• develop skills for using Inspiration with students as a tool for organizing information and learning
• be able to produce visual models and diagrams to meet students’ needs
• understand how visual models enhance learning for many reluctant readers and students who struggle with comprehension
• be able to use the templates in the Inspiration program
• be able to use Inspiration libraries and be able to add images that fit their curricular needs
• use a variety of question types to elicit higher level thinking in students during discussions

eMINTS Resource Links: 
http://resources.emints.org/links/inspiration/  http://resources.emints.org/links/questions/

• Community Building and Tootsie Pops:
  Share the best question that you asked you students today.
  Share one way you have used Inspiration or concept maps with students.

• Read "The Art of Questioning"
  http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/workshops/artofquestioning.html
  Questions to guide your reading:
  How can an arc of questions foster the process of inquiry?
  What are the critical attributes of each type of question?:

  • Inference

  • Interpretation

  • Transfer

  • Hypotheses

  • Reflective

• Where the Wild Things Are.... the book by Maurice Sendak...not your classroom:)

• Questions to Promote Inquiry and Higher Level Thinking:
  http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/%7Eacody/inquiryquery.html

• Dinner Break

• So What?
  Memory Test 1: http://resources.emints.org/links/inspiration/photos1.htm
  Memory Test 2: http://resources.emints.org/links/inspiration/balls.htm

• Inspiration to Support Learning: Types of Graphic Organizers

• Implementation Evaluation Cards:  Does the activity support higher level thinking?

• What technical questions do you have about using Inspiration?

• Work Time: Create a template that can be used as a scaffold in the WebQuest that you are revising or one that can be used to improve student performance in reading or writing.