Week 3 Assignment

I had no idea that a program like Inspiration even existed! All of the information from the Inspiration and Webspiration Classroom videos is new to me. It could be very useful when you need to diagram all of your loose ideas and to organize thoughts. The Webspiration Classroom seems like an equally exciting and fun way to learn with technology.

I am going to be teaching much younger children than what these programs were designed for, but they could help especially with research papers in older grades and for taking and organizing notes. Having students do peer review and offer suggestions to each other could save time, and the teacher could also offer suggestions and praise existing peer review. The first time I taught a new subject I tried to be as familiar with it as possible, but teaching the subject helps you to have a better understanding.


I believe that this technology could be very useful to students. The thing I liked the most about the programs was how the outline of the paper could be changed to diagram view. People learn in different ways, so the different views could really help some kids.









Inspiration Software (2011, February 2). Inspiration videos and webcasts for
    using visual learning in your classroom [Video file]. Retrieved from
    http://www.inspiration.com/videos/Inspiration



Inspiration Software (2011, February 2). Webspiration classroom service:
   Improve writing and thinking skills [Video file]. Retrieved from 
   http://www.inspiration.com/webspirationclassroom



Jonassen, D., Howland, J., Marra, R., & Crismond, D.(2008). Meaningful
    Learning with Technology (3rd ed.). Columbus, OH:
    Pearson.