Today's quest is another " did you know that you have this software available to you?"
We will be looking at INSPIRATION - a Graphic Organizer software. For those of you who have never seen this before-Go to STUDENT APPLICATIONS and INSPIRATION is right in the middle of the programs.

Graphic organizers help students construct meaning. They can be used across all grade levels and content area. Use them to assess your students understanding of what they are reading, observe their thinking process on what you read as a class, as a group, or independently; plan a project; do research and lots more.
The program is simple to use once you figure it out-- I have included a PDF for new users and a web site as well
http://inspiration.com/Examples/Inspiration
I believe that this is the most under used program in the building and potentially the most useful. If you do nothing else with this--Open the program and under FILE- look at the templates that are available in your content area-Open one of them and click on the icon on the far left of the tool bar that is alternately OUTLINE or DIAGRAM-- a powerful way for students to plan visually and have a written form as well( For those of us who are visual-this program is a great help!)
JUST AS AN ASIDE-I WILL BE DOING MORE THOROUGH TRAINING ON INSPIRATION IN THE NEW SEMESTER)
For now- explore! Here is your project- create a "character web" - or a "web" of the 12 days of Christmas--save it and forward it to more-We will share on the BLOG
Have fun!!