Interactive Inspiration
Updated on October 12, 2008

For Dr. Pastore's Classes
30 Points

The goal of this assignment is for you to create an interactive concept map in Inspiration that can be used for different types of learners. This assignment will challenge your creativity but keep in mind that as a future teacher, your creativity will be challenged on a daily basis.

The requirements are that the concept map must:

Include 10 or more symbols and/or graphics with text fields

Use arrows to show the interrelationships

Use some form of hyperlinks either to the web or to another document

Have some form of interactivity such as

• Asking a question and having the student click on the graphic to find the answer (i.e. Which is the hottest planet?)
• Giving the students instructions to do something (i.e. write the answer on your paper)
• Completing some action on the computer (i.e. type your answer in here or find a graphic to add to this concept map)

Be designed so that the voice features that are built into Inspiration can be used for learners who need to use them

Appeal to the following types of learner preferences:

• students who prefer to read
• students who prefer to write
• students who prefer to hear
• students who prefer visuals
• student who prefer to touch, feel, or act
• you must also include a feature that accommodates some type of disability

Save your file as ii.isf

Directions for Putting Inspiration on the Web

• Select File/Export/Web Pages/Diagram to save your file as a web page.  Name it ii.html  FTP it to your web site.

• Create a new Dreamweaver document titled aboutii.html

• Your web page should include a paragraph describing the interactive features of the concept map and how the map meets the needs of each of the 6 learners described above (be specific).
  
  
• Link this page to your Inspiration project and your index. 

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