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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
