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View one of our complimentary webcasts and find out more about how to inspire students by using the power of visual thinking and visual learning.
 

Making Data Analysis Fun and Engaging with Real Data and InspireData^® 1.5

Students use InspireData® to investigate, analyse, and represent data and information in dynamic graphs and plots. See how real-life recycling data was collected with an e-Survey and analysed using the features and functions of InspireData. Cath Cuff, our Education Development Manager for Science, hosted a complimentary 45-minute webcast demonstrating how you can use InspireData with your students to:

- Collect data easily using e-Survey
- Create Venn, pie, bar and stack plots to show relationships
- Examine data to draw logical conclusions

View this InspireData webcast!
 

Learn to Use Kidspiration®’s Visual Maths Tools

Kidspiration 3 has five visual math tools to help primary pupils build their conceptual understanding in maths. Join us for a tour and training in Maths View. Meg Courtnage, our Education Development Manager for Maths, hosted a complimentary 45-minute webcast. Participants:

- Saw a demonstration of all five maths tools – colour tiles, pattern blocks, base ten blocks, fraction tiles and fraction boxes
- Discovered ready-to-use activities and lesson plans, customisation options and tips for starting projects from scratch
- Got ideas for using Kidspiration’s math tools to support primary curriculum

View this archived Kidspiration webcast!
 

Writing to a Prompt with Kidspiration® 3

Graphic organisers are an effective tool to support pupils as they learn how to write to a prompt. Learn how your pupils can learn to write on demand using Kidspiration. Lucy Belgum, our Education Development Manager for Language Arts, hosted a 45-minute webcast demonstrating how to:

- Use visual techniques to plan writing that is mindful of audience, purpose and form
- Engage pupils in the process of writing paragraphs that contain supporting details
- Target, plan and write to the components found within the various modes of writing using graphic organizers

View this archived Kidspiration webcast!
 

Engage Students and Promote Project-based Learning Across the Curriculum with InspireData®

Listen to an interview with Telannia Norfar, a ninth-grade math teacher at Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Norfar used InspireData by having her math students use it to collect and analyse data for how to improve the quality and selection of food in their school cafeteria.

The cafeteria-food project was a collaborative effort with her colleagues across the curriculum. Mrs. Norfar’s focus was on math, as she guided students in analysing the data they had gathered using InspireData. In English class, the students worked on writing skills, as they wrote business letters to the principal and the cafeteria manager. From their social studies teacher, the students learned about other cultures, including the geography and cuisine of different regions. And they worked with their science teacher to create lab reports about the patterns they saw in their data and to learn about environmental considerations in the cafeteria.

During this complimentary 45 minute webcast, Ms. Norfar explains three things her students learned from this project:

• How to analyse data that is not pre-formatted
• How to compare and contrast data using venn diagrams to see trends
• How to create appropriate graphs to support a proposal

View this archived InspireData webcast!

Individualising Early Literacy Instruction with Kidspiration^®

Learn how Kidspiration supports the teaching and learning of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development and reading comprehension, all components of effective reading instruction.
 
This 45-minute webcast demonstrates how to:

• Support emergent readers in practicing essential early literacy skills with individualised reading instruction
• Use Kidspiration activities as an informal classroom assessment tool
• Incorporate Kidspiration activities into independent literacy centers

View this archived Kidspiration webcast!

Making Sense of Fractions with New Maths Tools in Kidspiration

This 45-minute webcast demonstrates how to:

• Use fraction tiles, pattern blocks, colour 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 pupils in tasks that promote problem-solving, reasoning and communication

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Building Data Literacy Skills with Radish Plants and InspireData^®

Content Categories: Nature of Science and Life Science
This 45-minute webcast demonstrates 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 analyse and interpret results

View this archived InspireData webcast!