Ways to Use Wordle (Word Clouds) in a Classroom
Words Everywhere!
Source: http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-20-uses-for-wordle.html 1. Convert a sonnet or Shakespearean play; or children's book (Dr. Seuss anyone?). 2. Paste the contents of an online discussion to coalesce the main ideas. 3. Combine student 'Who Are You?' introductions, or 'Superhero Traits' to develop a class composite. 4. Condense survey data by dumping content of questionnaire responses into the Wordle engine. 5. Turn an essay into a poster. 6. Automate the creation of word poetry. 7. As an introduction to a unit or course, combine key words; themes; curriculum expectations to provide learners with a visual overview of content. Source: http://www.techedknow.com/?p=56 8. Convert nutritional content of one's weekly diet or of a group's menu preferences. 9. Enter keywords from weekly weather reports to obtain a seasonal picture. 10.Show "Today in History" stories in a new way.
Source: http://www.techedknow.com/?p=56 1. Students can use it to monitor the frequency of word usage in their own writings. a. How often do they use the same adjectives or nouns? b. Are they overusing words? 2. Students can use it to analyzing news articles. a. What is this article about? b. What’s the gist that the author is trying to get across? 3. Teachers can use it for field trip reviews. a. Have each student generate a list of what they saw are learned on the field trip. Combine the list, copy and paste into Wordle. Whoop! you have an instant “What’s Important List” from the field trip. 4. Teachers can create a Current Events Analysis. a. Copy the RSS feed from popular news sights like Google News and use Wordle to give you the hot topics. b. Copy the text from a news page and use the same way. 5. What are your students listening to? Copy and paste the lyrics of popular songs into Wordle and find out. 6. What is important on your school campus? Copy and paste your schools mission and vision statements into Wordle and find out. 7. Self Reflection; If you where to write a story about yourself, what would your Wordle say? 8. Current Study posters. What is curricularly important in your class this week? Create a Wordle that visualizes that.