September 25 - Individualizing Early Literacy Instruction with Kidspiration®
Join us to learn how Kidspiration supports the teaching and learning of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development and reading comprehension, all components of effective reading instruction.
Lucy Belgum, our Education Development Manager for English/Language Arts will host a 45-minute webcast demonstrating how to:
* Support emergent readers in practicing essential early literacy skills with individualized reading instruction
* Use Kidspiration activities as an informal classroom assessment tool
* Incorporate Kidspiration activities into independent literacy centers
October 16 - Analyzing Close Presidential Races with InspireData™: How Might a Different Winner Have Changed History?
The 2008 presidential election is looking to be another nail biter, so we will tap into the excitement and use this "teachable moment" to look back in history at the other close presidential races. Then we'll examine how history might have been different if the candidate who was narrowly defeated had won.
Rick Reynolds, our Education Development Manager for Social Studies, will host a 45-minute webcast demonstrating how to:
* Use InspireData to analyze vote totals by state through history to identify the elections decided by slim margins.
* Help students see the importance of civic engagement and voting.
* Manage the process of conducting additional research and recording findings in animated slide shows which can be played back for engaging student presentations.
* Adapt the activity for different age groups and to develop additional skills.
