I really like this program because it is visually appealing and easy to use. It is a great way to organize your thoughts and ideas in a way that stays neat and clean. The program is user friendly and has all the basic tools needed already displayed across the top of the screen so your not searching through the different tabs looking for rapid fire or links. There are many visual icons to find something that fits your subject. I'm sure there is much more to the program that can be learned, but as far as what I would use it for, it was very easy. I was surprised by the fact that Inspiration allows a one month trail for users to test it out and decide if they want it.
There are so many ways I could this in my classroom. I could have my students brainstorm their essay highlights. The starting point could be their essay topic, then sprouts off into paragraph topics. From those icons, the students can put their three points for each topic under the corresponding paragraph. I could also have my students use Inspiration to gather ideas on how to do step by step processes for a given task. I plan on teaching special education, so it would depend on the level of functioning of my students as to the usefulness of this program will be.
Although I did not use Atomic Learning for this program, I did view it and think it is a great program for computer users. I will certainly use it for other programs I am unfamiliar with. I learned how to use Inspiration in another computer class at SDSU. But because it is so easy to use, I think anybody with some computer skills could start clicking buttons and figure out how to create a simple graphic layout.
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