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		<title>INSPIRED CALENDAR: July</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first day of summer came and went last month; and now it&#8217;s July &#8211; summer is here! This month we have Inspiration®, InspireData® and Kidspiration® lesson plans for the Fourth of July and Bastille Day. Throughout the month you can also celebrate Barn Day, Go West Day, Moon Day and Amelia Earhart Day. Before <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/07/inspired-calendar-july/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Literacy Activities Using Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site, which includes countless literacy templates by Technology Assisting Literacy Knowledge (TALK) at the Fayette County Schools in Kentucky. When you go to the school&#8217;s page for lesson plans around literacy, you&#8217;ll find lesson plan ideas ranging from Edgar Allen Poe to Julius Caesar, endangered animals, Native Americans, current <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/06/inspired-site-literacy-activities-using-inspiration/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Fourth Grade Lessons in Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site by Fairfax County Schools in Virginia, highlights technology lessons for fourth graders using Inspiration®. This site provides lessons and suggestions that you can use to meet the Virginia Standards of Learning. &#160; &#160; Sarah Cargill Thinkspiration Ambassador, Inspiration Software]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Inspiration and Kidspiration Research, Tutorials, Examples &amp; MORE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site by Fayette County Public Schools in Kentucky is packed full of excellent resources on Inspiration® and Kidspiration®! Here, you&#8217;ll find scientifically based research on teaching with graphic organizers, links to tutorials on the Inspiration Software website and countless examples of how to use these tools in your classroom. This site <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/05/inspired-site-inspiration-and-kidspiration-research-tutorials-examples-more/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Kidspiration Across a Wide Range of Subjects</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site is a website from District Five Schools of Spartanburg County in South Carolina, that showcases elementary and middle school examples and lesson plans in Kidspiration®. This Inspired Site is unique in that it covers a wide range of subjects. Here you&#8217;ll find lesson plan ideas for art, music, foreign languages, <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/05/inspired-site-kidspiration-across-a-wide-range-of-subjects/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Templates and Ideas for Inspiration and Kidspiration</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/05/inspired-site-templates-and-ideas-for-inspiration-and-kidspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s featured Inspired Site showcases elementary, middle school and high school templates and ideas from Cape Girardeau in Missouri. The templates span across all subject categories including, but not limited, to reading, writing, Language Arts, math, health, and science. This site makes it easy for you to download Inspiration® and Kidspiration® templates right to <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/05/inspired-site-templates-and-ideas-for-inspiration-and-kidspiration/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED CALENDAR: May</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month we have lesson plans across countless subject areas for Inspiration®, InspireData® and Kidspiration®. Discover how you can better incorporate these visual learning tools into your lesson plans and classroom activities with the following examples created by other educators just like you! Do you have any lesson plans that you&#8217;ve created that would be <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/05/inspired-calendar-may/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED CALENDAR: April</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April showers bring May flowers. So, while you&#8217;re indoors with your eyes glued to the books or a computer screen, we&#8217;ve got lots of lessons to keep your classroom exciting and fun, despite the rain! This month covers everything from lessons on environmental awareness to math, poetry and even Shakespeare! Get started with Inspiration®, InspireData® <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/04/inspired-calendar-april/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>INSPIRED SITE: Kidspiration Activities for Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erin Hansen at Edina Public Schools in Edina, Minnesota created an excellent site that provides lesson plan ideas and examples for Kidspiration® spanning from kindergarten to fifth grade. The best part about this site is that each activity allows you to download the Kidspiration templates to use directly on your computer and in your classes. <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/01/inspired-site-kidspiration-activities-for-kindergarten-through-fifth-grade/#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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