Inspiring Diagrams

Diagrams are always are great tool for students. They provide a clear organization of information that has a lot of categories to remember. Diagrams are a great way for students to create study guides that display the information in a easily accessible way. Creating diagrams digitally with the Inspiration software is a great way to create clean looking and concise visuals for complex topics. The clear an concise nature of a digital diagrams add to the benefits of creating diagrams on paper. For these reasons, I think that students would get a lot out of creating a diagram with this software.

I enjoyed this project a great deal. The software is easy to use, as it has a simple user interface that allows the user to easily create and move objects as well as add topic enhancing images. I can easily see my future students using this program to create their own diagrams of mathematical principles and definitions that need to be categorized. There are some things about this program, however, that can be difficult for those perfectionist type students, like myself. For a consistent look, it is important for all the symbols at each level, graphics, and fonts to be the same in size, shape, and color. Achieving this consistent look can be frustrating, but, in the long run, it is not impossible. To address this problem with students, I feel that it is important to set clear guidelines and expectations for what is to be included in the diagram, much like our rubric laid out for us. Overall, I am pleased with my diagram about function transformations. You can see a screenshot of the finished product above.