Tweet Monday, April 4, 2011, your Webspiration® Public Beta account converted to a 30-day trial of our new paid services. Now you’re wondering: How can I transfer all of my documents and account information over to Webspiration Classroom™ service or WebspirationPRO™ once I sign up for one of these services? I’ve got the answer! Here’s Read more »
Tweet 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 Read more »
Tweet At our most recent webinar on transforming struggling students into proficient thinkers and writers with Webspiration Classroom™ service, one of our attendees asked a fabulous question: How does visual learning improve students’ writing skills? While we often say that our visual learning tools, like Kidspiration®, Inspiration® and Webspiration Classroom, improve writing and support the Read more »
Tweet Do you know kids that are bright and inquisitive, but struggle with assignments and homework? Do they take hours to get through a homework assignment that looks as though it should be accomplished in under an hour? This was my daughter when she was young, plus caring, kind, happy and creative attributes. For years Read more »
Tweet In grade school, I struggled to read, misinterpreted letter combinations and reversed numbers. Throughout my education, I discovered how to tailor my efforts to learn in different ways to accommodate my dyslexia, a learning disability that results in difficulties with reading, spelling, writing and word pronunciation. I am among the nearly 20 percent of Read more »
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 »
Tweet September marks the beginning of Read-A-New-Book Month, launching us back into the school year and decisions around choosing the best books to engage students and stimulate their thinking and writing skills. From time to time, I pick up juvenile literature lists to see what is being read and how reading has changed since my Read more »
