Inspiration InspireData Kidspiration Available in Tech 204 Tech 210 Success Connection

Inspiration Allows students to plan, research and complete projects visually. With the integrated Diagram and Outline Views, students create graphic organizers and expand topics into writing. Improves skills in: Planning and organizing Researching and evaluating Comprehending and communicating

Starting a New Diagram Click Diagram button Type something for main idea symbol. Main idea symbol is starting point for your work Add ideas with RapidFire tool

Add Unlinked Ideas Select main topic Choose “Select Without Links” beside the RapidFire Button Type ideas OR Simply point and type

Symbols Select idea Type in search words for symbol on symbol palette Choose symbol and it will associate with idea OR Browse through the libraries

Adding Links with Link Button

Labeling Links and Adding Notes

Outline View Click on Outline button to switch between Outline and Diagram view Topics and subtopics can be added in this view also Notes can be added

Finishing with Inspiration Click on File / Export to Word Processor to move to a Word Processor Use the Quick Start Tutorial for advanced training

InspireData Allows students to examine data and explore relationships. Data moves with the click of an icon. Use dynamic Venn, bar, stack, pie and axis plots to interpret information and draw conclusions. InspireData helps students successfully: Build data literacy Develop analytical skills Strengthen critical thinking

Using InspireData Tutorial is Open or create database View in Table View Looks like a database (or spreadsheet list) View in Plot View Show and change labels View Records in Plot View – each icon is a record

Table View

Venn Plots Compare and analyze relationships between sets of data Click on Venn Plot icon at bottom or screen Change field, operator and value to desired relationships, press enter and watch icons move Can add another Venn loop to compare two sets of data at once

Venn Plots Hours sleep less than 8 AND Wake process is hard

Add Color for More Meaning Click on Color by Field Choose desired field

Stack Plot Divides the values within one field into categories, then organizes the icons that fall into each category into stacks. Can divide the data into categories by selecting from multiple stack plot types. By representing an additional variable on the Y axis, students can easily see the differences between the individual groups. To see the relationship between the length of time a student sleeps and the wake process, for example, you could use a parallel Stack plot.

Stack Plots Hours Sleep Adding Wake Process shows that the fewer hours a student sleeps, the harder it is to wake up.

Axis Plot Axis plots let you create scatter plots, which are a great way to find and investigate correlations. For example, you could see if there was a relationship between amount of sleep and age.

Axis Plots Older students tend to get less sleep than younger Add a Line of Best Fit

Pie Plot Shows how many records in your table share a common attribute Sections are determined by the values in the field you assign to the pie, and the icons fall accordingly into these sections

Pie Plots Wake Process Multiple pies to compare gender also

How to Get Data From existing databases in InspireData as we have done in this short tutorial Create your own database Type in data you have collected Import data (such as from a web site) Enter data from an e-survey created from within InspireData Step-by-step instructions are given in the tutorial located at:

Making a Slide Show A Slide Show is a great way to document and present work. Each slide captures a “live” view of the data, which means that you can continue to change and work with the captured plots when viewing your slides. Step-by-step instructions are given on the tutorial site

Kidspiration Created for K-5 learners, Kidspiration develops thinking, literacy and numeracy skills using proven visual learning principles. In reading and writing, Kidspiration strengthens word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension and written expression. With new visual math tools, students build reasoning and problem solving skills. Kidspiration helps K-5 learners to: Develop strong thinking skills Strengthen reading and writing skills Build conceptual understanding in math

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