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Unit 2 - Wordle Ideas KING/GMHS This thing frustrated me to NO END as I could not conjure an end product because I could not enable java on my computer! Since you couldn't save the stupid thing and had to keep recreating it, I gave up. I shouldn't have to load programs just create an image that really doesn't have an educational purpose anyway. Yes, it looks cool but what learning does it serve?? …

fter you have experienced creating a WORDLE, post a comment about anything you have observed about Wordle or your ideas for how you might use it instructionally. See the examples provided below. When you are ready to post your thoughts about Wordle, remember to click on the **EDIT **tab at the top right, then click in the next available row in the table to type your name and your one sentence idea or thought about Wordle. If all the rows have been used, click in the last row and then click on the table icon. Then, choose **Row**, **Add Row**, **Add below** to add another row for your entry.

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Middle South || Sometimes students say "so" or "and" over and over again in their writing. I think it could be a cool lesson to have them type their papers, free-writes, etc. into wordle, and see how big some of their overused words are. Seeing it visually might actually make them realize just how much they are using them! || Students can create a wordle to do a compare and contrast. Ex. Create a wordle with a combination of living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) terms, and another student has to identify which terms are the biotic and which terms are abiotic. || GMJH || I think that the students could develop wordles based on our weekly spelling and vocabulary units. This might help them better remember the spellings of new words. || Asbury || I have used Wordles with a class to build our community. Students wrote a word describing each person on a piece of paper, then we typed them into Wordle and each student went away with a Wordle about themselves. You could also do this using traits of a character in a book. ||
 * ===Participant Name === || ===Ideas about using a Web 2.0 Technology like Wordle === ||
 * Donna Pepper || 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. ||
 * Cheryl Ward || 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? ||
 * Tina/Coventry || This reminds me of something I used to do to my locker in high school. I'd cut words out of magazines to make a collage for the inside of my locker. Those collages spoke volumes about me. This is a neat way to creatively present thoughts. ||
 * Gina Good/GMJH || This would be neat for students to use to introduce themselves or perhaps as part of a descriptive writing unit. Have to add. I just created my first wordle. Pretty cool! ||
 * Lauren Rotman/Sedalia || It's interesting to see which terms and words students deem as the most importnat based on how many times they enter the word into wordle. ||
 * Gina Capra/ Dunloe || I think using wordles would be fun to describe an object or a person. It could be a fun way for students to work on their describing skills. ||
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 * Amanda Fout/GMMSS || Students can create a wordle using terms (weather, animals, plants) that are particular to a specific biome.
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 * Kathleen McDermott GMHS || I just do not see the value in Wordle. I understand it is about creating a product, and may be fine when using one word descriptions, but when needing to use sentences, the viewer of the Wordle cannot make sense of it. I understand it can be good for lower grades, but a for a high school science class I can't seem to find value, ||
 * Tina Drake || It can be a great way to spark student creativity, Wordle could be used in a number of ways. In physical education and health they could use Wordle in specific sports, foods they eat, ingredients found in food products and benefits of exercise. ||
 * Terri Turner || At first I agreed with Kathleen. It did not seem to have much value for high school. But after reading the other comments, I started to think of some ideas such as spelling words or looking for specific categories or just practice writing new words. ||
 * Katie Van Schoyck/Asbury || I can see Wordle being helpful in the elementary classroom with main idea and supporting details. Some students struggle to see the "forest for the trees," and I can see a whole-class or small group activity based around typing key events into a Wordle and identifying the big ideas. This could also help students revise their word choice in writing pieces. ||
 * Darlene Anderson/ Groveport El || For teacher appreciation week, classroom teachers had a large piece of construction paper and were asked to have the students write or decorate why they appreciated the unified arts teachers. So, I pulled up wordle and had each kid say one thing they liked about the teacher or their class. There were several repeats. Then the class voted on the color and format to use. ||
 * Carole McGonigal || I think that a Wordle could be used at the end of a unit. Students can type important things they learned or want to remember about the unit into the Wordle and then keep it. I also googled ways to use Wordle in your classroom. This was a neat site to check out! There are some high school ideas too! http://www.slideshare.net/mberner/38-intersting-ways-to-use-wordle-in-the-classroom There are a few more ideas on different sites but this one I liked the best. :) ||
 * Jenny Dodson/Glendening || I loved using a Wordle for character traits. When we talk about character traits, we talk about specific adjectives and WHY they describe a character. I encourage students to use a variety of words and that there is not a WRONG one as long as they can find examples. We make a Wordle together for a character and then the students have to choose a word and provide their own examples. In 5th grade in our building, the students make their own Wordles for characters in a story. ||
 * Colleen Brady/Dunloe || I think this would be a great way to describe emotions for a student. If student/students were upset by something or someone this would be a way for them to talk about/describe what is bothering them and why. A way to talk about what they are feeling. ||