Monday, September 20, 2010

week 3 blog

The inspiration technology is very interesting based off watching the video. The program has a lot of different ways that it could be used inside of a classroom setting. inspiration makes it a lot easier to used many different assignments by using the many different graphs and diagrams. The main thing that caught my attention is that you have the ability to create your own theme and to organize the assignment in your very own special way that you would like, and that’ll separate a lot of other teachers and professors diagrams and graphs from your own.

The program could be used for many different writing assignments through this program. I do believe that the use of this technology would make it a much easier process to outline a paper. Most high schools I think would make a better use out of it inside its classrooms, because on that level of education is when the teachers are actually trying to teach you how to make a great outline to use for an essay assignment. Then as you go on to college you should already know how to make a correct outline. Another thing about the program is that if you make a mistake it can easily be changed and that makes it faster and much more convenient.

Based off the textbook and my overall understanding about the program and how the technology works is that it is a good teaching and learning tool. It allows others to go in and observe your work that you’ve done and it also allows you to do the same. I think it is good for students to be able to teach each other and to go in and comment and make statements about each others work, because it’ll help them get a better understanding of what they are trying to get accomplished. I think that it is way easier for a student to learn by visual lectures instead of having to just hear someone talk all class period.

Jonassen, D. Howland, J. Marra, R. M. Crismond, D. (2008). Meaningful Learning With Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Merrill Prentice Hill.

Inspiration Software. (2010). Inspiration Videos and Webcasts for Using Visual Learning In Your Classroom. http://www.inspiration.com/videos/Inspiration

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