Comprehend. Create. Communicate. Achieve More.
Across a wide spectrum of subjects and projects, the new Inspiration 9 provides students with an essential framework for thinking - helping them comprehend, create, communicate and achieve more.
For visual mapping, outlining, writing and making presentations, use Inspiration® 9, the ultimate thinking and learning tool. Brainstorm ideas, structure your thoughts and visually communicate concepts to strengthen understanding with the Diagram and Map Views. To take notes, organize information, and structure writing for plans, papers and reports, use the integrated Outline View to focus on main and supporting ideas and to clarify thinking in written form. With Inspiration's Presentation Manager, transform your diagrams, mind maps and outlines into polished presentations that communicate ideas clearly and demonstrate understanding and knowledge.
Students build graphic organizers, including concept maps, webs, mind maps and idea maps, in Inspiration to:
- Brainstorm
- Plan
- Organize
- Think
- Outline
- Present
Integrate Inspiration Into Your Curriculum
Inspiration applies visual learning methodologies that engage students' learning in language arts, science and social studies and support planning and thinking. Use these examples and resources to help you start using Inspiration with confidence and creativity.
Language Arts
Using graphic organizers, language arts students learn to gather, analyze and evaluate increasingly complex information for writing essays and communicating understanding.
Social Studies
Inspiration helps middle and high school social studies students organize information so they can draw conclusions, track major historical movements and relate their knowledge of the past to present-day issues.
Science
Inspiration gives students the tools to analyze, interpret, illustrate and present complex scientific concepts. Working in Diagram View helps them see how concepts are related, while the integrated Outline View provides an easy way to bring writing into the science curriculum.
Thinking and Planning
From organizing portfolios to planning research projects, students use graphic organizers to plan their work, resulting in better-organized projects. Teachers and administrators use Inspiration to plan and develop curriculum, organize collaborative projects for students, and handle a variety of administrative and project-management tasks.
Multimedia/Web Site Diagrams
Plan and map out your next web site or multimedia project using Inspiration. With Inspiration you can easily set up live hyperlinks to a variety of files, helping you gather, manage and present multiple resources for projects.
What's new in Inspiration 9?
More visual learning support for reading, writing and thinking in Diagram View
- Select from more symbol images that support curriculum content.
- Lock symbols while developing templates to ensure they aren't moved or deleted by students.
- Use Linking Phrases to easily explain relationships between ideas while creating concept maps.
New! Map View: A new visual view to create and think with mind maps
- Add new topic and subtopic branches with one click.
- Rearrange and graft ideas to other branches by simply dragging them into place.
- Add a note to any topic to expand upon your ideas.
- Differentiate and emphasize ideas and groups using symbol images, colors and fonts.
- Instantly transform your mind map into an outline to develop your writing.
More organizing, outlining and writing capabilities added to Outline View
- Make visual connections in Outline View by showing or hiding symbols and Linking Phrases.
- Take multiple topics and make them one topic using Combine Topics.
- Use Break Apart to divide one long topic with multiple ideas into separate topics.
- Use Word Count to meet word and page count requirements.
New! Presentation Manager to develop presentations and present your knowledge
- Develop slides from content and snapshot graphics automatically generated from your Diagram, Map and Outline Views.
- Add, duplicate, reorder and delete slides and talking points to expand your presentation and communicate your message effectively.
- Use ready-made professional background themes to create visually appealing presentations.
- Change background colors and font styles or add graphic backgrounds to create your own custom theme styles.
- Choose from different slide layouts to best communicate your key points and visual content.
- Communicate visually by adding graphics from your computer and the Internet. Create your own snapshots from your diagram or mind map.
- Add impact to your talking points by including videos and sounds that play directly from your presentation.
- Clarify your points of view and support your message by adding hyperlinks and speaker notes.
- Use slide transitions and reveal talking points individually to engage your audience.
- Print your slides in various formats (with or without speaker notes) for handouts including 3x5 and 4x6 cards.
Free! Inspiration Presenter, available on the Inspiration 9 install CD and downloadable online:
- Play your presentation directly from Inspiration 9 or from any Windows® or Macintosh® computer.
- Present using a single screen or take advantage of speaker monitor support that shows speaker notes and other presenter information.
- Run your presentation automatically with the Auto-Play option.
