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		<title>Common Core and Connected Educators: October Themes at Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; October is here, teacher fans! Even if you&#8217;re not facing strong winds and heavy rains like we are in Oregon, chances are you&#8217;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 regulate. <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/09/common-core-and-connected-educators-october-themes-at-inspiration/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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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>Back to School, Part 2! September Themes at Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy September, readers! Today is the first day of school here in Oregon, and we&#8217;re excited to be kicking off the year with you! Last month we gave you a teaser of Kidspiration Maps&#8211;but there&#8217;s so much more to see! Check out just a few of the colorful activities that make up our newest learning <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/09/back-to-school-part-2-september-themes-at-inspiration/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Back To School, Part One! August Themes at Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t get us wrong, Thinkspiration readers&#8211;we&#8217;re enjoying our summer too. But in the distance we can see the start of a bright new school year, and we want to make sure you&#8217;re prepared for it! August is all about introducing you to the newest member of the Inspiration Software, Inc ® products family: Kidspiration Maps <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/08/back-to-school-part-one-august-themes-at-inspiration/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST POST (3 of 3): Inspiration &amp; Specific Learning Difficulty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve reached the final installment in Andy Clarke&#8217;s series on uses of Inspiration 9 in writing. Enjoy!  Inspiration &#38; Specific Learning Difficulty: Why does visual learning benefit students with disabilities? In my first two articles (Exploring the Basics of Writing  and Writing from the Student Perspective) I talked about the fundamentals of writing, first in <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/07/guest-post-3-of-3-inspiration-specific-learning-difficulty/#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>Independence and Ideas: July Themes at Inspiration</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/07/independence-and-ideas-july-themes-at-inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 20:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, Thinkspiration Readers! July&#8217;s arrived in a big way here in Portland, and we hope it&#8217;s warm where you are too! Now that we&#8217;re back from ISTE 2013 we can get down to the serious business of summer fun. As anyone in education will tell you, summer isn&#8217;t just about relaxation. It also brings much <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/07/independence-and-ideas-july-themes-at-inspiration/#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>
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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>
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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>The World of Words: &#8220;Visualizing Vocabulary&#8221; (TEMPLATE &amp; LESSON PLAN)</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/01/the-world-of-words-visualizing-vocabulary-template-lesson-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What difference can one word make? Political history provides us with some memorable examples of a single word&#8217;s power: from Dan Quayle&#8217;s misspelling of &#8220;potato&#8221; 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 to <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2013/01/the-world-of-words-visualizing-vocabulary-template-lesson-plan/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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