Thursday, January 14, 2010

Inspiration 9

I just met with Mona Westhaver, President and Co-Founder of Inspiration Software,Inc. Their product line includes Inspiration, Kidspiration, and InspireData. Inspiration 9 was released January 5, 2010 and FETC 2010 is a perfect venue to show the added features.

Inspiration is clearly a leader in visual thinking and learning. With Inspiration 9 there has been a reorganization of symbols and visual tools that will aid students in making curriculum connections. There is increased capability for organizing, outlining, and writing. The NEW Presentation Manager and Mind Map view are additions to an already superb product.

Students will be able to transfer their work from diagram, outline, and/or mind map views into presentations. With a few clicks, drags and drops, students will be able to move their brainstorming to the presentation level, thereby achieving and demonstrating their knowledge within one program. Inspiration presenter applet is available as a free download in order to view the presentations even if Inspiration is not installed on that particular machine.

Students are able to export their document or presentation directly to the PDF format, making it very easy to share their work with others.

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