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Inspiration V9
Windows demo
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Document
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Mac demo
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Subjects:
Citizenship, Design & Technology, English, Geography, History, ICT, Mathematics, Science,
National Curriculum:
KS2 to KS4
Scottish Curriculum:
B to E
Age Range:
14 to 18
Sectors:
Primary, Secondary, SEN,
Publisher:
Inspiration Software Inc
Features:
- Inspiration makes it easy to create webs, ideamaps, mind maps, concept maps, graphicorganisers, process flows, and other diagrams forthinking, organising and writing. Use these provenvisual thinking and learning techniques to exploreand explain relationships and integrate newknowledge with what you already know.
- Get organised and think through projects andassignments more effectively using the InspirationOutline View. Structure and organise your work forplanning and writing.
- Use the content you have developed in Diagram,Map and Outline Views and expand your workinto presentations and final projects. The InspirationPresentation Manager provides all the tools youneed to create organised, polished presentationsthat convey ideas clearly and demonstrate yourunderstanding and knowledge.
- Visually represent concepts more effectively with new symbollibraries designed to support curriculum content
- Develop slides from content automatically generated fromDiagram, Map and Outline Views
- Use ready-made professional themes, combining a titleslide, background, bullet style, fonts and colours for visuallyappealing slide designs
- Use Word Count to meet word and page count requirements
- Use Break Apart to divide one long topic with multiple ideasinto separate topics
- Take multiple topics and instantly make them one topic using Combine Topics
- Make visual connections in Outline View by showing symbolsand link text
- Label concept map links using common Linking Phrases toexplain relationships easily
- Lock symbols while developing templates to ensure they are notmoved or deleted by students
- Choose from a variety of different slide layouts thatcommunicate and highlight your key points
- Quickly create, duplicate, reorder and delete slides
- Add visual images from diagrams and mind maps with theSnapshot tool
- Link to and access online resources directly from yourpresentation with hyperlinks
- Utilise speaker notes with each slide to add detail to talkingpoints and tips for effective presentation delivery
- Use Slide Transitions and Reveal Talking Points to engageyour audience
- Print your slides in various handout formats including 3x5and 4x6 cards
Benefits:
- Pupils develop essential learning strategies as they create visual diagrams to represent mind maps, concepts and relationships.
- Compile and sort a wide of range of digital resources into a central Inspiration document. HTML export including linked resources makes this ideal for supporting DiDA.
- Pupils use visual diagrams to develop and organise ideas as they start the writing process.
- Supports the planning and writing of essays, stories, letters, reports, websites, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and projects
- Ideal tool for presenting information in stages and as part of a Q&A session.
- Visual representation deepens the pupils understanding of concepts and identifies misconceptions.
- Export documents as PDFs - ideal for creating resources to use within a VLE
Related Internet Links:
Review of Inspiration 9 on agent4change website
| Description | Notes | Type | Size | Link | |
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| Achilles Heel | Used in discussion of Greek myths to help aid students' understanding. | .gif | 26.41 Kb | click | |
| Article from MAPE on Visual and Creative Thinking | Article from MAPE by Steve Higgins on the use of concept maps. | .htm | -- | click | |
| Brainstorming | Brainistorming template used in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .jpg | 27.18 Kb | click | |
| Character | English example linked to First Impressions activity plan in the Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 34.19 Kb | click | |
| Christmas Production | Example from Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 109.09 Kb | click | |
| Cinderella | File from Spot the difference activity in Inspiration UK Teacher's guide | .isf | 61.31 Kb | click | |
| Classifying 3D Shapes | File linked to Shape and Space activity plan in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 30.18 Kb | click | |
| Classifying Shapes | File linked to Shape and Space activity plan in Inspiration UK Teacher's guide | .htm | 30.68 Kb | click | |
| Definition | File linked to Defining Words activity in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 31.87 Kb | click | |
| Differences | File linked to Habitats activity in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide span> | .ins | 5.39 Kb | click | |
| Enquiry | File linked to Data handling activity in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 217.12 Kb | click | |
| Fife Education Inspiration website | Superb website with information and examples of the use of Inspiration across the curriculum. | .htm | -- | click | |
| Flowchart | File linked to Sequences and Functions activity in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 23.19 Kb | click | |
| Growing Plants | File linked to How plants grow activity in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 29.54 Kb | click | |
| Habitats | File linked to Science activity Habitats from Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .ins | 21.83 Kb | click | |
| Igneous rock example | Inspiration used to demonstrate the Rock Cycle | .gif | 38 Kb | click | |
| Information and Presentation | File linked to Information and Presentation activity in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 39.74 Kb | click | |
| Landscape | File linked to Art and Design activity Visiting a museum; gallery or site in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .htm | 90.53 Kb | click | |
| Note taking | File linked to Structuring Note Taking activity in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 31.43 Kb | click | |
| Our School | File linked to Graphical Modelling: School improvements activity inInspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 26.94 Kb | click | |
| Photographic Evidence | File linked to Geography activity Images of a country from Inspiration UK Teacher Guide | .isf | 30.99 Kb | click | |
| Place Value 1 | File linked to Place Value activity 1 in Inspiration UK Teacher's Guide | .isf | 28.88 Kb | click | |
| Place Value 2 | File linked to Place value 2 activity in Inspiration UK Teacher Guide guide | .isf | 31.67 Kb | click | |
| Place Value 3 | File linked to Place value 3 activity in Inspiration UK Teacher Guide | .isf | 21.18 Kb | click | |
| Premiership | File linked to World Sport activity in Inspiration UK Teacher Guide | .isf | 38.87 Kb | click | |
| Research checklist | Example to aid students plan and organise a research project | .zip | 16.21 Kb | click | |
| Similarities | File linked to Science activity Habitats in Inspiration UK Teacher Guide | .ins | 5.39 Kb | click | |
| Story planning | A brain storming web for story planning. See UK Teachers Guide for more information. | .isf | 26.68 Kb | click | |
| Textual analysis | File linked to Authorial Perspectives in Inspiration UK Teacher Guide | .isf | 38.94 Kb | click | |
| TV Habits | File linked to Maths Year 8 Data handling activity in Inspiration UK Teacher Guide | .isf | 42.5 Kb | click | |
| Victorian schools | Diagram to begin discussion of the differences between Victorian and modern schools | .gif | 8.9 Kb | click | |
| Victorian v modern schools developed | Example of what the students might produce during discussions about the differences between Victorian and modern schools | .gif | 14.51 Kb | click | |
| Water Ride | File linked to Control systems activity in Inspiration UK Teacher Guide | .isf | 140.86 Kb | click | |
| Weather | File linked to Public Information Systems activity in Inspiration UK teacher Guide | .isf | 25.23 Kb | click | |
| Web pages planner | File linked to Publishing on the Web activity in Inspiration UK Teacher Guide | .isf | 22.28 Kb | click | |
| Web Quest template | File linked to Geography activity Let's keep our Earth clean! in Inspiration UK Teacher's guide | .isf | 77.69 Kb | click | |
| Why do you smoke? | File linked to What is the effect of smoking on the lungs and other body systems? activity in UK Teacher Guide | .isf | 29.8 Kb | click | |
| Winston Churchill | File linked to The role of the individual for good or evil activity from Inspiration UK Teacher's guide | .isf | 43.47 Kb | click |
Subjects:
Inspiration 9
Video:
User Guides and Other Documentation
No information available
Technical Details
Operating Systems:
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2K, Windows XP, Windows 7, Mac OS X native,
Technical Notes:
Windows 95; 98; 2000; NT 4.0; ME; XP or Vista (including Tablet PC Edition) - Macintosh: OS X (10.1.5 or higher) - Recommended: Internet connection - QuickTime
Customer Reviews
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- Review by Glenys
I personally use Inspiration for preparing lectures and presentations. My students find it easy to learn and they use it to plan and organise their revision notes; essay plans and topic ideas. Using the visual plan gives them an overview of the task and encourages them to process the information in greater depth; which leads to greater understanding.
Glenys Heap - Principal - Leicester Dyslexia Institute
(Posted on 20/08/2010) -
- Review by Kathy
One [of our classroom assistants] commented that [Inspiration] was one of the best bits of educational software she has ever seen for supporting writing and organisation of information. Both will be using the software with less able pupils. The Year 5 teacher has also used the software with her mixed-ability class. They have used it to plan narratives and think that it is 'brilliant'. I shall be finding lots of opportunities to use this program in the future and believe it to be an essential addition to our range of software.
Kathy Olsson - Bishop Parker Catholic Combined
(Posted on 20/08/2010) -
- Review by Jane
Pupils are required to identify distinctive features of a Victorian school in order that they can achieve the learning objective to compare modern and Victorian schooling. The reason for using Inspiration was to enable the children to establish what they already knew about Victorian schooling in comparison with their own experience of school. Inspiration was projected onto an Interactive whiteboard in order that the whole class could be engaged. Children put their own ideas onto the map via the interactive whiteboard and the whole class discussed the linking. In a mixed ability environment this proved to be a powerful way of sharing knowledge and gave all children a chance to contribute. This was the first time that the children had been exposed to Inspiration; although they had experienced the idea of concept mapping. The children were unanimous that they preferred to create the map electronically in Inspiration because they could alter it easily; they could make it clear with colour and graphics; which made it easier to remember facts. The use of Inspiration has been highly successful and there is clear potential for cross-curricular use.
Jane Finch - Teacher Advisor ICT - Worcestershire
(Posted on 20/08/2010) -
- Review by Colin
Hallfield Junior School is right in the heart of Westminster and is full of children from different nationalities and abilities. The range of needs can, at times, be overwhelming. We have found inspiration a vital tool in helping children with EAL (English as an Additional Language) and those with specific learning difficulties. Inspiration allows Year 6 children to produce concept maps of science topics, which can be used as a revision guide and as an assessment for teacher re: how much they have understood. Year 3 produce simple story plans on a template. This is a very powerful learning tool and we cannot do without it.
Colin Tucker - Hallfield Junior School
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- Review by Ellen
I have just received a copy of the new Inspiration and have spent an hour going through it. Just when I thought it could not get much better, it is much better. Congratulations to everyone - it is fantastic to be able to choose between the concept and mind map view, not to mention the outline and exporting. I am thrilled to have a searchable library and the online help is great too.
Ellen Lessner - ILT Development Coordinator-Abingdon & Witney College
(Posted on 20/08/2010)
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