Inspiration software s facebook community is rapidly becoming the place to go on facebook for tips and tools for using visual learning in the classroom, said mona westhaver, president and cofounder, inspiration software. Teachers may elect to provide students with a venn diagram to use for filling in the comparison information. Microsoft teams for education provides an online classroom so students and teachers can find new ways to continue to focus on learning free for schools and universities. Find inspiration software lesson plans and teaching resources. Creative grammar lesson plans for esl teachers and classes. Modeling share the process of inductive reasoning with students. Methodsprocedures handouts will be distributed explaining each lesson, my expectations as well as what is to be mastered upon completion of the unit. Outlining and organizing with inspiration software lesson. Teachers who join online community of visual learning enthusiasts eligible to participate in webspiration classroom giveaway in may. A visual map of ideas lets you select lesson elements, such as related ideas or suggested activities, and ensure their integration in the lesson plan.
January 2012 inspiration software introduces visual mapping for ipad. In this lesson, students plan and write a report on a subject that. Lesson plan ideas archives alexandria library software. Organize lesson plans daily with this accessible contemporary black and white template. The easiest way to create and manage your lessons online, developed by teachers for teachers. Inspiration is conceptmapping software that allows users to create simple to. This template can be modified and used with other holidays, as well. Mona westhaver, president and cofounder, inspiration software, says when primary teachers combine the new visual maths tools in kidspiration 3 with the lesson plans in kidspiration in the classroom. Check out resources available online, such as quality educator resource materials and software. Sep 26, 2007 three free sample lesson plans from developing data literacy with inspiredata can be downloaded from the. Aug 26, 2016 keep lesson plans short enough that you will use them.
New lesson plan book from inspiration software offers. I spent about one hour on the software before teaching it to my students. Lesson plan design the daily lesson plan is the most detailed standardsbased plan that a teacher will develop. Provides stepbystep instruction on how to transfer brainstormed ideas from maps and diagrams directly into outline format. These plans were written by experienced teachers who know classroom realities.
Creating an online classroom is an important step in moving to a remote learning environment. Achieving standards with inspiration 7, is a collection of lesson plans designed to. All unit plans and lessons have been developed using guidelines from the national association for the education of young children naeyc, the 21st century early learning framework p21 and head start early learning outcomes framework. From using inspiration software worksheets to inspiration software family videos, quickly find. Its both overwhelming and exciting to start a new school year as you meet new students and plan out the year ahead. Customers who purchase 20 copies or more of inspiredata 1. Heres a set of 2 lesson plans to be used over 3 days for attribute sorting and creating a class riddle book. The third lesson will use inspiration software to explore effective communication methods and the different ways in which we communicate. Thats why weve pulled lots of inspiration and ideas for new lesson plans to help you start the year on the right foot.
Readology a readingtechnology project free lesson plans. Inspiration software launches new lesson plan book for. Jones creation station teachers, make your weekly lesson plans easy with this free lesson plan template. This project may also be done without using a software program. Ideas hub online video editor for web, mobile, windows. Concept webbing software, such as inspiration from inspiration software, can help get ideas flowing. Lesson plans, activities and ideas for your classroom.
The engaging and motivating nature of the ev3 software enables students to construct and program, as well as provide them with the scope to experiment, without prior knowledge or experience around programming or building. A comprehensive collection of esl lesson plans, classroom activities, games and resources for english teachers. Free lesson plans, tips, teaching ideas and sweepstakes now featured on inspiration software s facebook page. Teacher demonstrationmodeling of powerpoint software done prior to todays lesson teacher demonstrationmodeling of inductive reasoning process teacher demonstrationmodeling of inspiration softwarebrainstorm topic ideas using a web. Looking forward to creating and putting it together. All our lessons are created by teachers for teachers. The inspiration website includes sample lesson plans aligned to common core state standards in english and other content areas. Find inspiration lesson plans and teaching resources. September 2011 pam judge joins inspiration software as director of marketing handson professional development from inspiration software webspiration classroom. Email your documents and pdfs of your diagrams and outlines. He feels that checking lesson plans is more of a job for instructional coaches in observation debriefing meetings as part of a strong mentor program. Lesson plans template use this free editable lesson plan template for your preschool, prek, kindergarten or first grade lesson plans. Nov 21, 2016 about our finding inspiration for lesson plans presenter monica burns is an education consultant, edtech blogger, and apple distinguished educator. Reading essentials, the newest addition to inspiration software s library of lesson plan books, includes lessons for grades k2 focusing on early literacy and the essential components of effective reading instruction, including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary and comprehension.
The holidays are the perfect time of year for teachers to provide opportunities for students to express their festive spiritwhether through arts and crafts, choir, performance recitals, or theater. See getting started videos and view recent webcasts. In addition to this wizard, we have many different other ways you can input your lesson plans, including a daily view, subject view, or from a template, or just by copying a previous lesson plan. Account subscriptions include access to online support materials, including lesson plans, examples, a quick start guide, a help center and implementation tools, which allow students and teachers to take full advantage of webspiration classrooms. Display the concept map during each lesson of the unit. We use inspiration software to make a character web of all the. Oct 24, 2017 lesson plans dont give me the information i need no, they are professionals, states daniel bauer, of chicago public schools. Try these lessons as is or adapt the ideas to your curriculum or level.
This visual learning tool provides diagramming and outlining environments designed to help students organize their ideas. Jul 23, 20 explore inspirationsws board inspiration software in action. Simply type a web address to create a live hyperlink or drag and drop jpeg and gif images into inspiration diagrams straight from the web. Inspiration software takes visual thinking to the cloud with launch of webspiration classroom. See getting started videos see examples on how to use inspiration in the classroom get technical support and product documentation want more ideas. Inspiration software takes visual thinking to the cloud. Have students draw pictures of the characters on the venn diagram. With a free 30day classroom trial, youll get the complete wevideo experience for your classroom. Other inspiration capabilities to enhance the visual learning process. Your students will develop valuable critical thinking skills as they categorize in both closed and open sorts of leaf pictures. Download and open inspiration maps lesson plans and templates from our website. Crosscurricular activities using conceptmapping software.
Teachersfirsts lesson plans span many grade levels and subjects. Inspiration maps for ipad wins 2012 award of excellence from tech and learning magazine. Maths made visual, they will have a powerful tool for helping pupils master key mathematical concepts and build thinking and reasoning skills. Students will compare the veterans day and memorial day holidays using this inspiration template.
This outlining and organizing with inspiration software lesson plan is suitable for 6th 12th grade. Inspiration also enables you to hear work read aloud or to record your own spoken words, which increases accessibility and usefuleness for auditory learners. Tis the season to get creative with your kids or students. Graphic organizer software and the sunshine state standards. Use educational technology in science lessons in your school. Kidspiration, inspiration software, and supergrouper are registered trademarks, and the. Inspiration maps earns finalist honors in 20 codie awards. Monica works with teachers to make technology integration exciting and accessible at all grade levels.
Use this free editable lesson plan template for your preschool, prek, kindergarten or first grade lesson plans. Open your documents on your desktop using inspiration 9. Visit the inspired learning community to share ideas and lesson plans with thousands of educators around the world. You can freely access a range of lesson plans and activities to help stimulate childrens curiosity to explore and learn through play. Integrating virtual reality field trips in your lesson plans enables students to travel the world from within the classroom. The focus of this lesson is learning how to create, modify and save an excel spreadsheet. Standards based lesson planning we make it easy to create lesson plans with the comfort and feel of a traditional lesson plan book and the ease and convenience of the web to help you teach smarter. Focus on the hardest, most important things to do, and make sure those are written out in detail. It outlines the purpose and activities of what will be done on a specific day or across several days.
Inspiration software launches lesson plan book for building. The featured lesson plans enable educators to take a stepbystep approach to the. Maps can be saved in the app as inspiration docs, sent to dropbox, or emailed as. If you have to create long lesson plans, or just want a detailed version, consider taking four key ideas and putting them on an index card to have with you. Follow me on teacherspayteachers to receive the latest updates on new products. Help your secondary writers organize ideas and notes into outlines for academic writing.
Inspiration software supports the mobile classroom with upgrades to inspiration maps and inspiration 9. My goal is to start developing more computer continue reading. Where available, the plans include standards andor technology options. Rick reynolds has created dozens of lesson plans aligned to standards which utilize inspiration software products such as kidspirations math.
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