Sunday, May 8, 2011

Wordle

Wordle is another way to check for student's understanding and relationships.  Here is a tutorial for Wordle:
Wordle Tutorial  Here is another short video showing how it can be used in the classroom:  Wordle in the Classroom  I see there would be a lot of ways you can use this.  If you are talking about friendship, students can put in words that tell what a good friend is.  If you want to know your students better, they can make a wordle about themselves.  It looks like it has a lot of interesting potential to me.  One video I watched showed a teacher had one on her wall.  If you created one, I bet Michelle could get one made in Uppercase Living.


Wordle-Beautiful Word Clouds

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