News and Events
Press Releases
January - 2013
Inspiration Software Announces New Certified Trainer Programme
November - 2012
New DSA Support Programme Announced
January - 2012
Inspiration Software Introduces Visual Mapping for iPad
September - 2011
Pam Judge Joins Inspiration Software as Director of Marketing
Hands-On Professional Development from Inspiration Software
Webspiration Classroom and Inspiration 9 Honored in 2011 EDDIE Awards
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Published Articles
Read a collection of recently published articles featuring Inspiration®, Kidspiration® and InspireData®.
Fresh Inspiration: update of a classroom favourite
Merlin John Online
United Kingdom
Chris Drage finds much to celebrate in Inspiration 9. Read full review.
Evaluation of Inspiration 9 Primary
schoolzone
United Kingdom
Stacy Myers
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Evaluation of Inspiration 9 Secondary
schoolzone
United Kingdom
Norman Yee
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Mind mapping and technology boost dyslexic children's learning
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Mapping your class’s learning disposition
21st Century Education
United Kingdom
ICT is used by teachers to address student’s specific needs, while still meeting curriculum requirements. Using tools such as Inspiration and Kidspiration, teachers are able to offer a solution where students use concept maps and mind maps to help them think and process information visually.
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An Inspiring Lesson in History
SecEd
United Kingdom
History teacher Chris Wilde uses Inspiration along with other ICT technologies to deliver new and exciting history lessons. Read full article
Thinking Clearly
TES Online
United Kingdom
John Galloway finds many ways to get the creative juices flowing freely in the latest version of Inspiration. Read full article
Mapping with ICT
InteracTive Magazine
United Kingdom
Visual thinking and learning tools are making an impact in today’s classrooms. Inspiration Software’s Mark Oronzio explains what the concept is, how it is helping students and how ICT is taking it to new levels. Read full article
Map the Mind, Tap the Brain
ACCA
United Kingdom
Mind maps - colourful graphic images made up of curving branches, key words and pictures - are a popular but often misunderstood technique for studying, sitting exams, problem-solving and generally organising one's thoughts more concisely. Read full article
Around the World in 80 Schools
QA Education
United Kingdom
Charlene Evans, an educational consultant, embarks on a global project to explore how students of different cultures and continents react to new technologies. She visits 80 schools in 30 countries working with each set of students to create a film about what makes that school unique. Among the ICT tools that Charlene uses with students are Inspiration 8 and InspireData. Read full article
Review of Inspiration
Schoolzone
United Kingdom
Inspiration 8 is ideal for a range of purposes, from showing basic representations of objects with their names for learning common words to building sophisticated mind maps for theory aspects of academic subjects. Read full review
Resource Purchasing- The Value of Purchasing for Both Learner and Teacher
QA Education
United Kingdom
Lee Batstone, ICT Coordinator of Madley Primary School in Herefordshire, explores the possibility of selecting resources that not only aid the learner, but also assist and facilitate the educator. He discusses his findings and his students review of Kidspiration 3. Read full article
If Children Were the Bursurs
Primary Times, Hereford & Worcester
United Kingdom
Primary school students are given the opportunity to review Kidspiration and make recommendations about the schools purchase of the software. Read full article
Composition Tactics
Special Children
United Kingdom
Kidspiration 3 is recommended as a resource to support Every Child a Writer, the government’s new initiative to help bridge the gap between reading and writing at Key Stage 2. Read full article
Review of Kidspiration
Schoolzone
United Kingdom
One of the most effective features of the software is its ability to be personalised to meet the needs of individual children and teachers. It is a tool that teachers can use to construct learning tasks for children at their level. Read full review
Local Children Highlight the Importance of e-Safety
Primary Times, NE
United Kingdom
Students at Seahouses Middle School in Northumberland , UK use InspireData to survey and analyse student’s e-safety. Read full article
Around the World in 80 Schools
QA Education
United Kingdom
Charlene Evans, an educational consultant, embarks on a global project to explore how students of different cultures and continents react to new technologies. She visits 80 schools in 30 countries with a plan to work with each set of students to create a film about what makes that school unique. Among the ICT tools that Charlene uses with students are Inspiration 8 and InspireData. Read full article
Review of InspireData
Schoolzone
United Kingdom
InspireData is an innovative piece of software that allows students to make take their first steps into the field of meaningful data analysis. Read full review