ET+webspiration+process

This powerpoint supports the following script: Inspiration has been around for almost 15 years and is a great digital tool for helping students with brainstorming, thinking and organizing ideas. Now the company, Inspiration Software, is working on a related cloud product called Webspiration. It helps in building [|graphic organizers], such as [|concept maps], [|mind maps], idea maps, [|diagrams] and webs. [show examples of each] The University of Wisconsin lists [|50 uses for Inspiration in education], here are a few: There is a good help center with a getting started in 20 steps. It’s easy to get started with a free beta account. [show screen] at [web address] Once you’re signed up you can open a blank diagram, an outline which can be converted into a diagram, a template of many kinds of diagrams, or you can open an existing diagram already in your personl webspiration library. We’ll go through a mind map here. When you first name and create one, the name will appear in a shape in the center of the screen. Now you can proceed a couple of different ways: You can choose Rapid Fire, when you type something in the shape and hit Enter, it creates a shape with a connecting arrow You can just start typing words and ideas in the space, hit enter and shapes are created Click and drag the shapes around where they make sense Then select the link tool and click on shapes to turn to share the connections You can also drag different shapes over from the symbol library There are lots of different symbols for various graphic organizers for different grade levels You can change colors and move things around easily. Then you can create an outline. Ok, all this is doable in Inspiration. What makes Webspiration, besides being on the web, really different and useful? Its capacity for collaboration.