You could win cash and technology for your classroom by submitting your innovative use of visual learning in the classroom! Totaling more than $22,000 in cash and technology prizes, the 2008-2009 Inspired Visual Learning Awards will recognize 15 educators and their students who are creatively using visual learning in their classrooms. Applications are now being accepted.

To win an award for your classrooms, you must submit student-created examples using Inspiration Software's visual learning software tools: Inspiration®, Kidspiration® and InspireData®. Winners will receive technology and funds for professional development and/or new technology purchases that support visual learning in their classroom.

Inspiration Software will select three Gold Star and twelve Silver Star award winners. All 15 winners will receive a new Intel®-powered Classmate PC, donated by Intel®. In addition, each Gold Star award will include $2,500, a 10-pack volume license for an Inspiration Software product with corresponding lesson plan books and a 6-month Atomic Learning® training resource subscription. Each Silver Star award will include $1,000 and a 5-pack volume license for an Inspiration Software product with corresponding lesson plan books.

Inspired Visual Learning Award applications will be accepted until February 27, 2009. Winners will be announced March 31, 2009. Apply today!

With the launch of Kidspiration version 3 back in February of this year, we wanted to provide our educators and administrators with some all new standards matches for all 50 states! Now it’s even easier to see how Kidspiration aligns to your state’s standards and benchmarks by viewing our updated documents for your specific state.

Each document can be viewed by subject and grade levels kindergarten through fifth grade. Check out the all new Kidspiration 3 standards here!

We are continually working to provide new standards matches for all of our products. Our current Inspiration and InspireData standards matches documents can be viewed here.

Inspiration Software is on the road and will be at the following trade shows! Come by and say hello!

GaETC - November 5-7, 2008
Georgia Educational Technology Conference
Booth #313
Atlanta, GA

NCSS - November 14-16, 2008
National Council for the Social Studies
Booth #619
Houston, TX

NSTA Portland Regional Conference - November 20-22, 2008
National Science Teachers Association
Booth #835
Portland, OR

NYSCATE - November 23-25, 2008
New York Association for Computers and Technologies in Education
Booth #717
Rochester, NY

LaCUE - December 3-5, 2008
Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators
Booth #610
Baton Rouge, LA

VaETLC - December 10-12, 2008
Virginia Educational Technology Leadership Conference
Booth #330
Roanoke, VA

Engage Students and Promote Project-based Learning Across the Curriculum with InspireData®

Join Education Content Manager for Science Cathy Cuff, for a live 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.

The cafeteria-food project was a collaborative effort with her colleagues across the curriculum. Mrs. Norfar's focus was on math, as she guided students in analyzing the data they had gathered using InspireData. In English class, the students worked on writing skills, as they wrote business letters to the principal and the cafeteria manager. From their social studies teacher, the students learned about other cultures, including the geography and cuisine of different regions. And they worked with their science teacher to create lab reports about the patterns they saw in their data and to learn about environmental considerations in the cafeteria.

During this complimentary 45 minute webcast, Ms. Norfar will explain three things her students learned from this project:
*How to analyze data that is not pre-formatted
*How to compare and contrast data using venn diagrams to see trends
*How to create appropriate graphs to support a proposal

Register Today!
*Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008
*Time: 12:00-12:45 p.m. Pacific Time, 3:00-3:45 p.m. Eastern Time

Click here to view our archived webcasts or view the case study!