Tech Integration Project
Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

The Main Event
Application: Kidspiration 2
Platform: Mac

Description

The process for creating a Main Event diagram using the Kidspiration® 2 template is described below. The Completed Project Movie shows you what the example project might look like. The tutorial movies that follow demonstrate, step-by-step, how to construct the diagram using information provided in the resource packet. This project can be easily modified for creating a graphic organizer relevant to any subject under study. For a complete project description, including goals, objectives, and materials needed, see the Project Overview.
The Example Project
The Completed Project movie will show you what the completed example project looks like.
 Completed Project Movie
Key # Length
1. preview What the example project looks like 18499 1:17
Go to: Project Overview (Information for Teachers)
Subscribers have access to download the resource materials for this project, which includes all example files, an assessment rubric, and information about adapting and extending the example project.
Creating Your Own Project
We'll begin by opening a Kidspiration template that contains many of the symbols and diagram elements we need already in it. The template file is included in the resource packet that is available for download on this Web page.
Key # Length
1. locked Opening the template and saving your copy 18500 1:06
2. locked Naming your event 18501 0:38
3. locked Entering background information 18502 0:57
4. locked Setting the stage - where and when 18503 0:51
Key # Length
1. locked Listing what happened first 18504 0:44
2. locked Explaining the significance 18505 0:42
3. locked Adding other events in the chain 18506 0:52
4. locked Adding more symbols to this section 18507 1:18
Key # Length
1. locked Adding names to the Person symbols 18508 1:14
2. locked Adding information about people 18509 0:37
3. locked Adding more people symbols 18510 0:45
Key # Length
1. locked Entering how you felt then 18511 0:37
2. locked Entering how you feel now 18512 0:25
Key # Length
1. locked Changing a symbol graphic 18513 1:03
2. locked Repositioning symbols 18514 0:41
3. locked Changing colors of symbols 18515 0:47
4. locked Printing your diagram 18516 0:34
Tutorial series by Jeremy Anderson