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Topic: Kidspiration

• North Canton City Schools Kidspiration Curriculum Collection - A wonderful collection of Kidspiration Activity templates with supporting lesson plans created by our own North Canton City School teachers.
  http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/kidspiration/collection.html
   
• Hotlist of Kidspiration Resource - A "hotlist" of resources for using Kidspiration in your classroom by Pattie Knox.
  http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/kidspiration/presentation/handout.html
   
• How to Download Kidspiration Activities from the Internet - As the popularity of this software increases, many school districts are creating collections of teacher designed activities that are available for download via the Internet. Follow the instructions in this tutorial from Pattie Knox to learn how to download activities from a website to your own computer.

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• How to Use the Kidspiration Activity Wizard - An Activity in Kidspiration® is like a template. The teacher can create a document with specific symbols, colors, preference settings, and the beginnings of a diagram or outline as a starting point. All of this is then saved into an Activity (template) which the students can access from Kidspiration's Starter Window when the program opens. Your students will be able to make changes to the template and save their own work under a new file name without changing the Activity (template). Follow the instructions in this tutorial from Pattie Knox to learn how to use the Activity Wizard.

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• How to Copy a Kidspiration Activity to another Computer - This guide by Pattie Knox explains how to copy an activity from one computer to another, such as from home to school, or classroom to classroom. Details include how to find Kidspiration activities on your hard drive, copy them to a floppy disk and move them to the hard drive of another computer.
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• How to Copy a Kidspiration Custom Symbol Library to another Computer - This guide by Pattie Knox explains how to copy a custom symbol library from one computer to another, such as from home to school, or classroom to classroom. Details include how to find the custom library on your hard drive, copy it to a floppy disk and move it to the hard drive of another computer.
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• Creating and Editing Custom Symbol Libraries in Kidspiration - Learn how to create and customize your own symbol libraries in Kidspiration. Source: Tech4Learning.
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• Importing an Image as a Symbol - Learn how to add images you have taken with a digital camera or clipart from other sources as Kidspiration symbols. Source: Tech4Learning.
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• Kidspired Tales - This website is an online activity created by Pattie Knox and Susan Silverman. It contains helpful tutorials, Kidspiration templates, and lesson ideas.
  http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~ptk1nc/kidspired2002/
   
• Kidspired Frosty Tales - Another online project created by Pattie Knox and Susan Silverman. It contains Kidspiration templates and lesson ideas for use with winter themed childrens' literature.
  http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~ptk1nc/Frosty2003/
   
• The Inspired Standards Match - This is a tool designed to help districts effectively integrate Inspiration and Kidspiration into their curricula. You will find the standards that are directly supported by Inspiration and Kidspiration are highlighted in pink. The green note annotations provide suggestions as to which Templates and Activities correspond specifically to the highlighted standard. Templates and Activities are valuable tools that are included with the software programs. They are starter documents that teachers can use as worksheets or style sheets. Each Template and Activity can easily be changed to reflect individual learning objectives, curricula, and teaching styles.
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• Extra Kidspiration Templates - This is a collection of great new templates for Kidspiration. Simply download and run the file and the new activities will be automatically available for use in your Kidspiration program.
  Download kidspiration20years.exe - 2.05 MB

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