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		<title>Winter Break Brainpower&#8211;Week 1!</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2012/12/winter-break-brainpower-week-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello readers, and Happy Friday! Last week we gave you a few snippets about our December social media series &#8220;Winter Break Brainpower,&#8221; aimed at highlighting features of Inspiration Maps. It&#8217;s all in the name of keeping kids engaged with learning over the holiday break! The chill of December is upon us, and so too is <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2012/12/winter-break-brainpower-week-1/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Break Brainpower!</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2012/11/winter-break-brainpower-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers across the U.S. and around the world have all seen it: the dreaded glazed-over look in students&#8217; eyes the first day back from winter break. Late nights, sugar, excitement and video games/TV are just a few possible factors, but the end result is the same: a tough time getting used to learning again. At <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2012/11/winter-break-brainpower-2/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Inspiration Templates for Graphic Organizers</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/07/inspired-site-inspiration-templates-for-graphic-organizers/</link>
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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>INSPIRED SITE: Graphic Organizers For Your Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, graphic organizers are great tools in visual learning and thinking. They help students frame ideas around a way of thinking, answer questions, solve problems, think critically and more. That&#8217;s why we wanted to highlight the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory&#8217;s Pathways to School Improvement web page on graphic organizersfor this <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/06/inspired-site-graphic-organizers-for-your-classroom/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visually Tell a Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 15:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every lesson in the classroom tells a story. Whether it&#8217;s the story of how rain evaporates, how dinosaurs became extinct or how the seasons change, everything can be framed in a narrative. In fact, there&#8217;s a lot of evidence that supports teaching with a storytelling method. What&#8217;s more is that you can couple this method <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/05/visually-tell-a-story/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>QUICK LESSON: Improve Lesson Distribution in Webspiration Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On our website, we talk about how Webspiration Classroom™ service can improve the student-teacher work flow. In Webspiration Classroom, you can create assignments to post or distribute to your students. So today I&#8217;m going to talk about the specific tools in Webspiration Classroom that can help you achieve this and truly improve the way you <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/05/quick-lesson-improve-lesson-distribution-in-webspiration-classroom/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Begin With the End in Mind: Purposeful Visual Learning</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/04/begin-with-the-end-in-mind-purposeful-visual-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.inspiration.com/blog/?p=1707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s widely understood that visual learning can improve students&#8217; comprehension, retention and critical thinking in the classroom. Yet, you can&#8217;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, must <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/04/begin-with-the-end-in-mind-purposeful-visual-learning/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Webspiration Classroom From Bloom&#8217;s Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago, Pete MacKay featured an infographic recommended by educator Linda Hyler on The Teacher List, a weekday newsletter highlighting interesting sites around education.1 This infographic places digital, Web 2.0 tools into Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy, making it Bloom&#8217;s Digital Taxonomy. While reviewing the diagram, I was thrilled to see our newest online writing, visual thinking and <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/03/webspiration-classroom-from-blooms-perspective/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Graphic Organizers Made Easy With eHow</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/03/inspired-site-graphic-organizers-made-easy-with-ehow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site is an excellent eHow article by Emma Green, walking educators through the steps of creating a graphic organizer in Webspiration Classroom™ service. This activity is simple and easy. Best of all, it&#8217;ll help to engage your students with learning materials while increasing their comprehension and retention. So, this week try <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/03/inspired-site-graphic-organizers-made-easy-with-ehow/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: A Quick Overview of Graphic Organizers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InspirationSMS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graphic organizers are an important part of visual learning. So for this week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site, we&#8217;re showcasing some graphic organizers from the Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE) website. Here you&#8217;ll find valuable ways to utilize graphic organizers and visual thinking in your lessons. The website defines and exemplifies the following types <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/02/inspired-site-a-quick-overview-of-graphic-organizers/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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