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- The program and it’s components are easy to learn.
- It helps to organize thinking for those who think abstractly.
- It helps those who do not think abstractly find abstract connections.
- It allows teachers to assess knowledge of concepts with less paperwork.
- You can make flowcharts and timelines easily.
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- Visual learning techniques - graphical ways of working with ideas and
presenting information - teach students to clarify their thinking, and
to process, organize and prioritize new information. Visual diagrams
reveal patterns, interrelationships and interdependencies. They also
stimulate creative thinking.
- Inspiration provides the tools to allow users to create a picture of
their own ideas or concepts in the form of a diagram to use in a
thinking skills context
- Research in both educational theory and cognitive psychology tells us
that visual learning is among the very best methods for teaching
students of all ages how to think, and how to learn.
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- Clarify thinking. Students see how ideas are connected and realize how
information can be grouped or organized. With visual learning, new
concepts are more thoroughly and easily understood.
Reinforce understanding. Students recreate, in their own words,
what they've learned. This helps them absorb and internalize new
information, giving them ownership of their ideas.
Integrate new knowledge. Diagrams updated throughout a lesson
prompt students to build upon prior knowledge and internalize new
information. By reviewing diagrams created previously, students see how
facts and ideas fit together.
Identify misconceptions. Just as a concept map or web shows what
students know, misdirected links or wrong connections reveal what they
don't understand.
- http://www.inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm
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- Easily see how one idea relates to another
- Learning and thinking become active
- Find gaps in knowledge
- Recall the details better
- Clarifies thinking
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- One-click transfer
- Visually integrated notes
- Enhanced hyperlinking
- Audio capabilities
- Multiple main ideas and ‘undo’ levels
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- Brainstorming
- KWL Charts
- Pre-Writing
- Research Paper
- Planning
- Concept Mapping
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- Students learn to:
- Brainstorm
- Clarify thinking
- Expand their thinking
- Generate new ideas
- Break concepts and ideas down
- Develop their thoughts visually
- Plan
- Gather ideas
- Organize thinking and research
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- Pre-writing tasks
- Story composition
- Story analysis (story maps)
- Character analysis
- Research
- Comparisons (Venn Diagram)
- Concept map
- Goal setting
- KWL
- All KLAs…
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- Inspiration makes planning easy and productive, with a visual approach
to brainstorming and organizing for teachers.
- Inspiration can be used to plan lessons, units, projects, and class
activities. The Template Wizard gives teachers step-by-step help to
create customized visual learning activities to support any curriculum
area.
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- Inspiration has two main views or environments:
- Diagram View- create visual diagrams such as concept maps, idea maps,
webs, storyboards
- Outline View- organise written documents, speeches, reports or plans by
providing a framework for ideas, order the flow of the information and
structure paragraph detail and contents
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- Create a web about FOOD
- Open Inspiration from the start menu
- Set up the look of your web using Diagram Properties (file)
- Add main idea and headings
- Use Rapid Fire (lightning bolt on tool bar or F9)
- Change layout- mouse click and drag
- Add symbols (symbol library)
- Color code (effects, fill colour)
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- You may like to:
- Plan a unit
- Plan a lesson
- Design a worksheet
- Use a template
- Create a concept map
- Brainstorm with a partner
- Visit the Inspiration site for more ideas at www.inspiration.com
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