My school does have Kidspiration and I did get on it this week and it is cool. I really love the writing templates. There is one on there that helps kids write a friendly letter. You fill in the blanks and then transfer it over to word and you have your letter. It is really fun. I think I am going to use it soon in my classroom. I am going to have the kids do their own idea web for writers workshop on it. I think they will like it.
I will bring in my slide show from KidsPix but it is not the way I wanted it to turn out but I have invested way too much time into it and it was suppose to be a student project. I am not so sure I will do it next year. However, most of my time spent was learning the program. Doing and undoing, saving and resaving. It has been a true learning experience.
Also, if you are interested in showing the class what the webkins web site looks like, I can give you matthews user name and password and we can explore it on Wednesday. He doesnt use it much - he is very much an outside boy but you mentioned that it would be fun for everyone to see what kids are doing at home so I thought I would offer.
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Great Deb --- yes, let's look at the Webkins site. I know Anat was especially interested in it and she can't make class tonight. Maybe next week?
I want to talk to you about the Kid Pix project. Learning the program is half the battle, but I am hoping you don't abandon the idea (if it was curriculum-rich) just yet. I bet we could streamline the process a bit.
So glad that you took to the time to explore Kidspiration. Sometimes I have so much to show you that I forget some of these basic programs which are very helpful in the classroom. Maybe we can see a sampling or two from those projects too? Thanks Deb!
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