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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Kidspiration Templates, Activities and How-to&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/07/inspired-site-kidspiration-templates-activities-and-how-tos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, we featured the Jordan School District&#8217;s website for its Inspiration® templates. For this week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site, I&#8217;d like to highlight the fact that the website&#8217;s section on &#8220;Transforming Teaching Through Technology&#8221; also has a great resource for Kidspiration®! On this site, you&#8217;ll find a collection of basic templates to help you <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/07/inspired-site-kidspiration-templates-activities-and-how-tos/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Ideas for Kidspiration in Your Classroom</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site can be found on the St. Bonaventure University website. This site showcases ways in which educators have personally used Kidspiration® in their classrooms. In addition, you&#8217;ll find an extensive list for additional ways you could use Kidspiration with your students for different subject areas and teaching methods. For example, you&#8217;ll <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/07/inspired-site-ideas-for-kidspiration-in-your-classroom/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Inspiration Templates for Graphic Organizers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Fourth of July! This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site is the Jordan School District&#8217;s website on &#8220;Transforming Teaching Through Technology.&#8221; In this section, you&#8217;ll find Inspiration® templates for graphic organizers that include the following: categorization, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, concept map, descriptive pattern, listing pattern, vocabulary building, problem-solution pattern, sequence pattern, word map, <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/07/inspired-site-inspiration-templates-for-graphic-organizers/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED CALENDAR: July</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first day of summer came and went last month; and now it&#8217;s July &#8211; summer is here! This month we have Inspiration®, InspireData® and Kidspiration® lesson plans for the Fourth of July and Bastille Day. Throughout the month you can also celebrate Barn Day, Go West Day, Moon Day and Amelia Earhart Day. Before <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/07/inspired-calendar-july/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Countless Kidspiration Lesson Plans Across English, Math, Social Studies &amp; Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site on Kidspiration® by Rockingham County Public Schools is likely one of the most impressive resources I have seen. This site allows you to download Kidspiration templates across English, math, social studies and science. The lessons are identified by grade appropriateness ranging from kindergarten to twelfth grade. I&#8217;m bet you&#8217;ll find <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/06/inspired-site-countless-kidspiration-lesson-plans-across-english-math-social-studies-science/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>QUICK LESSON: A Lesson in Cause and Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding the difference between cause and effect and how the two relate to one another is an important academic and life skill. Understanding how to create a cause and effect diagram and when to use it helps students understand why events occur  and predict what will happen in the future.1 Visual thinking cause and effect <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/06/quick-lesson-a-lesson-in-cause-and-effect/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Graphic Organizers For Your Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, graphic organizers are great tools in visual learning and thinking. They help students frame ideas around a way of thinking, answer questions, solve problems, think critically and more. That&#8217;s why we wanted to highlight the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory&#8217;s Pathways to School Improvement web page on graphic organizersfor this <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/06/inspired-site-graphic-organizers-for-your-classroom/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>QUICK LESSON: Take Notes In Webspiration Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Webspiration Classroom™ service is a great tool for taking notes. Students can quickly jot down ideas during a class lecture, while reading a book, when researching for a paper or more. Taking notes in Webspiration Classroom can help students remember key points and help keep you organized. In this Quick Lesson Idea you&#8217;ll learn how <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/06/quick-lesson-take-notes-in-webspiration-classroom/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Kidspiration Curriculum Integration Guides &amp; Activities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site highlights a Kidspiration® and Webspiration Classroom™ service user guide from the Frederick County Public Schools in Maryland. This site has step-by-step, visual instructions to help you get started with these two tools. It even points out the great resources we have on our web site, including the Atomic Learning videos, <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/06/inspired-site-kidspiration-curriculum-integration-guides-activities/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Literacy Activities Using Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site, which includes countless literacy templates by Technology Assisting Literacy Knowledge (TALK) at the Fayette County Schools in Kentucky. When you go to the school&#8217;s page for lesson plans around literacy, you&#8217;ll find lesson plan ideas ranging from Edgar Allen Poe to Julius Caesar, endangered animals, Native Americans, current <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/06/inspired-site-literacy-activities-using-inspiration/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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