Inspiration

Inspiration software is great for all subjects and would be wonderful to work with on Promethean or Smart boards. One idea is for students to make paper concept maps in groups and then come together as a class and use Inspiration on the smart board to coalesce all the ideas and their relationships. The Inspiration concept map may then be saved and emailed to each student. The great aspect about Inspiration is that the map can be turned into an outline. Thus, students may use the concept map they created in map form or outline form to study for a test- a summative assessment (differentiation!).
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For teachers who do not have Inspiration - here are some free concept map or mind map websites: @http://www.wisemapping.com/c/home.htm @http://bubbl.us/ @http://www.glinkr.net/ ||= **Below are several websites on how to use Inspiration and how to use concept maps in your classroom.**

How to video by Inspiration: How to video

Inspiration tutorial: Quick Start Guide

Use with interactive white boards: video

50 suggestions and rubric for Inspiration: Uses and Rubric

Step by step how to use Inspiration and information on using concepts maps: How to

Article on how to use Inspiration: Article

Much information on Inspiration and concept maps: Lots of information

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