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Practical ideas for integrating

Inspiration software in the classroom

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Inspiration can help teachers:

Differentiate classroom instruction by allowing

students to organize ideas in a variety of ways.

Facilitate cross curricular learning by linking

concepts visually Create visual cues for students that reinforce

learning and promote retention of skills and

concepts

´«it is in the process of creating mental images or

models of a concept that students are able to make

the all important leap from the concrete to the

abstract.µ (Murphy 2009)

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It·s not hard to use. I promise.

Inspiration has a mostly graphic interface

You (and your students) drag and drop pictures and

shapes where you want them and create links that

make sense to you.

You (and your students) customize diagrams and

outlines to fit your needs.

Premade Inspiration templates are already linked

to specific TEKS.Utilizing templates, and with some practice, you

can create a customized diagram for your class in

15-30 minutes.

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Presenting information and concepts

Classroom participation and student use

Independent practice and assessment

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Inspiration includes several dozen templates for

Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and

Thinking and Planning

Use Inspiration to introduce concepts tostudents visually.

Students can fill in ideas and notes from class

discussion on screen and on individual handouts.

Saving a file for each class eliminates erasing andallows for pacing specific to class needs.

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Individuals or groups can be assigned an original

mapping task based on prior instruction.

A modification would be to begin with an

appropriate template and fill in blanks. Student groups can use Thinking and Planning

templates to guide reading, note taking and

plan presentations about the content.

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Study Guide and Textbook Chapter maps can

be used in Student/Teacher conferences to

help determine areas for clarification.

A collection of notes/maps from a semester

can be used for cumulative exam review.

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Graphics can be used to guide or assess

assigned independent reading.

Students can construct graphics to explain

the steps to solving a particular type ofproblem.

Constructing original visual maps and

diagrams encourages exhibiting mastery of

concepts, rather than regurgitation ofspecific facts.

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Inspiration supports graphical and linear organization ofwriting across the content areas

Graphic organizers are easily viewed as outlines andstudents can switch between the views to organize

ideas in the way that suits their learning style

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Diagram View Outline View

(Title of Fiction)

I. CharactersA. Main Character(s)

B. Secondary Characters

II. Major ThemesIII. Narrative Strategies

IV. Plot SummaryA. Chapter 1

B. Chapter 2

C. Chapter 3D. Chapter 4

V. New Vocabulary

VI. Stylistic Features

VII. Personal Evaluation

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Inspiration works for teachers too!Organize ideas before you teach

Use Inspiration to brainstorm ideas in team

meetings

Inspiration includes a template for lessonplanning.

Use concept maps link ideas in cross

curricular lessons

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Inspiration graphics and outlines can be: Exported to Microsoft Word

Saved as graphic files and used in PowerPoint and

other software

Blank diagrams can be printed whencomputer access is unavailable or for student

notes and handouts.

Inspiration files are easily shared among

colleagues, making Inspiration perfect forinstructional teams.

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http://www.inspiration.com/Educators/Community-Resources

This webpage contains educator·s resources from

Inspiration Software and an online educators

community http://www.inspiration.com/Standards-

Matches/Inspiration

This webpage contains the standards matches

between Inspiration and specific TEKS. Choose¶Texas· and the appropriate subject

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http://www.cape.k12.mo.us/blanchard/hick

s/teacher%20pages/inspiration.htm#Internet

This site has links to teacher created templates

for Inspiration and Kidspiration http://www.internet4classrooms.com/inspir

ation.htm

This webpage is a guide to constructing an a

concept map from the Basic template. This is theway to create a diagram from ¶scratch· in

Inspiration

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KaLeah Hicks

kaleah.hicks@gccisd.net

281-420-4500 x4120

Works Cited

Murphy, Stuart J. The power of visual learning insecondary mathematics education. Research into

 practice. Pearson Education, 2009. Print.