Tweet October is here, teacher fans! Even if you’re not facing strong winds and heavy rains like we are in Oregon, chances are you’re feeling fall in the air. This month is often filled with celebrations of things that scare us, culminating in Halloween and the bags of candy parents work so hard to Read more »
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Back to School, Part 2! September Themes at Inspiration
September 3rd, 2013
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Tweet Happy September, readers! Today is the first day of school here in Oregon, and we’re excited to be kicking off the year with you! Last month we gave you a teaser of Kidspiration Maps–but there’s so much more to see! Check out just a few of the colorful activities that make up our newest Read more »
Independence and Ideas: July Themes at Inspiration
July 1st, 2013
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Tweet Hello, Thinkspiration Readers! July’s arrived in a big way here in Portland, and we hope it’s warm where you are too! Now that we’re back from ISTE 2013 we can get down to the serious business of summer fun.
Reading and Reflecting: February Themes at Inspiration
February 4th, 2013
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Tweet Happy February, readers! As it’s the first full week of our shortest month we’ve got some previews to share with you. This month you’ll notice two intertwining themes in not only our blog content but the rest of our social media work as well. Inspiration’s Common Core theme of the month is Close Reading. Read more »
The World of Words: “Visualizing Vocabulary” (TEMPLATE & LESSON PLAN)
January 28th, 2013
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Tweet What difference can one word make? Political history provides us with some memorable examples of a single word’s power: from Dan Quayle’s misspelling of “potato” to the (incorrect) report that John F. Kennedy labelled himself a German jelly donut, tales of language gaffes from elected officials abound. But today we at Thinkspiration want readers Read more »
Common-Core Aligned Dreams: Persuasive Speeches
January 14th, 2013
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Tweet ”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 Read more »
Begin With the End in Mind: Purposeful Visual Learning
April 19th, 2011
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Tweet It’s widely understood that visual learning can improve students’ comprehension, retention and critical thinking in the classroom. Yet, you can’t just throw any visual learning activity into an assignment and expect enormous results from your students. These visual learning tools, be it graphic organizers, compare and contrast diagrams, plot summaries or character analysis webs, Read more »
What Are the Ingredients of Learning?
April 5th, 2011
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Tweet In his State of the Union address last January, President Barack Obama put education at the top of the agenda. These themes for education reform and change have rippled through the nation with his recent campaigns for the Race to the Top.1 There’s a great deal of talk about technology integration, 21st century skills, Read more »
How Can We Learn From Students?
March 22nd, 2011
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Tweet In the classroom, there are very distinct roles. A teacher works with a classroom of students to guide their development of knowledge and skills. Students learn from the teacher and the course by completing assignments and projects. When imagining this, we visualize a teacher at the front of the room and students working at Read more »
Jumpstart Structured Thinking With Templates
February 8th, 2011
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Tweet Last week I talked about how we can shift the negative paradigm of blank page syndrome to being a positive one, with Inspiration® 9 and Webspiration Classroom™ service, that encourages critical thinking, creative development and organization while beginning the writing process, organizing class materials, studying or taking notes. Yet sometimes students need more support Read more »
