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InspireData® Success StoriesRead real stories shared by educators who use InspireData's visual learning methodologies to help their students develop data literacy. If you have an inspiring story to share about how you are using InspireData in your classroom, please email us at marketing@inspiration.com.
Case Studies Testimonials
Sixth Graders Build Stock Portfolios, Analyze Earnings with InspireData®
With $25,000 to spend and InspireData® at their fingertips, 18 sixth-grade math students in Pennsylvania learned the ups and downs of investing in the stock market while building data analysis and math skills. High School Students Design School Cafeteria Menu by Collecting and Analyzing Data With InspireData® Telannia Norfar’s students were so engrossed in a recent project—collecting and analyzing data to improve the quality and selection of food in their school cafeteria—that their class time would vanish long before they were ready for it to be over. To accommodate the students, Norfar and her colleagues opened their classrooms to them at the end of the day, so they could continue their work. Louisiana Chemistry Students Use InspireData® to Measure Humidity in Century-Old High School The last couple of years have been a time of upheaval for students and faculty at Slidell High School, located in the New Orleans suburb of St. Tammany Parish. When Hurricane Katrina ripped though the region, many who had lost their homes left the area, and students from the other side of Lake Pontchartrain, whose schools had been destroyed, joined Slidell. Minnesota teacher applies data literacy to project-based science courses At Groves Academy in St. Louis Park, Minn., juniorsand seniors in Will Bohrnsen’s project-based science classes receive hands-on experience in data collection and analysis. Bohrnsen’s students—who face various learning difficulties—often struggle with the abilities to manage projects and organize data to make meaningful analyses. Recipient of the Inspired Teacher Scholarship Best Project Award for InspireData®, Bohrnsen was thrilled to discover InspireData last fall and immediately introduced it to his students. With InspireData, his students learned to organize their data into tables and explore the integrated plots to solve problems and draw conclusions. Massachusetts teacher applies data literacy in and out of the classroom Middle school science teacher Richard Comeau has a strategy for keeping his sixth-graders involved in their class work and motivated to find answers to their inquiries. His hands-on physical and earth science courses at William Diamond Middle School in Lexington, Mass., reflect his involvement in scientific endeavors outside the classroom by including extensive data collection and analysis. Through guided discussions, students drive their own inquiry and process of analysis. Comeau uses InspireData® as a tool to encourage students to form their own questions, collect data, analyze results and make inferences to acquire a deeper understanding of science concepts.
"The e-Survey tool and other new features in InspireData 1.5 are very useful, especially in a classroom with many students, few computers and limited time. This software is invaluable to me because of the quality and depth of thought and analysis it allows my students to experience." "Visually representing data using InspireData plots helps students make inferences and draw conclusions. InspireData makes it easy for students to work with data, and keeps them focused on data analysis rather than the task of graphing." "InspireData is fantastic! The visual aspect of InspireData makes data more meaningful, and will greatly improve students' data literacy." "InspireData 1.5 is incredible! Students love watching the data points move as they create different plots; it gets them excited about working with data and helps them formulate and answer questions." "You have to see it to believe it! InspireData supports inquiry and higher-level thinking in a very unique and visual manner. It is easy to use and as you work with it you are constantly surprised by its simple, elegant power." "There are a lot of software programs that can make graphs, but InspireData is in its own category. It is easy to understand and has the depth to cut across grade levels, making it a better value for schools. The combination of the survey and the motion of the data points is outstanding. This is a great product!" "InspireData offers a unique learning experience because it allows students to process large amounts of information, both numerical and textual, in a visual manner. As students work with data, they ask important higher-level questions, while understanding information and discovering answers in a visual representation. The uses of InspireData are widespread from upper elementary through high school." "As software that can enhance visual learning and lead students to create their own thinking, InspireData ranks very highly with me. It is practical for students to use in whole-group, small-group and individual learning situations. InspireData has some of the features of spreadsheet and database software, but can also do some of the things that seem to only come with subject specific software for science and math."
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