Today you will type into Word your paragraph about Marco Polo. After you run a spellcheck you will copy and paste your words into a Wordle. Click on the picture below to go the the Wordle website.
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Winter Wordle
Today you will create a Word cloud using Wordle. First open word and brainstorm words that make you think of winter. Next we will use Wordle and copy and paste your ideas to create and customize the cloud. In the classroom you will write a paragraph about winter activities.
Family Traits Wordle
Compliment Wordle
Gather up the adjective compliments that were written about you by your classmates and enter them into a Wordle. Don’t forget to include your first name several times so that it stands out.
Family Character Trait Wordle
I’ve Been Tagged: Wordle Meme
I was tagged by Vicky Sedgwick for the Wordle Meme started by Lee Kolbert. Wordle is a Web 2.0 application for generating Word Clouds from text which you provide. Words that appear more frequently in the text are featured larger. I took the challenge and my Wordle appears below.
I can see that the most recent lessons posted on Simple Machines and Weather were featured prominently, as were a few words (authored, hosted) that must appear on the blog somewhere, though not by my hand. I was pleased to see that Use, Using and Create stood out, since that is exactly what I want the students to do- use the computers and create. There is quite a smattering of other words of equal prominence which I hope indicates that I try to give the students a variety of activiites to help integrate the technology into the classroom curriculum.
So with my reflection on the Wordle complete, I would like to tag Mary Ellen Lynch, Sharon Tonner, and JoNelle Gardner.
Here are the directions:
1. Create a Wordle from your blog’s RSS feed.
2. Blog it and describe your reaction. Any surprises?
3. Tag others to do the same.
4. Be sure to link back here and to where you were first tagged.