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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>QUICK LESSON: Tips for Building Your PLN</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Networks bring people together to brainstorm big ideas, exchange information, discuss activities, solve problems, deliver advice and more. These small communities and teams can improve and create a wide range of subjects or breathe fresh ideas into old ways. In the education community, we call these groups &#8211; that expand our knowledge and bring new <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/03/quick-lesson-tips-for-building-your-pln/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>QUICK LESSON: Visual Learning Maps Explained</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before joining Inspiration® Software, I was exposed to a few visual learning strategies as pre-writing and brainstorming tools. In fact, I would argue that many of us who are not formal educators or studied in this area have informally used visual learning techniques at some time or another without ever knowing the proper name or <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/03/quick-lesson-visual-learning-maps-explained/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED CALENDAR: January</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! Make it a new year&#8217;s resolution to integrate more visual learning tools into your classroom this year. Begin with a few of the Inspiration®, Kidspiration® and InspireData® lesson plan ideas and examples we have provided for you in this month&#8217;s Inspired Calendar. With the anniversary of Ellis Island, Issac Newton&#8217;s Birthday, Dr. <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/01/inspired-calendar-january/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED CALENDAR: October</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/10/october-inspired-calendar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first day of fall has come and gone, and October is here! We have collected several lesson plans and examples in Inspiration®, Kidspiration® and InspireData® this month that you can easily adapt for your classroom. This month is full of famous birthdays and historical firsts for the United States. Begin the month with a <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/10/october-inspired-calendar/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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