Words….We use thousands if not millions of words each day! Some of those words are more important than others, and some words we use more than we do others. But when it all comes down to it, the words we use are all important.
In the classroom, teachers talk about subjects using important vocabulary. Students read text where the important words show up many of times. Students need to know how the use of words can be connected; how they have importance and that they do have meaning.
I believe Wordle is a tool that can do this. Using Wordle, you can create a visually aesthetic word wall. Students can use this to clump important vocabulary terms. They can turn their writing pieces into a main idea collage of words.
This is a great tool and a fun tool! Just try it out for yourself!
www.wordle.net
11/6/11
The Wonderful World of Wordle
Words….We use thousands if not millions of words each day! Some of those words are more important than others, and some words we use more than we do others. But when it all comes down to it, the words we use are all important.
In the classroom, teachers talk about subjects using important vocabulary. Students read text where the important words show up many of times. Students need to know how the use of words can be connected; how they have importance and that they do have meaning.
I believe Wordle is a tool that can do this. Using Wordle, you can create a visually aesthetic word wall. Students can use this to clump important vocabulary terms. They can turn their writing pieces into a main idea collage of words.
This is a great tool and a fun tool! Just try it out for yourself!
www.wordle.net
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I love Wordle! I use it all the time for vocabulary words or as an extra requirement for projects. I even made one up for my teacher website. :)
Wordle produces a word cloud. “A word cloud is a special visualization of text in which the more frequently used words are effectively highlighted by occupying more prominence in the representation” (Lam and McNaught, 2010). Wordle is considered more user-friendly than other word cloud applications and it is believed to contribute to the development of important 21st Century learning skills. Sharing original writing compositions and research assignments ignites creativity through the use of word clouds such as Wordle. Word clouds also contribute to representing critical thinking skills to analyze ideas and make writing revisions. (web2teachingtools.com/Wordle, 2009) Extending these ideas would make it something akin to mind mapping or concept mapping.
Lamp,P., & McNaught, C. (2010). Using wordle as a supplemental research tool. The Qualitative Report, 15 (3), 630-643. Retrieved from yttp://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR15-3/mcnaught.pdf
Wordle, a web 2.0 tool for developing 21st century learning skills (2009, August) Retrieved from http://www.web2teachingtools.com/wordle.html
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