This is the best writing tool I've ever seen for school papers. The Amazing Writing Machine and Storybook Weaver are both very good, but designed more for creative story writing, than serious papers. The ability to focus and stay on task is the hardest thing about writing assigned papers, and Inspiration deals with that very nicely. The graphical diagram that can be converted into a workable outline is of incalculable value to students who have difficulty organizing their thoughts, and will enable them to work straight from an outline after awhile. Besides being a writing tool, this program is also a web drawing utlity that can be used to demonstrate connections in other subjects like science and history.
Teachers can use it to demonstrate lesson plans, and students can use it to demonstrate projects.
There are many different ways in which it can be utilized. The only thing lacking is a word processor, but realistically, most computer users already have one or more word processors, so the lack is not felt too much as the outlines can be exported into various document formats. But, ultimately, the outline function is the one that is the most useful, because it is the most needed. Whether at school or home, this is a tremendous educational tool for students. You can download a Mac demo .