FRIT 7232 - Technology Advocate Presentation WORDLE

2. WORDLE
 http://www.wordle.net/
 Online
software tool for generating ‘’word
clouds’’ from text that you provide.
 Clouds give greater prominence to words that
appear more frequently in the source text.
 Customize clouds with different fonts,
layouts, and color schemes.
 Images are yours to use however you wish.
 Images can be printed or saved to
the Wordle gallery to share with others.

3. NETS - Students
National Educational Technology Standards
1. Creativity and Innovation
 Students demonstrate creative thinking,
construct knowledge, and develop innovative
products and processes using technology.
 a.
Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas,
products, or processes
 b. Create original works as a means of personal or
group expression
 c. Use models and simulations to explore complex
systems and issues
 d. Identify trends and forecast possibilities

4. NETS - Teachers
National Educational Technology Standards
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and
Creativity
 Teachers use their knowledge of subject
matter, teaching and learning, and technology
to facilitate experiences that advance
student learning, creativity, and innovation in
both face-to-face and virtual environments.
 a.
Promote, support, and model creative and
innovative thinking and inventiveness

5. “All About Me” Pieces
--- Students can write “All About

Me” pieces to introduce
themselves at the beginning of
the year.
Introduction
--- Students can list things about

themselves as an introduction to
the class and teacher… Favorites,
Family, Words to Describe Him
or Her, Hobbies, etc.
Personal
Experience
with
Wordle
Classmate Attributes
--- Students will write their name

on a piece of paper and pass it
around to each of their
classmates. Each classmates will
write a positive attribute on the
paper to describe the student.
After writing the information,
the student can create a word
cloud of the information. This
activity can help to boost a
student’s self-esteem and
confidence in the classroom.

6.  Spelling
/ Phonics
List
--- Teachers can provide a
phonics or spelling list to
their students in a new
and innovative way.
 Vocabulary
Personal
Experience
with
Wordle
--- Students can have a
vocabulary list that goes
along with a story.
 Character
Analysis
--- Students can create a
list of character traits to
describe a character from
a story.

7.  Parts
of Speech
--- Students can create a
list of nouns, verbs,
adjectives, etc to show
what they have learned.
 Synonyms/
Antonyms
--- Students can create word
Personal
Experience
with
Wordle
clouds that associate a
given words with various
synonyms or antonyms.
 Wordle
/ Picture
Walk
--- Similar to a picture walk,
students can find words in
a story they believe to be
important or create
predictions by looking at
the pictures and words.

8.  Graphing
/
Classroom Polls
--- Using topics that
Personal
Experience
with
Wordle
students are familiar
with (birthday month,
favorite color, etc.)
students can discuss
which events happen
more likely or which
event is most popular.
Students will be able to
distinguish which events
are the most popular by
the size of the font.

9.  State
Reports
--- States can create
word clouds based on
state facts.
 States
of Matter
--- States can create
Personal
Experience
with
Wordle
word clouds based on
the three states of
matter. One could be
about solids, another
about liquids, and one
other about gases.

10.  Making
Gifts
--- Due to being able to
Personal
Experience
with
Wordle
print word clouds,
students can create
gifts for friends and
family.
* Mother’s Day
* Father’s Day
* Valentine’s Day
* Birthday
* Christmas
* Weddings

11. References to Articles

Gorman, M. (2013, March). Word clouds…125 ways…and
counting…to use wordle in the classroom. Retrieved from
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/word-clouds-125

Huisman, R., Miller, W. & Trinoskey, J. (2011). We’ve wordled,
have you?. College and Research Libraries News. 72 (9). 522526. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/72/9/522.full
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Wisemar. (n.d.). Wordle for teachers and students. Retrieved
from http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=125422