Journal 6a: Inspiration

1. I loved using Inspiration software! This is an extremely helpful tool for planning or organizing thoughts. I believe this could be very useful both to students and to teachers. Teachers could utilize this program to create a variety of colorful and inventive graphic organizers for students, while students could use it to map out thoughts or plans for projects. It is user friendly and allows for easy "reversal" of any steps. Because this program is not free, I believe it is not truly accessible for all students. The cost is the one downside to the program.

2. As a teacher, I could use this program to create colorful and inventive graphic organizers for my students to use in class which will help them retain information. For students, this program can be used to map out thoughts from notes and textbook reading, or to plan for projects.

3. I did not utilize Atomic Learning for this software. I was able to learn how to use Inspiration through the in-class tutorial. Additionally, it was extremely user friendly and easy to pick up on.

Journal 6b - iMovie

1. I found iMovie to be a very detailed and complete program. It allows the user to create a movie and add useul things such as audio, visual and audio effects, and to edit. However, I think that a first time user of this software would greatly benefit from a tutorial. I found the software to be slightly confusing with not a lot of explanation. It allowed you to change things without previewing how the change would appear. Once something was changed, it was too difficult to reverse it. The great thing about this software program is that it is free, which makes it highly accessible to all students.

2. I can think of many ways that this program can be used in the classroom. For example, in a history class, students could create a video re-enactment of a historical event. They could utilize iMovie for editing and adding audio and effects.

3. I did not use Atomic Learning for this software.