Inspiration

Inspiration has become one of my favorite programs that we have used in TPTE 486. It's very easy to use and creates beautiful flowcharts! Today, I created my first flowchart using Inspiration 9 (see my flowchart ). I chose to do my digital diagram on methods of solving quadratic equations because I think this is a great way to organize the information in a visual and informative way. And as we learned in educational psychology, imagery is very useful in helping students store information in the long-term memory (cognitive theory of learning).

What I like most about this program is that it can help you arrange your diagram in "tree," "web," or "split tree" forms. This really makes designing neat diagrams a piece of cake! I can see how this program can be used not only as a presentation method by the teacher, but also as an assessment tool (ask students to make their flowcharts to demonstrate understanding of the concepts) because of how easy it is to use!