Wordle has been around for a while but my interest was sparked after watching this video because it gives other purposes besides vocabulary use. This video gives some suggestions on how to use Wordle with a book or story if you want to focus on theme, main characters, etc.I liked this idea because I thought it would be a good way to for students to focus on text. Another idea that did not occur to me until seeing this video was using Wordle as a behavior tool. When setting up class rules in the beginning of the school year, each student can express the rule or rules he or she may think are the most important. Once the ideas are added to Wordle, those suggested most often will be appear more prominent. I thought this was a good way to get a barometer on the class as a whole and give the teacher some insight into the directions he/she needs to go as far as overall classroom management is concerned. A teacher in a new school or position may not know the students in the class but the students know each other and I think using Wordle would be an interesting way to see what students value as you are setting the climate of the classroom. Making a big Wordle poster would make students feel involved in the decisions of their class and look more creative than the standard classroom list of rules.
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!!! Having trouble with embedding video. I am doing something incorrectly. Thoughts, Suggestions, Please
Not really sure what your doing. Make sure your in html mode. When you are writing your post push html in the left top corner.
ReplyDeleteI like this wordle cloud idea. Some times I wish I taught older kids to be able to do fun things like this with the students.
Mary Ellen, you need to get the Wordle into a saved image first and then you insert it as you would any image. You cannot use the "embed" code method. I don't know if you have a PC or Mac. On a Mac, use Command-Shift-4 and then use the arrows to drag around the part of the image you want to save. Presto: you now have the Wordle as an image you can insert into the blog, by just following the method you use to insert any image you saved on your computer--that is use insert image, find the image, insert it (open) and then play around with where you want it and the size. If you have a PC, use the Print-screen feature to get a snapshot of the screen. You will then need to bring the saved image into a program like WordPad to crop the image to what you want. Once you have the image cropped and saved, then go to your blog and insert the saved image. Wordle also has these directions available: http://www.wordle.net/faq#large
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