diagrams for use in their classrooms
after a staff development course in Inspiration , Kidspiration, and
visual learning. They placed this great resource online to share with
other educators!
http://www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/curriculum/conceptmaps/index.htm
- Shallowford
Falls Elementary - Georgia
All subject areas
Find downloadable
Kidspiration templates created by Julie Pieczko of Shallowford Falls
Elementary, Marietta, GA for use with her Kindergarten students.
http://www.kinderhive.net/kidspiration.html
Kidspiration
- Carteret
County Schools - North Carolina
Carteret County
Schools hosts a Technology Staff Development and Resource Site, which
includes wonderful Kidspiration math, science and heath, social studies
and technology activities designed for K - 3 classrooms.
http://www.carteretcountyschools.org/staffdev/kids/kidsact.htm
- North
Canton City Schools - Ohio
All subject areas
Educators in North
Canton City Schools in Ohio developed an online collection of
Kidspiration activities, lesson plans, and custom libraries. They
encourage other educators to use this wonderful resource!
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/kidspiration/collection.html
In addition, these
educators posted a collection of help guides, tutorials, and links to
other online resources.
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/kidspiration/presentation/handout.html
- Oswego
City School District - New York
All subject areas
Educators in
Oswego City School District created this collection of 79 Kidspiration
activities and lesson plans to share with the online community. Some
activities are provided for download (click on "template"), while
others are available as screenshots.
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/teaching/resources/resources-x.cfm?Type=K&SubjectCodes=OT
- Global
Classroom Online
All subject areas
Patti Weeg created
a bank of Kidspiration classroom activities to share with other
educators.
http://www.globalclassroom.org/together/kidspiration.html
- Canby
Public Schools - Oregon
All subject areas
Presented by Canby
Schools, in Oregon, this page offers more than 50 different K-3
examples of templates used for specific instructional purposes. Their
templates cover a wide variety of subjects - from vocabulary exercises
to animals that hatch.
http://www.canby.k12.or.us/technology/Integration/kidspiration/kidspiration.html
The January 2002
issue of Flashes, the official newsletter of Inspiration Software,
featured an article on Canby School District's recent district-wide
adoption of Kidspiration. Learn more about how they are implementing
Kidspiration in their district at:
http://www.inspiration.com/newsletter/index.cfm