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		<title>Top 5 Tips: Inspiration 9 and Students with Specific Learning Difficulties</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 22:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Eliminate barriers to learning. This is an often-faced challenge for special needs students and their teams of parents, teachers and aides. Here are five tips to customize Inspiration 9 for the special needs student. #5: Eliminate issues of visual stress It’s very common for students with Specific Learning Difficulties to suffer from visual stress, <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/09/top-5-tips-inspiration-9-and-students-with-specific-learning-difficulties/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST POST (2 of 3): Writing From the Student Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second installment in Inspiration&#8217;s guest post series by Assistive Technology Consultant Andy Clarke. Enjoy! Writing From The Student Perspective: What Is Required In Higher Education, and How Can Inspiration Help? In my last article Exploring the Basics of Writing, I talked about how writing for me is made up of “ideas and <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/07/guest-post-2-of-3-writing-from-the-student-perspective/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST POST: Exploring the Basics of Writing&#8211;With the Help of Inspiration</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/06/guest-post-exploring-the-basics-of-writing-with-the-help-of-inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[21st Century Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first in a series of 3 posts about assistive technology for students with learning disabilities. Read more about Inspiration&#8217;s DSA/SEN programs here! By Andy Clark, Assistive Technology Consultant, UK Question: Why do we write? A simple enough question perhaps, but the answer can be as unique as each individual that considers it. <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/06/guest-post-exploring-the-basics-of-writing-with-the-help-of-inspiration/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading and Reflecting: February Themes at Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy February, readers! As it&#8217;s the first full week of our shortest month we&#8217;ve got some previews to share with you. This month you&#8217;ll notice two intertwining themes in not only our blog content but the rest of our social media work as well. Inspiration&#8217;s Common Core theme of the month is Close Reading. It&#8217;s <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/02/reading-and-reflecting-february-themes-at-inspiration/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Common-Core Aligned Dreams: Persuasive Speeches</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/01/common-core-aligned-dreams-persuasive-speeches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8221;This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/01/common-core-aligned-dreams-persuasive-speeches/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shift the Paradigm of Blank Page Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/02/shift-the-paradigm-of-blank-page-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blank page syndrome is a term used to describe a type of writer&#8217;s block. You know the signs: staring at a piece of paper or computer screen with no inspiration or ideas of what to write, therefore, leaving the page blank. Many students experience blank page syndrome when they begin writing. They struggle to formulate <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/02/shift-the-paradigm-of-blank-page-syndrome/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Do We Encourage Students to be Advocates of Their Own Learning?</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/12/1145/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often ponder and worry that students are not prepared and engaged to learn in school and are not prepared to be continuous learners. I personally believe that in order to be productive, highly-functioning citizens, we need to prepare our youth to be life-long learners with a thirst for knowledge, continuous personal development and learning. <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/12/1145/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Tools for Reading Comprehension</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/09/visual-tools-for-reading-comprehension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/09/visual-tools-for-reading-comprehension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September marks the beginning of Read-A-New-Book Month, launching us back into the school year and decisions around choosing the best books to engage students and stimulate their thinking and writing skills. From time to time, I pick up juvenile literature lists to see what is being read and how reading has changed since my school <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/09/visual-tools-for-reading-comprehension/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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