Wordle


 * Here is the link to create a Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/

Try one of these ideas:** 1. Create beginning of the year bulletin boards 2. Instead of having kids write what they did this summer or asking them, have them create a wordle - with a few parameters, such as: who did you spend time with this summer, what was your favorite activity, where did you go, what is your favorite subjects in school, etc. 3. List words that show how you feel about starting a new year, what topics would you like to discuss, where would you like to take a field trip, etc. 4. Create in teams a wordle of the six pillars of character education and generate words and famous people who exhibited that character. (TeRRiFiCC - Trustworthy, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship) 5. After reading a lit. book, create a wordle about that book: must include 2 prepositional phrases, at least 5 nouns, an exclamation etc. Or figurative language 6. Put a URL in from a site with RSS and it will generate the wordle from tha 7. Social Studies: then and now - take your town and compare it from 1900 to today - put the terms together (with a tilde in between) - model a’s~SUV’s; (govt) name of Mayor then~mayor now; gas price then~gas price now; 8. FACS - names of fabrics 9. Science: wildlife in our area: insects, arachnids, snakes (Yuck), types of deer, types of varmints, birds; This would be really neat to share with a school in another country. Might cause them to do some research to find out ‘What are prairie dogs?’ 10. Characteristics of an ideal classroom. Wouldn’t this be fun? Have students generate their own wordle of an ideal classroom. Use their ideas to create an ideal classroom. 11. Students could create a wordle at the end of the week just describing their week using a mixture of nouns, adjectives, and verbs! 12. Type the word FRACTION several times- where do you see fractions, what do they represent, etc. 13. Take a place you’ve been, like Phoenix - describe it with adjectives, name places you’ve been to there - like restaurants, shops, etc. 14. Take an adjective - like AWESOME - type it several times so it is the most obvious word - then add words of objects, places, events, etc that are awesome. 15. Use it as a brainstorming tool. 16. Students create a book jacket over the literature book they read. They must put a wordle on the cover with the most important words in the book, including the main characters, the setting, descriptive words, anything else outstanding in the book. Thanks to Mary Frazier for some great ideas. Do you have more? Please post in the comments section. [|Comments 3] [|Post Comment] [|Share This] July ** 30 ** 

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Category: [|**Professional] **keep current on education issues. Following are a few blogs that I have found helpful when trying to infuse 21st Century Skills into my classes.** 2¢ Worth - Teaching & Learning in the new information landscape: [|David Warlick] Weblogg-ed - Learning with the Read/write Web: [|Will Richardson] Expanding the Boundaries of Learning: [|Alan November] Thinking Stick: [|Jeff Utecht] Practical Theory - A view from the classroom: [|Chris Lehman] Teach42 - Education and Technology Blog: [|Steve Dembo] Moving at the Speed of Creativity: [|Wesley Fryer] Newly Ancient - A 14 year old talks educational technology: [|Arthus] The Cool Cat Teacher Blog: [|Vicki Davis] Kaffeeklatsch: [|Kathy Schrock] Tech4Teachers - Technology Tools and Lesson Ideas for Teachers: [|Dennis Grice] A Chat with Mary. . .a blog for teachers: [|Mary Frazier] Bud the Teacher - Inquiry and reflection for better teaching: [|Bud Hunt] Media Matters: [|Hall Davidson] Digital Storytelling: [|Joe Brennan] The Fischbowl - A staff development blog for teachers exploring constructivism and 21st century learning skills: [|Karl Fisch] Cliotech - The musings of an educator and professed webinerd in a flattening world: [|Jennifer Dorman] James Hollis blogs about the Smart Board: [|James Hollis] The Infinite Thinking Machine - Ideas to help teachers and students thrive in the 21st Century: [|Steve Hargadon] Technology Integration made simple: [|Jennifer Gingrich] What blogs do you read? [|Comments 2] [|Post Comment] [|Share This] March ** 16 ** [|Entries]
 * Other educational blogs that provide great teaching with technology ideas.**