Inspiration just became my new best friend; I am the definition of a visual learner. This program is everything I ever wanted during my education, and everything I could hope to give to my future learners. Inspiration has such a wide variety of choices for visual learners such as: Graphic Organizers, Concept Mapping, Mind Mapping, Webbing, Outlining, and Plots and Graphs. I also love the variety of templates that Inspiration has given to the user, you can easily find a graphic organizer on almost any topic you need. On the other hand, I love how easy it is to make your own visual learning aid from scratch on Inspiration. My other favorite tool from Inspiration is the outlining option. Being able to see what you are learning on a Mind Map and then put all of that information into a outline with just the click of a button is outstanding. This way the educator can easily reach both kind of learners in their classroom.
Using technology for the student who is a visual learner, I will need to take into account how to best meet the needs of the visual learner as well as the non-visual learner simultaneously. Being a visual learner personally, I understand that visual learners like to see an organized, simple, and colorful diagram of the information they are trying to process. I also know that by creating the visual firsthand helps me retain the information and apply it accordingly, therefore I would give my students the option to use mine or create their own. It is important to remember that not everyone learns best this way. Giving your students an option ensures that all learning needs will be met. With that being said, when creating a visual aid for your class make sure it is not overwhelming, it should be clear and concise.
I am so excited that Inspiration exists and I can't wait to use it with my students!
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