Tweet Hello Thinkspiration readers! Stephanie H. here–Inspiration’s new Social Media Specialist. I’m in my second week with the company and have been so impressed with the content/discussions you all have contributed via this blog. Inspiration’s products and commitment to the improvement of learning are such a clear force in the educational community, both here in Oregon and Read more »
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INSPIRED SITE: A Quick Overview of Graphic Organizers
February 28th, 2011
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Tweet Graphic organizers are an important part of visual learning. So for this week’s featured Inspired Site, we’re showcasing some graphic organizers from the Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE) website. Here you’ll find valuable ways to utilize graphic organizers and visual thinking in your lessons. The website defines and exemplifies the following Read more »
INSPIRED SITE: A Compelling Use of Webspiration Classroom in a Communications Arts Course
February 7th, 2011
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Tweet Trending Education, a blog that provides “tips, tricks and trends in educational technology,” highlighted Communication Arts teacher Joe B. and his use of Webspiration® BETA in a freshman speech class. This post talks about how Joe uses Webspiration BETA to teach his students how to generate the concept and main points of a speech. Read more »
INSPIRED SITE: A Biology Teacher’s Use of Webspiration Beta
January 10th, 2011
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Tweet This week’s featured Inspired Site is a blog post titled “Educator 2.0: The Future of Education is Online” 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 Read more »
How Do We Encourage Students to be Advocates of Their Own Learning?
December 21st, 2010
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Tweet I often ponder and worry that students are not prepared and engaged to learn in school and are not prepared to be continuous learners. I personally believe that in order to be productive, highly-functioning citizens, we need to prepare our youth to be life-long learners with a thirst for knowledge, continuous personal development and Read more »
Reach Beyond the Classroom
November 23rd, 2010
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Tweet Can you envision a classroom in ten years or picture the future of students’ learning and homework? Presently, technology has expanded the reach of education and begun redefining the classroom experience while reshaping the way students today do their homework. Before, a teacher’s impact was only between the hours of a school day. Students Read more »
INSPIRED CALENDAR: November
November 1st, 2010
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Tweet Hang up your Halloween costumes and pull out your winter coats, we’re heading into the colder months. This month we have collected Kidspiration®, Inspiration® and InspireData® lesson plan ideas and examples ranging from reading guides to recycling lessons and Thanksgiving Day activities. So as the leaves change colors and fall to the ground, incorporate Read more »
Visual Thinking Solves Problems
October 19th, 2010
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Tweet I believe problem solving is a necessary, learned skill involving vision, strategy and higher-order thinking; all things that educators need to teach and nurture in students in order for them to be successful in school and in life. Since I received my masters in whole systems design and systems thinking, I have a bias Read more »
Do You See What I’m Saying?
September 21st, 2010
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Tweet I’m a visual thinker. This means that if you ask me for directions to the library down the street, I will give you vivid images with colorful landmarks that point you in the direction of where you need to go. I dream in color and I perform well on tests when I’ve reviewed a Read more »
Visual Learning in the 21st Century
September 14th, 2010
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Tweet 21st century skills – 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’ success in their studies and careers after Read more »
