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September 25 - Individualizing Early Literacy Instruction with Kidspiration®
Join us to learn how Kidspiration supports the teaching and learning of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development and reading comprehension, all components of effective reading instruction.
Lucy Belgum, our Education Development Manager for English/Language Arts will host a 45-minute webcast demonstrating how to:
- Support emergent readers in practicing essential early literacy skills with individualized reading instruction
- Use Kidspiration activities as an informal classroom assessment tool
- Incorporate Kidspiration activities into independent literacy centers
Register today!
October 16 - Analyzing Close Presidential Races with InspireData™: How Might a Different Winner Have Changed History?
The 2008 presidential election is looking to be another nail biter, so we will tap into the excitement and use this "teachable moment" to look back in history at the other close presidential races. Then we'll examine how history might have been different if the candidate who was narrowly defeated had won.
Rick Reynolds, our Education Development Manager for Social Studies, will host a 45-minute webcast demonstrating how to:
- Use InspireData to analyze vote totals by state through history to identify the elections decided by slim margins.
- Help students see the importance of civic engagement and voting.
- Manage the process of conducting additional research and recording findings in animated slide shows which can be played back for engaging student presentations.
- Adapt the activity for different age groups and to develop additional skills.
During the webcast Rick will also be presenting the results of the Nationwide Mock Presidential Election we are sponsoring. If you and your students haven't done so already, please take a moment to weigh in with your votes!
Register today!
Webcast Archives
Making Sense of Fractions with New Math Tools in Kidspiration®
Kidspiration 3 extends the proven principles of visual learning to mathematics with new visual math tools. Learn how Kidspiration's Math Tools can be used to build and strengthen students' understanding of fraction concepts across the elementary grades.
Meg Courtnage, our Education Development Manager for Mathematics, will host a 45-minute webcast demonstrating how to:
- Use fraction tiles, pattern blocks, color tiles, base ten blocks and fraction boxes to develop conceptual understanding of fractions
- Represent and compare fractions, add and subtract with like and unlike denominators and work with mixed numbers, improper and equivalent fractions
- Engage students in tasks that promote problem-solving, reasoning and communication
View this archived webcast now. Click on the link and go to "View Event Recordings" on the top right side of the page.
Engaging Students in Civics and Government with the Presidential Election and InspireData™
Engaging Students in Civics and Government with the Presidential Election and InspireData™ was hosted by Rick Reynolds, our Education Development Manager for Social Studies on May 29, 2008. During this 45-minute webcast, Rick demonstrated how to:
- Create e-Surveys to gather data about the candidates' views and gather students' opinions about those views
- Analyze the results with visual graphs and plots that show the power of polling
- Engage students with interesting questions that encourage them to look further into their information, explore the data and find correlations
View this archived webcast now. Click on the link and go to "View Event Recordings" on the top right side of the page.
Building Data Literacy Skills with Radish Plants and InspireData
Content Categories: Nature of Science and Life Science
Building Data Literacy Skills with Radish Plants and InspireData™ was hosted by Cathy Cuff, our Education Development Manager for Science on April 29, 2008. During this 45-minute webcast Cathy demonstrated how, using plant data collected by an Oregon middle school science class, you can:
- Collect and display data quickly and easily
- Construct dynamic data plots
- Use scientific inquiry to analyze and interpret results
View this archived webcast now. Click on the link and go to "View Event Recordings" on the top right side of the page.
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