Inspiration and Kidspiration are wonderful tools to use in the classroom that support learning and collaboration. With these software you can create many activities and concept maps for all curricular areas. I have worked with both only once but I realized about the multiple possibilities that they have and I thought how I could use this type of software in my future classroom and why as a teacher I should use it.
To begin, students can work on the material and create new things and teachers can organize better their data and plan lessons and thematic units.Another reasons to use both Inspiration and Kidspiration is that they use information to communicate visually and for visual learners and many students with special needs visual communication is important for understanding.
If you use concept maps the benefits are that the students can see the whole picture and not get lost in small details. It is a good way to teach something in hopes that everyone will understand the main concept. And with these tools you are integrating technology, necessary for 21st century students.
This is a website with various inspiration resources.
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