1. Inspiration 6-Technology Presentation La Tisha Jenkins ETEC 562 April 8, 2004 Dr. Davis

2. Inspiration 6 Elementary Graphic Organizers Educators across the nation are incorporating Inspiration’s visual learning methodologies into their Reading and Writing, Science, and Social Studies classes.

3. Inspiration 6 Open either Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer Type in www.inspiration.com/home.cfm Click on What is Visual Learning? Click on one of the choices of curriculum areas Click on the template that you want to use The templates also come with instructions that you can use as a guide

4. Inspiration 6 When you open Inspiration 6, there will be a Tip of The Day. This is very helpful.

5. Ways Inspiration Aligns with the Curriculum Inspiration also incorporates the TEKS. In science, the students have to be able to construct graphs, tables, maps, and charts Students can use Inspiration to organize data All of the different templates have graphic organizers that you can use

6. Useful Facts about Inspiration Inspiration has over 1,300 symbols you can use in your diagram You can easily add an unconnected idea anywhere on the diagram with Inspiration You can save an activity that you are working on You can copy symbols from other sources such as Microsoft Word (copyright- free) *be sure to cite the website source correctly if copying a graphic from the Internet

7. Helpful Inspiration Tools Create-you can use this button vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. Create connects data Move idea symbols Change Font Change symbols, shapes, and color Switch to outline view Preview and print diagram Link unconnected symbols Change the view

8. Inspiration Templates In your hand out, there are copies of some of the Templates you can use I have also attached some students samples from my third grade after school class

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