Working Inspiration Graphic Organizer Project

This is a project I am working on with my son.  He is writing a persuasive essay with documented, supporting evidence.  My son is a highly visual learner and has challenges with organization as well as fine motor skills.  This is the original sheet he brought home to brainstorm and organize his essay.

 

As you can see, he didn't get much written on the actual page in this format.  He was also very frustrated and distracted with trying to focus on his handwriting, organizing his thoughts, and fitting it all on this paper.  Then, I introduced the Inspiration Lite app on our iPAD.  He was pretty interested and absolutely LOVED the talk to text tool on the keyboard.  He was literally brainstorming his ideas and then going back and editing what came out  in type.  Here is the initial version of his paper mapping process below:

 

I will post the final results in the next few days.  I can already say though that this tool really can reduce the level of frustration and distraction for learners that have issues with organizing their writing!