Kidspiration Introduction Activity

1.      Under the Education software folder, find the Kidspiration package and open it.

2.      Following the professor’s directions, investigate the package.

3.      Create a concept map for the children’s book you brought with you.  Keep in mind the criterion developed in class for good concept maps.

4.      Print the concept map and turn in to your professor. 

5.      As a class, discuss the benefits and negatives of this software package.  Make sure to talk about the ease or difficulty in using it for the first time.  Discuss the differences between a computer-generated concept map as the one you just created and those generated with paper and pencil.  For both, what must teachers keep in mind?