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Inspiration, by Inspiration Software, Inc.,
is a tool that assists teachers and students in organizing their
thinking, in visually developing ideas and concepts. It is a
mind-mapping tool designed to support both diagram and outline
formats.
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Webs | Idea Maps | Concept Maps
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Inspiration 6 has 57 templates in language arts, science,
social studies, teacher planning, and thinking
tools. You are now able to connect to the
Internet directly from Inspiration, and display
active hyperlinks. There are over 1,250 symbols
in the expanded and enhanced symbol libraries,
which included animated symbols as well. After
working in Inspiration to brainstorm, organize,
and outline, the new one-click transfer instantly
opens students' work in Microsoft® Word® where
they're able to finish their paper for publication.
Webs
A web is a visual map that shows how different
categories of information relate to each
other. Webs are particularly useful as
a brainstorming and organizational tool
for writing, as well as for analyzing
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Idea maps help students generate ideas and develop
thoughts visually. They are used
for brainstorming and prewriting
exercises and for producing plans
and solving problems.
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Concept maps graphically illustrate relationships
between ideas. In a concept map, two
or more concepts are linked by words
that describe their relationship.
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