Wordle+Ideas

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media type="custom" key="11282586" || media type="custom" key="11293000" || || || || WRJH || I would like to use wordle in my classroom for vocabulary review in math. The students think the math vocabulary is so boring but they need to understand the words to be able to solve the problems that use those words. The wordle would bring life the vocabulary and make it more interesting to study || Another site to use to generate word clouds too is []. Personally, I've enjoyed putting my resume and teaching philosophy into Wordle. || WRMS || In Language Arts, I would use Wordle to have students type a paragraph telling what the traits are for a character in a fictional story, or how the character develops over time. I would put the paragraphs together into Wordle to compare the words that were most used by the students to describe the character. Similarly, I would use Wordle to compare summaries of an article or story. The easiest way to have all students work in one place would be to use It's Learning. Here I could create a project that they could post their final product. That way all work would be easy to access, copy and paste on to Wordle. media type="custom" key="11459190" || media type="custom" key="11472210" || media type="custom" key="11472150" We could use this Wordle (Cloud) as the logo -- identifier for the project -- on the cover, for all emails and communication, etc. || RHS - HS2 || I like the idea of students building a dictionary of key words as they go through the semester that they can use not only to review, but also to showcase thier learning.media type="custom" key="11473856" || media type="custom" key="11565826" || RHS-BELL || I thought these were pieces of art work the first time I saw them. I could use my first thought to help show my students that their own writings are pieces of artwork, even if they are just words. I agree that wordle can be used for vocabulary and finding the key points in chapters/units etc. media type="custom" key="11488536" || RCSD || media type="custom" key="13051728"Wordle can be used for infomation, artwork, finding themes, or just for fun. For a fun activity have students copy & paste a paper into wordle. Have them analyze why certain words were more prominent in their wordle than others! || BRJH || media type="custom" key="13139708" The use of Wordle with root trees, prefix and suffixes can also be incorporated into this unique and creative activity. This is an awesome activity to teach root trees and extend by making some iMovie's from students work with different Latin and Greek Roots, Suffix and Prefix work. I see a great application with this as we take a huge look at vocabulary. || WRJHS || media type="custom" key="13222616"I teach language arts so I am constantly looking for new ways to teach vocabuary. I think this would be a "fun" way for kids to learn new words and their meanings. I also think it would be great to use while teaching a novel. I plan to teach The Outsiders after OAA testing so I may try to use it then. || Slate Ridge || media type="custom" key="13267904"I am going to use Wordle with the Reynoldsburg unit. This will be a fun way to have the students remember the important people and places in Reynoldsburg history. || media type="custom" key="13285378" || media type="custom" key="13344094" || media type="custom" key="13442882" || HM || I think it would be a lot of fun for students to write a retelling of two versions of a similar story (for example: The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs), copy their retellings into two different Wordles and see how the Wordles compare. It would be a great way to see similar or different themes across stories and compare story elements like characters, setting, problem and solution. media type="custom" key="13330836" || SR || I really like the possibilities that are available using Wordle. I am going to have my students create a Wordle about Reynoldsburg history to show their learning at the end of our unt. media type="custom" key="13333876" || media type="custom" key="13394842" || BRJH || Worlde is a neat way to create word walls for my math units. I dislike how words that should be together don't stay together, for example, Box and Whisker Plot, however maybe it would be a good thing for students to match words belonging together once they have learned them. media type="custom" key="13520460" || HM || media type="custom" key="16526412"Wordles remind me of poetry. One of the areas that a lot of elementary kids seem to be defecient in is vocabulary. This might be an interesting way to interest them in words and help them see how important vocabulary is. || FR || Wordles could be used to express feelings, communicate emotions, describe a particular theme, or as a vocabulary enhancer to demonstrate vocabulary acquisition. It would also be great to use in a poetry unit. || FR || I can see using wordles with the social groups I lead. Students could reflect on the key words that were used in the class discussion then posting them around the room as reminders of what words should be remembered. code codemedia type="custom" key="15439106" code code  code code ||
 * **PARTICIPANT NAME** || **IDEAS ABOUT USING A WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGY LIKE WORDLE** ||
 * Denise Lutz - RHS || I like the way words that I have used more than once appear larger since it helps me get a visual of the "big ideas" in my writing.
 * Denise Lutz - RHS || Paste in the content of a famous speech and see if students know the speech, study the words used most frequently, is that why the speech was famous?
 * Jessica Cully- RHS || Students could write vocabulary words for a chapter and words they use to remember the definition. It also could be used as a getting to know you activty in the beginning of the school year; where students could have their name large and words that describe them and their personality around their name.
 * Sarah Cashin WRJHS || I would like to use wordle in my classroom when it was time to review for common assessments. I think that using wordle with the links is a good way to practice remembering formulas. I would like to have the students create a Wordle with all of the formulas they needed for the common assessment. I wish we then had a colored printer so I could print all of the posters and hang them up in my classroom the week prior to the test.
 * Victoria Huey -WRJHS || I would use the Wordle for characterization purposes. They would use words that describe the characters's personality and physical traits. Or since, I teach root words, prefixes and suffixes, they could type the affix and its meaning.
 * Tim stonerock
 * Sarah Cashin || media type="custom" key="11369936" ||
 * Anne Baldwin - RHS || For social studies, I would create a Wordle using descriptions of key figures we were studying and have students determine who each image connect to.
 * Richard Batts
 * Sandy Guinto WRMS || There are many uses for wordle in my classroom. I can use it to help students analyze Shakespeares text for reocurring words that would lead to possible themes of the play. At the begining of the year, I could have each student creat one about themselves. We could then use all of them to create a a class Wordle that would show us commonalities among us. At [], I found many easy to implement ideas. I liked the idea of doing a class poll with wordle. This wordle of Macbeth shows the emphasis Shakespeare is placing on specific words in his text by continually repeating them.
 * Kim Pennycuff RHS-LA || When we engage in a Community Service Project (or any other group project) I have the students tell me what their goals are or what their desired outcomes would be. After writing them on a huge post-it and placing the goals on the wall, I think that it would be a good idea for them to produce a Wordle for the project...and then a personal Wordle for their part in accomplishing the goals.
 * Kevin Smith
 * Jana Alig || I think wordles have unlimited possibilities. Use for studying keywords and terms, vocabulary, poetry, math formulas, summarizing, science element symbols, time spots in history. These are great and easy to use and incorporate...that is if you aren't using an IPad. I will upload tomorrow when am on a pc.
 * Sean Reiber
 * Crystal Ott- RHS/LA || media type="custom" key="11506176"I have done wordle with my kiddos before to cover both key vocabulary words from content areas and to define concepts. For example, if I ask them to "define" independent living, they would have to come up with words that demonstrated their own personal definition of the term. ||
 * Mark Mathias wrjh || media type="custom" key="11857664"I can use this with PE class to intro tennis vocabulary.The students could identify from a list of definitions each term. ||
 * Keith O'Neal
 * Kelly Wood
 * Amie Case
 * Maria Pettet
 * Lori Noskowiak FR || media type="custom" key="13270370" What an amazing way to brainstorm, introduce vocabulary, review high frequency words. At the beginning of the school year, I would like students to create a Wordle describe themselves. Wordle could be used to introduce and reinforce key school and classroom rules. ||
 * Jaclyn Angle - BRJH || I would love to use Wordle for weekly academic, social, emotional, and behavioral goal setting.
 * Elisa Celio- BRJH || In Language Arts, I think it would be cool to use this for students to input their own writing to see what words they are drawn to. Whether it is creative writing, journaling, or even research projects. It could really tell give students insights into their own writing in a visual way. It could help students begin to form their own identities as writers as they learn to be more self-reflective.
 * Linda Geist FR || I love the Wordle format. It reminds me of free form poetry that children love to use. I can see many application for Wordle in the classroom. It would be a great introduction slide for parent night at the start of the year.
 * Mia Brower
 * Chris Campbell
 * Jen Baranek WRJH || This would provide the students another creative ways to express their feelings. I can really see the possiblities at the beginning of the year and when we do poetry!
 * Alisha Sleeper
 * Kim Rubert
 * Joann Maurer
 * Amanda Hughes