I think this program is a great tool. It is great way for students and teachers to express their ideas in a creative way as well as a more interactive way. By using different symbols and pictures and different types of graphs, it makes it fun for the students and easy to follow the different ideas. I have very limited experience working with this software, but I did find it kind of hard to use. The tool bars where you would be able to change simple things such as font etc seemed hard to find. I might just be used to using programs such as Microsoft Word where all the tools are at the top of the screen. Maybe this is something that I need to learn how to do better. However, I don’t think that it is initially user –friendly to those using it.
Because I work in a Special Ed classroom, I feel that this software would be too hard for most of the kids to figure out on their own. It could be used to show the kids different categories (fruit, vegetables etc…) or to compare different characteristics of people. I haven’t checked out Kidspiration yet, but that could be a good alternative to the kids I work with.
I didn’t learn Inspiration through Atomic Learning. I learned it from trial and error and with the help of my classmates. I still have a lot to learn about it and am sure I just scratched the surface on the different tools that are available.
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