The beginning of the school year is a time to get to know
your students and establish your classroom environment. As a teacher I always
liked to have the students share some information with their classmates and
myself and because I’m a technology teacher I love to use technology for
meaningful learning outcomes. One tool that is great for creating introductions is
creating word clouds of information about the students. One such tool is Wordle, which is a great
visualization of text that can create discussion and insight within the
classroom. By understanding the patterns in text, students can have meaningful
discussions.
How Wordle Works?
After going to the website (Wordle),
you copy any text from a Word file, the web, or any other source, and then by
pasting the information you can create the word cloud. This site requires no
login or membership. The larger words indicate the main and important ideas.
This site also allows the user to enhance and change the font, layout, and
colors.
For more information on Wordle, check out the Wordle groups
on Diigo,
which can be a valuable source of ideas on integrating Wordle into the
classroom.
For some other innovative uses of meaningful ways to
integrate Wordle into the classroom, check out the following sites/ blogs:
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Why Wordle?
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