Visual Thinking and Learning
with Kidspiration® 3:
Engaging Students and Building Organizational,
Writing and Math Skills
Participants will develop the knowledge and ability to apply proven visual learning techniques through the use of Kidspiration® 3 to help students develop critical thinking, organization, outlining, writing and math skills.
Led by an Inspiration® Software certified trainer, participants will explore ways to use visual thinking and learning strategies in their specific education settings, discuss examples for classroom instruction, integrate technology into the curriculum and become proficient Inspiration users. Aligned with Common Core State Standards, Kidspiration will help students develop the required skills necessary for college and career readiness.
Participants will:
- Learn to tap the power of active visual learning to help students better analyze, synthesize and demonstrate their understanding.
- Learn how to optimize visual learning strategies by using Kidspiration, the visual way to explore and understand words, numbers and concepts.
- Explore the best ways to use Kidspiration in specific education settings.
Workshop Agenda
In the Visual Thinking and Learning with Kidspiration® workshop, participants will learn:
Effective ways to use visual thinking and learning to help students:
- Improve critical thinking skills
- Build understanding and recall
- Develop brainstorming, organizing and planning skills
- Apply graphic organizers, concept mapping, outlining and other thinking techniques to improve learning
- Improve writing and math skills
How to improve student achievement with visual thinking and learning using Kidspiration3:
Picture View: Develop, organize and analyze information visually
- Brainstorm and develop ideas
- Classify and organize information
- Connect new information to prior knowledge
Writing View: Structure and expand written work
- Brainstorm and organize thinking using informal outlining techniques
- Outline writing projects as part of the writing process
- Structure ideas and information to create clearly written papers, reports and plans
Math View: Focus on core conceptual foundations of counting, place value, and geometric thinking
- Build number sense and spatial reasoning while communicating thinking with words, numbers and math symbols
- Combine the hands-on learning power of physical manipulatives with the benefits of computer interactivity
- Explore properties of number and operation using Color Tiles to count and compare
- Understand place value and strengthen number sense using Base Ten Blocks
- Compare and order fractions, understand equivalent fractions using Fraction Tiles
- Represent fractions visually to build a strong conceptual foundation for future work with fractions
Additional ways to use visual thinking and learning in classrooms and with curriculum through the integration of Kidspiration 3
- Provide learning frameworks with ready-made activities and online lesson plans
- Learn how to maximize student engagement with interactive whiteboards
- Get tips on how to support hearing-impaired students' and English Language Learners' use of Kidspiration
Schedule your on-site workshops today!
Perfect for your in-service days, an Inspiration Software certified trainer can deliver a full day of workshops in your school or regional training center. A full day includes (2) three-hour workshop sessions; each with a maximum participant capacity of 25.
For pricing information or to schedule a workshop, contact us today!
