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Inspiration 9
Workshop scripts
These scripts are Inspiration 9 files, so you will need Inspiration 9. If you do not own a copy, feel free to download a 30-day free trial. We also offer the scripts in HTML format. Once the html scripts download, all you will need is a web browser to view them.
Directions for opening the scripts
Once the file downloads, Windows users will need to right-click on the downloaded zip file and choose "Extract to folder..." (or if this option is not in the list, choose "WinZip" and then choose "Extract to folder...") for the files to unzip correctly. For Mac users, the files should unstuff automatically. If they don't, just double-click on the file download.
Note: Scripts may require additional applications to open them:
- Inspiration files require Inspiration 9. You may download a complimentary 30-day trial here.
- HTML files require a web browser to view.
- PDF files require Adobe® Reader. Click here to download a complimentary copy.
- QuickTime® files require QuickTime to view.
Inspiration One-hour presentation
Inspiration file download
HTML version
Inspiration 20 minute presentation
Inspiration file download
HTML version
What's New in Inspiration 9 20-minute Presentation
Inspiration file download
HTML version
Once the file downloads, Windows users will need to right-click on the downloaded zip file and choose "Extract to folder..." (or if this option is not in the list, choose "WinZip" and then choose "Extract to folder...") for the files to unzip correctly. For Mac users, the files should unstuff automatically. If they don't, just double-click on the file download.
Note: Scripts may require additional applications to open them:
- Inspiration files require Inspiration 9. You may download a complimentary 30-day trial here.
- HTML files require a web browser to view.
- PDF files require Adobe® Reader. Click here to download a complimentary copy.
- QuickTime® files require QuickTime to view.
Still presenting on Inspiration 8.x?
Click here for workshop scripts.
Overview Videos
Inspiration 9 Three Minute Overview
Inspiration 9 Quick Tour
What's New in Inspiration 9
InspireData
Below are trainer scripts and a comprehensive list of resources to help you with your InspireData 1.5 workshop!
Workshop scripts
These scripts are Inspiration 9 files, so you will need Inspiration 9 to open them. If you do not own a copy, feel free to download a 30-day free trial. We also offer the scripts in HTML format. Once the html scripts download, all you will need is a web browser to view them.
Directions for opening the scripts
Once the file downloads, Windows users will need to right-click on the downloaded zip file and choose "Extract to folder..." (or if this option is not in the list, choose "WinZip" and then choose "Extract to folder...") for the files to unzip correctly. For Mac users, the files should unstuff automatically. If they don't, just double-click on the file download.
Note: Scripts may require additional applications to open them:
- Inspiration files require Inspiration 9. You may download a complimentary 30-day trial here.
- HTML files require a web browser to view.
- PDF files require Adobe Reader. Click here to download a complimentary copy.
- QuickTime files require QuickTime to view.
InspireData: One-hour presentation
Inspiration file download
HTML version
InspireData: Half-day hands-on workshop
Inspiration file download
HTML version
InspireData: Twenty-minute presentation
Inspiration file download
HTML version
Participant Name Tent
Workshop Completion Certificate
Kidspiration
Use these trainer scripts and resources to help you with your Kidspiration 3 workshop!
Workshop scripts
These scripts are Inspiration 9 files, so you will need Inspiration 9 to open them. If you do not own a copy, feel free to download a 30-day free trial. We also offer the scripts in HTML format. Once the html scripts download, all you will need is a web browser to view them.
Directions for opening the scripts
Once the file downloads, Windows users will need to right-click on the downloaded zip file and choose "Extract to folder..." (or if this option is not in the list, choose "WinZip" and then choose "Extract to folder...") for the files to unzip correctly. For Mac users, the files should unstuff automatically. If they don't, just double-click on the file download.
Note: Scripts may require additional applications to open them:
- Inspiration files require Inspiration 9. You may download a complimentary 30-day trial here.
- HTML files require a web browser to view.
- PDF files require Adobe® Reader. Click here to download a complimentary copy.
- QuickTime® files require QuickTime to view.
Kidspiration: 20-minute presentation
Inspiration file download
HTML download
Kidspiration: One-hour presentation
Inspiration file download
HTML download
Kidspiration: Half-day hands-on workshop
Inspiration file download
HTML download
Trainer resources for use with the scripts
Kidspiration 3 summary.kid
Camouflage.kid
Equivalent Fractions.kid
Base Ten Blocks Ex.kid
Pattern Blocks Ex.kid
Fraction Boxes Ex.kid
Color-Fraction Tiles Ex.kid
Participant Name Tent
Math - Adding and Regrouping
Science - Find the Food Chains
Reading & Writing - Writing Vacation Postcard
Social Studies - Cartoon Creator
Still presenting on Kidspiration 2? Click here for workshop scripts.
Webcast Archives
Inspiration Webcasts:
Writing a Research Paper with Inspiration
Graphic organizers are effective tools for writing research papers. Join us on February 12th to learn how your students can visually plan and record information to write an organized and well-supported research paper using Inspiration.
Using Visual Learning Techniques to Improve Academic Performance with Inspiration®Inspiration® helps students develop ideas, analyze concepts and improve organizational skills. Explore templates and examples that will help your students improve academic performance in Science, Language Arts and Social Studies.
View Inspiration Webcasts
Kidspiration Webcasts:
Keep Your Students Learning Till the Final Bell with Kidspiration 3
Keep your K-5 grade students learning right up until that final bell with a hassle-free end of the year project. Get tips on how to keep your students engaged and celebrate a successful school year while they plan, write and publish a yearbook.
Teaching STEM and 21st Century Skills with Kidspiration®
Students in the first grade this year will graduate in the year 2020. Will they have the skills necessary for success in the 21st Century? According to the State Educational Technology Directors Association’s (SETDA) recently released Class of 2020: Action Plan for Education, early exposure to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) is critical to success in the 21st century and should be integrated throughout the curriculum for all children starting in kindergarten.
Learn to Use Kidspiration®’s Visual Math Tools
Kidspiration 3 has five visual math tools to help K-5 students build their conceptual understanding in math.
Writing to a Prompt with Kidspiration® 3
Graphic organizers are an effective tool to support students as they learn how to write to a prompt. Learn how your students can learn to write on demand using Kidspiration.
Individualizing Early Literacy Instruction with Kidspiration®
Learn how Kidspiration supports the teaching and learning of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development and reading comprehension, all components of effective reading instruction.
Making Sense of Fractions with New Math Tools in Kidspiration
Use fraction tiles, pattern blocks, color tiles, base ten blocks and fraction boxes to develop conceptual understanding of fractions. Represent and compare fractions; add and subtract with like and unlike denominators; and work with mixed numbers, improper and equivalent fractions.
View Kidspiration Webcasts
InspireData Webcasts:
Struggling to Engage Students in Math? See How Math Concepts Come to Life with InspireData®
InspireData is a powerful tool to engage students and bring math concepts to life.
Making Data Analysis Fun and Engaging with Real Data and InspireData® 1.5
Students use InspireData® to investigate, analyze, and represent data and information in dynamic graphs and plots. See how real-life recycling data was collected with an e-Survey and analyzed using the features and functions of InspireData.
Engage Students and Promote Project-based Learning Across the Curriculum with InspireData®
Listen to an interview with Telannia Norfar, a ninth-grade math teacher at Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Norfar used InspireData by having her math students use it to collect and analyze data for how to improve the quality and selection of food in their school cafeteria.
Analyzing Close Presidential Races with InspireData®: How Might a Different Winner Have Changed History?
The 2008 presidential election was another nail biter. Tap into the excitement and use this "teachable moment" to look back in history at the other close presidential races. Then we'll examine how history might have been different if the candidate who was narrowly defeated had won.
Engaging Students in Civics and Government with the Presidential Election and InspireData®
Find out how to create e-Surveys to gather data about the candidates' views and gather students' opinions about those views, analyze the results with visual graphs and plots that show the power of polling and engage students with interesting questions that encourage them to look further into their information, explore the data and find correlations
Building Data Literacy Skills with Radish Plants and InspireData®
Building Data Literacy Skills with Radish Plants and InspireData® demonstrated how, using plant data collected by an Oregon middle school science class, you can collect and display data quickly and easily, construct dynamic data plots and use scientific inquiry to analyze and interpret results
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