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What is this?
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What is a Word Cloud?
Visual representation of frequency of user generated words in a text.
• Tag Cloud (web design)
• Weighted List (visual design)
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What is a Word Cloud?
Picture of a text
Words appearing most often – larger
Words appearing less frequently - smaller
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What is a Word Cloud?
…analytical look at who we are and what we write [and read]
~Michael Gorman~
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What is Wordle?
Program that creates word clouds based on frequency of words in a text.
• Easy to use
• Fun for both students and teacher
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What is Wordle?
www.wordle.net
For students use the following URL
www.wordle.net/create
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How Does Wordle Work?
Demonstration
Think of one or more word or phrase that sums up how you feel about using
technology
www.wordle.net/create
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Word Clouds Eng/LA• Introduce new vocabulary
• Synonyms/Antonyms
• Predicting – use for all subject areas and grade levels
• Improve Essay Writing
• Study author’s diction and word choice
• Character studies/analysis
• Compare history w. historical fiction
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Word Clouds – Eng/LA (cont.)
• List of frequently misspelled words
• Compare/contrast – use for all subject areas and grade levels
• Summarize lesson – use for all subject areas and grade levels
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World Clouds – History/SS
• Introduce new vocabulary
• Preview a historically important speech before reading/listening
• People, ideas, events of a period in history
• Geography
• What it means to be:
• Report on a state
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Word Clouds - Science
• Introduce new vocabulary
• Biology – plants of genus or species
• Anatomy – i.e. bones of hand
• Geology – types of rocks
• Report – animal research project based on phyla
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Word Clouds – Foreign Language
• Introduce new vocabulary
• Guess fairy tale
• Collect words that contain the same sounds – also be use in LA
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Word Clouds - Art
• Introduce new vocabulary
• Share characteristics of an period or artistic technique
• Art history – artist and his works
• Overlay student reflections on a piece of art (Special effect)
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Word Clouds - Math
• Introduce new vocabulary
• Problem of the week
• Math investigations – different ways to solve a problem
• Equations and inequalities as review or post assessment
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Word Clouds – Math (cont.)
• Distributive properties – students write own problem
Note: Special characters and symbols used for advanced mathematical operations as well as many keyboard symbols are not compatible with Wordle.
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Word Clouds - Music
• Introduce new vocabulary
• Music history – composer and works
• Characteristics of a particular musical period
• Music of a historical period & how works represent it
• Instrument families
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Word Clouds – Health/Phys. Ed.
• Introduce new vocabulary
• Introduce rules of game/sport
• Health – keep food chart, create word cloud and compare to Food Pyramid
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Word Clouds – Misc.
• Grading criteria
• Create class rules
• Character education
• Gifts and fund raisers
• Employability skills – career jobs
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Special Effects
• Overlay a word cloud over clip art
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Adding Special Effects
Use a graphics program that allows the creation of layers Paint Shop Pro Photo Shop
Bottom layer is photo or clip art
Top layer is word cloud
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Final Word
Caution: Using Wordle is addictive!
“I can back off my blogging, turn down my Tweeting, and even wrap up my wiki, but I can’t
wane my Wordling!”
~Michael Gorman~
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A page of Brave New Word shows Huxley’s word choice and conveys some of his feelings about the topic.
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Gifts and Fund Raisers
Use a screen capture program and one of the programs below to create pictures,
posters, mouse pads, magnets, mugs, etc.
www.bighugelabs.com
www.smugmug.com
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