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		<title>Visually Think Through the Brainstorming Process</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/04/visually-think-through-the-brainstorming-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So your students have sat down at their computers to begin brainstorming. They have a main idea in the center of their screens and maybe they&#8217;ve started to RapidFire® every concept that comes to mind on the topic. Soon their screens are full of words, pictures and symbols that represent their thoughts. This visual learning <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/04/visually-think-through-the-brainstorming-process/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: A Biology Teacher’s Use of Webspiration Beta</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/01/inspired-site-a-biology-teachers-use-of-webspiration%c2%ae-beta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site is a blog post titled &#8220;Educator 2.0: The Future of Education is Online&#8221; by Adrianne Stone who is a biology teacher and consultant for online instructor training. Adrianne covers topics in elearning and edtech with a vision for the future 21st century classroom. This past July her featured post on <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/01/inspired-site-a-biology-teachers-use-of-webspiration%c2%ae-beta/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Take Process Writing to the Webspiration Classroom</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/take-process-writing-to-the-webspiration-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing skills are critical for educational achievement, success after graduation, career performance and life skills. With the continually growing use of digital communication methods including word processing, blogs, email, texting and other Internet-enabled forms, written communication skills are imperative for students to compete in the world today. However, writing does not come naturally to many <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/take-process-writing-to-the-webspiration-classroom/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration on the Forefront of K-12 Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology in the last five to ten years has dramatically affected the way we communicate and collaborate. Students today, who are the digital natives of our world, communicate naturally through programs on computers and applications on mobile devices. Between texting, social networks and email, students understand that our world collaborates and communicates via technology and <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/collaboration-on-the-forefront-of-k-12-technology/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Learning Develops Critical Thinking</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/10/visual-learning-develops-critical-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Richard, the Director of Research and Professional Development at the Center for Critical Thinking, says critical thinking is &#8220;thinking about thinking while thinking in order to think better.&#8221;1 This is perhaps a playful way of reinforcing what I believe, which is that critical thinking is a core backbone to learning. The ability to think <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/10/visual-learning-develops-critical-thinking/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Learning in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/09/visual-learning-in-the-21st-century/</link>
		<comments>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/09/visual-learning-in-the-21st-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[21st century skills &#8211; the words have been buzzing through speeches and between conversations at education conferences and on the web for a couple of years now. National organizations like the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), advocate and define the 21st century skills pertinent to students&#8217; success in their studies and careers after graduation.1 <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/09/visual-learning-in-the-21st-century/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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