UsingInspiration in the Teaching and Learning Process

Course Objective(s):

• The participant will create an Inspiration web in order to demonstrate the ability to use technology in the teaching/learning process.
• The participant will modify an Inspiration template in order to demonstrate the ability to use technology in the teaching/learning process.
• The participant will create a scoring tool in order to demonstrate the effective assessment of technology.
• The participant will create an activity in which they integrate Inspiration into the teaching/learning process.
• The participants will share their completed Inspiration Inservice Activty Template in order to demonstrate their ability to use technology in the teaching/learning process.

Resources:

• Session 1
  • Technology Skills Assessment for Inspiration
  • Fundamental Technology Skills Checklist
  • Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
  • Maryland Technology Standards for Students
  • Inspiration Introduction (PowerPoint file)
  • How To Create a Web in Inspiration
  • The Five Senses (Inspiration file)
  • http://www.inspiration.com/resources/index.cfm
  • Scoring Tool Session 1 Activity 7
  • Using Inspiration 8.0
  • Sample Inspiration Webs
    • Analogy Matching (Inspiration file)
    • Fractions (Inspiration file)
    • Branches of Government (Inspiration file)
    • Mammals (Inspiration file)
    • Mathematician (Inspiration file)
    • Pre-Reading Web (Inspiration file)
    • Roman Roads (Inspiration file)
    • Stuart Little (Inspiration file)
    • Hiroshima (Inspiration file)
• Session 2
• Peer Feedback Form
• Treaty of Versailles (Inspiration file)
• The Treaty of Versailles RS CON11
• Using Inspiration 8
• Session 3
  • Scoring Tools to Assess Student Technology Indicators
  • Copyright and Fair Use Web (Inspiration file)
  • Revolution Comparison (Inspiration file)
  • Using Inspiration 8.0
• Session 4
  • Inspiration Reflection (Inspiration file)
  • Using Inspiration 8.0
  • Levels of Cognitive Demand
  • CBTIA Template
  • Using the CBTIA Database
  • Examining CBTIAs
  • Scoring Tools to Assess Student Technology Indicators
• Session 5
  • Technology Skills Assessment for Inspiration
  • Inspiration Feedback Form

View a complete listing of all technology integration inservice courses and register online at: http://www.bcps.org/apps/cpd/.

Professional development for technology literacy and technology integration is provided by the Office of Instructional Technology, Baltimore County Public Schools.