Using Inspiration

Mind-Mapping Software for all content

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Agenda

IntroductionsIntroductions

Previous experience with Inspiration or mind-mappingPrevious experience with Inspiration or mind-mapping

ResearchResearch

Participant questions about InspirationParticipant questions about Inspiration

Practice using Inspiration togetherPractice using Inspiration together

Individual practice with InspirationIndividual practice with Inspiration

Sharing ideas and workshop websiteSharing ideas and workshop website

Previous Experience

Have you ever used Inspiration before? Have you ever used Inspiration before?

How have you used other forms of How have you used other forms of mind-mapping/graphic organizers? Is it mind-mapping/graphic organizers? Is it effectiveeffective

What are your questions about What are your questions about Inspiration? Inspiration?

Research-Supported

Visual learning techniques like graphic Visual learning techniques like graphic organizers can aid in: organizers can aid in:

Organizing and communicating ideasOrganizing and communicating ideas

Seeing patterns and relationshipsSeeing patterns and relationships

Categorizing ideasCategorizing ideas

Reading comprehensionReading comprehensionExecutive Summary of Literature Review: Graphic Organizers: A Executive Summary of Literature Review: Graphic Organizers: A

Review of Scientifically Based ResearchReview of Scientifically Based Research

Questions we have

(Open Inspiration, create mind-map (Open Inspiration, create mind-map of questions)of questions)

(Save as jpg and export)(Save as jpg and export)

(Upload into presentation here)(Upload into presentation here)

An example

Possible Uses

Open Inspiration on your laptopOpen Inspiration on your laptop

Click on “Rapid Fire”Click on “Rapid Fire”

Type in 4 possible usesType in 4 possible uses

Discuss uses together and add any more good Discuss uses together and add any more good ideas you hear to your mind-mapideas you hear to your mind-map

Demonstrate possibilitiesDemonstrate possibilities

How could you use this in the next two weeks?

In your coming lessons, how could you use In your coming lessons, how could you use this?this?

Create a quick outline of what such a lesson Create a quick outline of what such a lesson would look like using the “Outline” tool in would look like using the “Outline” tool in InspirationInspiration

Click on “Diagram” and play with some of the Click on “Diagram” and play with some of the tools at the toptools at the top

Ask questionsAsk questions

Sharing information

Share lesson ideasShare lesson ideas

Post results on my blog: Post results on my blog: http://inspiringinnovations.blogspot.com/http://inspiringinnovations.blogspot.com/

Email Inspiration documents (if you want) to: Email Inspiration documents (if you want) to: dshetler@borm.cartwright.k12.az.usdshetler@borm.cartwright.k12.az.us

Resources

Free 30-day trial: Free 30-day trial: http://www.inspiration.com/Freetrialhttp://www.inspiration.com/Freetrial

Teachertube video demonstrations: Teachertube video demonstrations:

Political Candidate comparison: Political Candidate comparison: http://tinyurl.com/d2pcqehttp://tinyurl.com/d2pcqe

Inspiration multimedia Investigations: Inspiration multimedia Investigations: http://tinyurl.com/auuadvhttp://tinyurl.com/auuadv

More resources

Inspiration webcasts (upcoming) Inspiration webcasts (upcoming) http://www.inspiration.com/Educators/Events#http://www.inspiration.com/Educators/Events#Webcasts Webcasts

Inspiration webcasts (archived) Inspiration webcasts (archived) http://www.inspiration.com/Educators/Events#http://www.inspiration.com/Educators/Events#archivesarchives