Inspiration
In my course Educational Computing and Technology, I was given the opportunity to use the program Inspiration to create a diagram of a prior lesson plan I had created. The lesson plan dealt with multiplication for third grade students. Inspiration made it easy for me to lay out the different parts of the lesson plan in an orderly manner and it also allowed for me to attach web-sites in which my future students can use to better grasp the information at hand.
According to the Inspiration web-site, "Inspiration is the essential tool students rely on to plan, research and complete projects successfully. With the integrated Diagram and Outline Views, they create graphic organizers and expand topics into writing. This powerful combination encourages learning in multiple modes. As a result, students gain and retain a better understanding of concepts and demonstrate knowledge, improving their performance across the curriculum.
Educators use Inspiration to customize instruction, achieve standards, assess student projects and energize learning. An expanded selection of 120+ cross-curricular templates in language arts, social studies, science, planning and thinking makes starting assignments quick and easy."
While my project only gives you a very small preview of what Inspiration has to offer, I can assure you that it is an amazing tool for any educator out there. It is a spectacular way to turn your lesson plans into works of art that all students can appreciate. I can only hope one would try it out. I hope you enjoy my Inspiration project.