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Inspire students to develop ideas & organize thinking

Course Goal:To gain a basic understanding

of how to use Inspirationfor visual thinking and outlining

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Inspiration is...a powerful visual learning tool that inspires

students to organize their thinking.

Students use Inspiration’s Diagram view to dynamically create and modify

concept maps, webs andother graphical organizers.

The integrated Outline view enables students to quickly prioritize and rearrange ideas, helping

them create clear, concise writing.

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Visual Thinking & Learning

VISUAL LEARNING

TOOLS

Character Webs

Flow Charts

Semantic Webs Maps

Outlines

Concept Maps

Charts

DiagramsWord

Splash

Mind Maps

Drawings

What Inspiration is used for...in

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UseINSPIRATION®

WEBBING

Semantic Webbing

Difficult Concepts

History

Character Webbing

Prewriting

OrganizingOUTLINING

CONCEPT MAPPING Writing

Science

CREATIVE THINKING

PLANNING

CreativeWriting

Idea Generation

Brainstorming

Projects

Front-End Multi-media

WWW Research

Web Design Site

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Where Inspiration is used...

• English

• History

• Science

• Planning & Organizing

• Multimedia Planning

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History Example:Cause and Effect Biography

real name

caused

for

with and with

for

First woman teacher at Sorbonne,

Paris

Marie Curie"Manya

Sklodowska"

husband Pierre Curie

Henri Becquerel

Discovering radioactivity

Death by leukemia

1934

1903

1906

First person to win two Nobel Prizes

PhysicsChemistryDiscovering

element radium

1911

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English Example:Story Web

The Secret Garden

Setting Characters

Problem or Conflict

Events

Resolution

Misselthwaite Manor

Gardens

Martha

Mary

Colin

Dikon

Mary is lonely and not nice.

Parents die, Mary moves to

England

Meets Martha and Dikon and finds garden to grow things in.

Meets Colin, boy worse than her,

makes him behave.

Garden gives Mary something to love and care for.

Dikon and Martha become Mary's

friends.

They teach Colin how awful to be self-centered.

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English Example:Character Web

Survivalskills

Unconsciously so

Unaware of just how much

Key Characteristic

In his unique way

Survival skills

HOLDEN CAULFIELD

Humorous

Poetic

Intelligent

Alienated

Caring

Spiritual

Sensitive

Unhappy

Does he represent every teenager's

struggle for independence?

Character Web: Catcher in the Rye

Troubled

Worried

Confused

Sarcastic

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English Example:Creative Writing/Brainstorming

Our Trip to the City Gardens

We saw...

Bugs!Squirrels

Flowers Birds

We took pictures

It rained

We rode... A Tiny Train

A Bus

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Science Example:Concept Map

is a

which can be reduced

by

which retards thesuch as

betweenbetweenbetween

such as

andreferred

to as

moving in

such as such as

moving in

and

moving through

which reaches

when

=

which is a function of

that

such as

that

such as

FRICTION

forcelubricants

solid objects

motionmotor oils

dragsolids

waterair

fluids

airplanes

weight

slide roll

gravity=9.8 m/s2

parachutist

terminal velocity

boats

air hockey tires

Thanks to Paul Rutherford, high school

teacher, Shawnee Mission, KS

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Multimedia Planning

Endangered Species

Stack

General Information about your species A picture of

species

Food Chain

HabitatThe Story of your Species

Take Action About your

speciesThe Future of your Species

Each Bubble shown is a card in this HyperStudio project.

Click on a bubble and then the upper right red square to see suggestions

for what should go on the card.

Bibliography Card

General Information about yor species

Add a Button that Returns to the Title Card

Add a Text Object (fromthe Objects Menu)

Species description

diet

Behaviors

predators

Interesting facts

Scientific name

This diagram is a sublevel of the mainidea, useful to expand each “page”.

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Ways to create symbols

• Create Tools

• Rapid Fire

• Point & Type

• Symbol Tool

• Command-Click

• Drag & Drop

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Create ToolsAdds symbols in the direction of arrow

Create Horizontal & Vertical

Create Diagonal• Select symbol that the new symbol will be connected

to.

• Click arrow on Create tool that points in the directionyou want your new symbol created.

• Type in text.

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Rapid Fire ToolAdd a series of connected ideas quickly

• Select idea symbol you want to expand on

• Click the Rapid Fire tool

• Type in your ideas

• Press return (enter) after each idea to separate them

• To end, click Rapid Fire tool again or select something else

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Point & TypeCreating unconnected ideas

• Click in an open area

• Type in idea

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Symbol ToolCreates a new symbol link to last selected symbol

• Click on the Symbol Tool

• Click on the symbol you want the new symbol connected to

• Click the diagram where you want to place the new symbol

• You can add symbols without links by not selecting a symbol to connect to

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Command-Click Using the keyboard shortcut to add symbols

• Select the idea you want to connect to

• Hold down the command (ctrl) key and click where you want the new idea to appear

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Drag & Drop

• Place pointer on specific symbol in the symbol palette, hold down mouse button and drag symbol into diagram

• Release button

As you drag the image onto thediagram, you see a dotted rectangle.

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Working within the Diagram window

• Zooming from scroll bars

Click the percentage area next to the Zoom Inbutton, then select the zoom percentage you want.

• Position (Grabber Hand)

Z o o m O u t s h o w s m o r e o f t h e d i a g r a m

Z o o m I n m a k e s t h e d i a g r a m l a r g e rd i a g r a m d i a g r a m .T h e P e r c e n t a g e b o x l e t s y o u s e l e c t a

p e r c e n t a g e a t w h i c h t o v i e w y o u r d i a g r a m .

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Specific Symbol Shapes

• Changing Shapes

• Changing Palette Libraries

• Symbol Libraries

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Changing Shapes

• Click on symbol you want to change

• Click on symbol palette onthe symbol you wantit to change to

Preview

When you point toa symbol on theSymbol palette, apreview of theimage appears.

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Changing Palette Libraries

• On symbol palette, click the Previous or Next button to display the next or previous symbol library

-OR-

• To go directly to specific library, click the Select library button

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Symbol Libraries

• Over 500 symbolsto choose from

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Moving Symbols

• Single symbol

• Multiple symbols

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Single Symbol

• Click and drag the symbol

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Multiple Symbols

• Hold down shift key and click on the symbols you want to move -OR-

• If the symbols are next to each other, click and drag the pointeracross the symbols until amarquee appears around thesymbols, release mouse anddrag to new location

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Links

• Link Tool

• Drawing Links

• Link Text

• Moving Links

• Link Types and Arrowheads

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Link ToolCreates a link between two symbols

• Click Link button on Diagram toolbar

• Select where you want to originate the link

• Select where you want to link toS e le c t th e p r im a ry id e a sy m b o lfirs t…

… th e n s e le c t th e se c o n d a ryid e a s ym b o l.

T h e re s u lt in g lin k s h o w s th a t th e se c o n d a ryid e a is re la te d to th e firs t.

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Drawing Links• Select symbol where you want to draw the

link from

• Position pointer over diamond-shaped handle where you want link to begin

• Click and drag to where to you want the link to end (symbol becomes highlighted, see all the possible connecting points)

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Link Text

• Select link to which you want to add text

• Type your text

• When finished typing, click elsewhere in diagram

Click the dot and drag it to move theposition of the text box on the link.

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Link Types & Arrowheads

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Grid Snap

• To turn off grid snap, choose Grid Snap in the Utility menu

• To turn back on snapping,choose Grid Snap again

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Notes TextTo expand more on thoughts

• Select symbol to add or change notes text

• On Diagram toolbar, clickAdd Note button

• Enter text

• Click close box

The filled box in the upper left cornerindicates the symbol has notes text.

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Fonts & Styling

• Format Menu

• New Look

• Set New Look Edit Menu Command

• Paste New Look

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Format Menu

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New LookSets default attributes for new symbols & links

• Select symbol or link that hasthe look you want

• On Diagram toolbar, clickNew Look button -OR-

• On Edit menu, choose Set New Look

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Paste New LookApplies new look to existing symbols

• Select symbols or links you want to apply new look to

• On Edit menu, choose Paste New Look

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Color & Patterns

• Fill Tool - changes fill color in selected symbols or draw objects

• Line Tool - changes line color of selected symbols, links or draw objects

• Text Tool - Changes text color of selected symbols or links

• Patterns (Effect menu)

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Import Graphics

• In a draw or paint program, copy graphicto clipboard

• Open Inspiration diagram to where you are to use graphic and select symbol to change

• On Edit menu, choose Paste

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Arrange ButtonQuickly arrange a diagram into a tree chart

• Click on Arrange button-OR-

• On symbol menu,choose Arrange

• Dialog box appears

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AlignTo align symbols with each other

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Evenly SpaceTo have even amount of space between symbols

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Symbol Libraries

• Installing Custom Symbols

• Editing Symbol Libraries

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Install Custom Symbols

• Select graphic

• On symbol palette, display library you want to add graphic to

• On Utility menu, choose Install User Symbol

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Editing Symbol Libraries

• On Utility menu, choose Edit Symbol Libraries

• Dialog box opens

• Choose symbol to move,drag from one library toanother

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Spell Check

• On utility menu, choose Spell Check

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Printing

• Print Options

• Print Preview

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Print OptionsSmart Page Breaks or Fit to One Page

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Print Preview

The prin t p review show s youhow the d iagram w ill appear

on the prin ted page.

C lick the m agn ify ing g lasson an area you w ant toexam ine c lose ly.

• On File menu, choose Print Preview

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Outline ViewChange Diagram to Outline view

• Symbols to Topics

• Sub-symbols to Subtopics

• Notes windows to Notes text

• Click Outline button -OR-

• On the View menu, choose Outline

The Outline View changes:

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Add TopicAdds topic to same level

• On Outline toolbar, click Add Topic button -OR-

• On Outline menu, choose Add Topic -OR-

• Keyboard shortcuts: F9 or Command-G (Ctrl-G)

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Add Subtopic Adds subtopic to same level

• On Outline toolbar, click Add Sub button -OR-

• On Outline menu, choose Insert Subtopic -OR-

• Keyboard shortcut: Command-K (Ctrl-K)

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Making a Topic into a Subtopic

• Right Tool -OR-

• On Outline menu, chooseMove Right -OR-

• Tab or Command-R (Ctrl-R)

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Making a Subtopic into aHigher Level Topic

• Left Tool-OR-

• On Outline menu, chooseMove Left -OR-

• Tab or Ctrl-L

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Moving Topics by Dragging

• Select the topic you want to move, then hold down mouse button while you drag it in the outline (subtopics come along)

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Hide/Show SubtopicsLets you see all the outline structure

or a higher level view

• On Outline toolbar, clickthe +-Sub button -OR-

• On the View menu, choose View Subtopics, then select Hide or Show -OR-

• Ctrl H

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Notes TextWhere to develop your ideas

• On Outline toolbar, clickthe Add Note button -OR-

• Return (Enter)

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Hide/Show Notes text Lets you see all the detail or just the outline structure

• On Outline toolbar, clickthe +- Note tool -OR-

• On the View menu, chooseView Notes Text, then select Hide or Show -OR-

• Ctrl Y

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Prefix Labels

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Outline Properties

• Topic Styling

• Margins

• Headers/Footers

• On Outline toolbar, click Properties button -OR-

• On File menu, choose Outline properties, click on tab to display window

• Layout

• Prefix

• Options

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Topic Styling

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MarginsClick here to display the Margins tab.

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Headers & Footers

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Outline Layout Properties

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Print/Print Preview of Outlines

• Spell Check

• Print Preview

• Export Capabilities

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Customizing Inspiration -Specifying new default startup document

• On File menu, choose Template, the Open Template dialog box appears

• Select the template you want as your default template

• Click Set Default

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Customizing Inspiration -New Templates

• Create document you want to save as atemplate

• On File menu, choose Save As Template

• Dialog box opens

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Webbing and Concept Mapping

Concept maps and story webs are visual ways to structure ideas. They show relationships between concepts.

Because they require active thinking; rather than rote repetition, concept maps and webs assure that students have a deeper understanding of an idea. Webbing is used in literature and history classes; concept mapping is typically used in history and the sciences.

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Multimedia Planning

Multimedia planning is a way of organizing large projects, web page design or presentations. It’s a graphical way to plan a document’s strucure. Planning helps students clearly identify the beginning, the middle and end of a project, making them focus their direction and become more productive.

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Brainstorming, Planning and Writing

Brainstorming is one of the easiest ways to motivate students to think. It helps students think of good topics and helps them elaborate on those topics.

Once they’ve completed their initial brainstorm, they can begin more structured planning of their story or project. Planning helps students focus only on the elements necessary to the project.

When students are ready to begin writing, they convert their diagram to an outline. Using notes text, students elaborate on their ideas sketched during the brainstorming and plainning stages.

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Now Let’s Play!

• Plan your holiday shopping, parties now

• What I did for my summer vacation

• Plan a project due in next 30 days


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