Kidspiration/ Atomic Learning
Kidspiration I had such a fun time playing with Kidspiration. Kidspiration is a great learning tool for K-5 students. The program is easy to work on and so much fun that students will want to learn more. The program allows students to build graphs and charts that help organize their ideas. Students can easily add pictures and text to these graphs. The program also has tons of fun icons that young students can choose from. Another cool thing about Kidspiration is the voice command that repeats the icon your cursor is looming over. The voice is kinda scary though...and kinda of annoying if you work on it long enough. This program would be a great learning tool that I would definitely use in teaching K-3. Having them create a chart that displayed sea life animals or zoo animals. I can also see how the voice over could also help English Learners. What a great and fun tool!
Atomic Learning is an instructional website for educational programs like Kidspiration. It offers the user audio tutorials that helps the user understand the functions and how to's for the needed program. The tutorials are kinda boring and not very interactive. The monotone voice almost put me to sleep. :) The idea is still great but perhaps these tutorials can be a little more upbeat and interactive for those who have short attention spans. Another little thing that could be easier to navigate through would be the menu of tutorials. Not all of the tutorial titles were that clear to me. I had to click a few to get the tutorial that I was actually looking for. However it still is a great accessible site to those who are in need of some help!
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