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AwardsInspiration® Software, Inc. has received numerous awards from teachers, education magazines and computer learning labs. We're proud of our accomplishments and for being recognized for the positive difference we have made in the lives of students, teachers and parents.
2010Inspiration Software's Family of Visual Learning Tools Takes Top Honors in 16th Annual Best Educational Software AwardsInspiration Software's Family of Visual Learning Tools Takes Top Honors in 16th Annual Best Educational Software AwardsInspiration, Kidspiration and InspireData Honored for Building Thinking Skills PORTLAND, Ore. – April 28, 2010 The BESSIE Awards target innovative and content-rich programs and Web sites that provide parents and teachers with technology to foster educational excellence. This is the second time in eight months that Inspiration Software’s family of visual learning software tools has earned honors from a ComputED Learning Center awards program. In September 2009, the company was a triple-crown winner in the center’s 14th Annual Education Software Review Awards (EDDIE Awards), earning honors for Inspiration, Kidspiration and InspireData. "When our family of educational software is honored with awards chosen by educators, such as the BESSIEs, it demonstrates that teachers recognize what the research supports: combining technology with visual learning instructional strategies creates powerful tools for helping students build 21st century thinking skills," said Mona Westhaver, president and co-founder, Inspiration Software. "We are proud to add the 16th Annual BESSIE Awards to our list of honors for Inspiration, Kidspiration and InspireData." This is the second award for Inspiration since the January launch of the newest version of the best-selling visual learning software. With Inspiration 9, students in grades 6 through adult comprehend, create, communicate and achieve more. New capabilities in Inspiration 9, such as support for creating presentations and additional visual learning methodologies, provide an essential framework for thinking and help students develop 21st century skills. Inspiration was recognized in the "Thinking Skills" category for high school students. Kidspiration 3, the visual learning software for students in kindergarten through grade 5, adds to its growing list of honors and accolades with a BESSIE award in the "Thinking Skills" category for early elementary students. Kidspiration supports young learners as they strengthen reading and writing skills, build conceptual understanding in math, and develop thinking skills across the curriculum. This is the 19th award for Kidspiration 3 since its launch in early 2008. InspireData, the visual way to explore and understand data, won a BESSIE award in the "Data Exploration" category for upper elementary students. Students in grades 4 to 12 use InspireData to investigate, analyze, and represent data and information in dynamic graphs and charts. About Inspiration Software, Inc. Inspiration Software's Family of Visual Learning Software Tools Moves to the Finalist Round of the 2010 SIIA CODiE Awards Inspiration Software's Family of Visual Learning Software Tools Moves to the Finalist Round of the 2010 SIIA CODiE AwardsLeader in Visual Thinking and Learning One of Six Education Companies With Three or More Products Named as Finalists in Celebrated Award Program PORTLAND, Ore. – March 9, 2010 The company's flagship visual learning software, Inspiration®, is a finalist in the Best Instructional Solution in Other Curriculum Areas category. Kidspiration® earned finalist honors in the Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity category, and InspireData® was honored in the Best Social Studies Instructional Solution category. The three widely adopted visual learning software tools are among 88 products from 54 companies selected as finalists from more than 327 nominations submitted by 124 companies. Nominated products underwent an intensive review by subject matter experts, analysts, journalists and others with deep experience in the field. "As our family of visual learning software tools has grown, we have based developments on our ongoing conversations with the talented, creative teachers who use Inspiration, Kidspiration and InspireData to help their students think and learn," said Mona Westhaver, president and co-founder, Inspiration Software. "It is a great honor to have all three of our products recognized as finalists in the SIIA CODiE Awards in the same year for the first time." Inspiration is the ultimate thinking and learning tool to comprehend, create, communicate and achieve more. When students grade six to adult learn with Inspiration, they build strong critical-thinking, writing and organizational skills, as well as good communication skills to effectively share their knowledge and understanding. Used by millions of students and teachers around the world, the software is considered the gold standard of visual learning tools. Inspiration is designed to offer one convenient place for students to successfully plan, research and complete projects in all subject areas. Learners use Inspiration to build graphic organizers, including concept maps, webs and idea maps; to plan and organize; research and evaluate; and comprehend and communicate. Created for K-5 learners, Kidspiration is the visual way to explore and understand words, numbers and concepts. Kidspiration supports children as they strengthen reading and writing skills, build conceptual understanding in math, and develop thinking skills across the curriculum. In reading and writing, Kidspiration builds children’s word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension and written expression using visual tools that combine pictures, text and spoken words. With the visual math tools in Kidspiration, children build a strong mathematical foundation for reasoning and problem-solving by using visual representations to understand math concepts. Students in grades 4-12 use InspireData, the visual way to explore and understand data, to build critical data analysis skills. Applying the proven strategies of visual learning to data literacy, InspireData helps students discover meaning as they collect and explore data in a dynamic inquiry process. In social studies, students use InspireData to understand patterns and relationships. Dynamic tables and graphs give students a visual way to analyze statistics, illustrate data sets and identify historical and economic trends. Students and teachers collect data using InspireData’s e-Survey tool, library and Internet research, or one of the ready-to-use InspireData social studies databases. Students explore the best ways to represent and analyze their data by experimenting with multiple plot types such as Venn diagrams, and bar, stack, axis and pie charts. Students strengthen research skills by recording their observations and analyses using the Notes area and Slide Show tool. "This is the 25th year we have recognized excellence through the CODiE Awards program," noted Ken Wasch, president, SIIA. "The competition is always tough, and in this economic climate, companies are doing even more to innovate. Excellence within the education technology industry shines through in the products selected as finalists, and we are very excited to see how the voting goes this year." The products that qualified will now be reviewed by members of SIIA, who will vote on winners for all 24 categories. The winners will be announced at a special CODiE Awards Dinner on May 24th, which will be held in conjunction with the 2010 Ed Tech Industry Summit.
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About Inspiration Software, Inc. 2009Inspiration Software Sweeps 14th Annual Educational Software Review Awards
Inspiration Software Sweeps 14th Annual Educational Software Review AwardsInspiration, Kidspiration and InspireData Honored by ComputED Learning Center PORTLAND, Ore. – Sept. 18, 2009 The EDDIE Awards target innovative and content-rich programs and Web sites that augment the classroom curriculum and improve teacher productivity, providing parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence. Selection criteria include academic content, potential for broad classroom use, technical merit, subject approach and management system. Winners are selected from titles submitted by publishers from around the world. "It is always exciting when educators recognize our visual learning software tools with awards," said Mona Westhaver, president and co-founder, Inspiration Software. "However, it is particularly gratifying to see all three products – Inspiration, Kidspiration and InspireData – recognized by this group of leaders in education technology." Kidspiration 3, the visual learning software for students in kindergarten through grade 5, was honored in the "Thinking Skills" category for early elementary students. Kidspiration supports students as they strengthen reading and writing skills, build conceptual understanding in math and develop thinking skills across the curriculum. This is the 14th award for Kidspiration 3 since its launch in early 2008. Inspiration, the essential tool to visualize, think, organize and learn, was recognized in the "Thinking Skills" category for upper elementary students. Learners grade 6 to adult rely on Inspiration to plan, research and complete projects successfully. InspireData, the visual way to explore and understand data, won an EDDIE award in the "Data Exploration" category for upper elementary students. Students grades 4 to 12 use InspireData to investigate, analyze and represent data and information in dynamic graphs and charts. About Inspiration Software, Inc. 2008Inspiration Software's visual learning tools win 2008 BESSIE awardsPORTLAND, OR — April 25, 2008 Kidspiration 3, the visual way to strengthen reading and writing skills, build conceptual understanding in math and develop thinking skills across the curriculum, for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, was the winner in the "Thinking Skills" category for Upper Elementary. This is the seventh year that Kidspiration has received this honor. InspireData® was also a winner for the second year in a row, for best Multi-level "Research Tool." For more information about the ComputED Learning Center and the BESSIE awards, visit: http://computedgazette.com/. About Inspiration Software InspireData™ Earns Finalist Honors in Two Categories of the Software & Information Industry Association’s 23rd Annual CODiE Awards Visual Learning Software for Building Data Literacy Skills Recognized in Best Science, Social Studies Categories PORTLAND, OR – March 4, 2008 InspireData engages students by letting them see data move before their eyes, allowing them to examine results and explore relationships instantly. This latest recognition comes close on the heels of InspireData's selection as one of the Top 100 Products of 2007-2008 by the readers of "District Administration" magazine and the presentation at the January Florida Educational Technology Conference of a 2007 Award of Excellence from "Technology & Learning" magazine. Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information and education technology industries. Through a unique combination of journalist and peer review, the CODiE Awards recognize 68 categories of outstanding products and services. This year's finalists represent an impressive array of technology and business excellence, passion and success. They were chosen from more than 1,100 nominations, submitted by more than 600 companies. "Competition is tough this year and that makes selection as a CODiE finalist a real achievement," said Ken Wasch, SIIA president. "All the companies on this year's list should feel justifiably proud of their recognition." Students in grades 4-12 use InspireData to build critical data literacy skills. They actively explore and analyze data in science, mathematics and social studies using dynamic Venn, bar, stack, pie and axis plots to interpret information and draw conclusions. Originally funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, InspireData was developed by TERC, a leading educational research and development lab committed to improving mathematics and science teaching and learning. New capabilities in InspireData 1.5 include an e-Survey function to easily publish online surveys and collect the data, more plot and expanded table options, more than 100 content-rich databases, and expanded teacher tools and resources. "Every day teachers around the country tell us about the innovative ways they are using InspireData to help their students build data literacy skills while learning science, social studies and math," said Mona Westhaver, president and co-founder, Inspiration Software. "It is an honor to have our visual learning software receive this recognition from the education and information technology communities." In the next step of the CODiE Awards process, SIIA members will select winners in each category. The 2008 CODiE Awards will be presented on May 20 at the CODiE Awards Gala at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. For a complete list of the 2008 CODiE Award finalists, visit http://www.siia.net/codies/2008/finalists.asp. About SIIA About Inspiration Software, Inc. InspireData™ selected as one of the Top 100 Products of 2007-2008 by the readers of "District Administration" magazine InspireData was selected as one of the Top 100 Products of 2007-2008 by the readers of "District Administration" magazine! 2007Inspiration 8 and InspireData Win 2007 BESSIE AwardsPORTLAND, OR — May 1, 2007 ComputED Learning Center and the Educational Software Preview Service of the San Diego Center for Educational Technology present the annual BESSIE Awards to recognize innovative and content rich programs and provide parents and teachers with a guide to the best children's educational software currently available. For more information about the ComputED Learning Center and the BESSIE awards, visit: http://computedgazette.com/. About Inspiration Software 2006Inspiration Software®'s newest visual learning tool, InspireData™, receives 2006 Seal of Approval from The National Parenting CenterPORTLAND, OR—November 6, 2006 Testing for The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval is a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period. Staffed by volunteers, the testing facility of The National Parenting Center gives parents, children and educators the opportunity to examine a variety of submitted products. The testers are encouraged to play with, build, read about and judge by the reactions of the children, each product's quality. For more information about The National Parent Center Seal of Approval, visit http://www.tnpc.com. About Inspiration Software InspireData™ Wins 2006 iParenting Media Award PORTLAND, OR — November 1, 2006 iParenting Media produces parenting information for magazines, newspaper, radio and Internet. For the awards program, products are judged by three outside reviewers: a licensed childcare facility/school, a product expert and a family. For more information about the iParenting Media Awards and to view the complete list of award winners, visit: www.iparentingmediaawards.com/. Released in July 2006, InspireData is the foremost tool to visualize, investigate and understand data in science, mathematics and social studies. Students use InspireData's integrated Table and Plot Views to discover meaning as they collect and explore data in a dynamic inquiry process. InspireData applies the proven strategies of visual learning to data literacy, inspiring students to formulate questions and make connections between data and its visual representations to interpret information, solve problems and draw conclusions. As a result, students develop deeper content knowledge and stronger critical thinking skills. For more information about InspireData, please visit http://www.inspiration.com/inspiredata. About Inspiration Software | ||
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