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		<title>QUICK LESSON: A Lesson in Cause and Effect</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding the difference between cause and effect and how the two relate to one another is an important academic and life skill. Understanding how to create a cause and effect diagram and when to use it helps students understand why events occur  and predict what will happen in the future.1 Visual thinking cause and effect <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/06/quick-lesson-a-lesson-in-cause-and-effect/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Learning Integration Made Easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Educators are buzzing across social networks about the need to teach more reading, writing and thinking skills throughout the curriculum. Yet, this can be a daunting task when teachers need to primarily teach subject matter. Where do you find the time to create lessons and activities that further skill development and teach learning strategies as <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/01/visual-learning-integration-made-easier/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How the Brain Creates Meaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visual thinking helps students understand new concepts and retain knowledge, but what&#8217;s the brain function behind visual learning? How does visual information help a student&#8217;s brain create meaning and knowledge? Recently I watched a speech by Tom Wujec at a TED conference in February 2009 discussing this exact process.1 In the first six minutes, he <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/how-the-brain-creates-meaning/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Learning in the 21st Century</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[21st century skills &#8211; 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&#8217; success in their studies and careers after graduation.1 <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/09/visual-learning-in-the-21st-century/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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