Innovations_Wordle

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** Innovations Mini Teach ** ** Wiki Page Template ** Group member names and date: Rachel Woznaik, Almira Salazar

__**A. What is wordle?**__

Wordle is a site for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. Teachers can have students incorporate words from a text.
=== The student may insert words that seem to be unfamiliar in a textbook or in a passage to a story. Wordle lets students and teachers generate different images that help the student remember the words visually and mentally. The student teacher can do this with a group or individually and display the words in their preferred area of the classroom. The teacher may choose this technology to make it fun and interesting when reviewing for spelling tests or doing a vocabulary exercise with their students. The teacher may choose to do this in a computer lab setting or using a smart board if available. === Video (Creative Commons “In Plain English” or something from YouTube or Teachertube?

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B. **__Need to Know or Facts__**
These are examples from websites of word clouds already ctreated.
 * == Wordle can be used with any subject.﻿ ==
 * == It is easy and it can help build vocabulary skills. ==
 * == Wordle helps students use their creativity and imagination ! ==
 * When doing this a teacher and student can type this form a website, text or even a blog.

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__**C. How to Create Your Own (Give directions!)**__


 * 1) == visit [] ==
 * 2) == Click on "create your own" ==
 * 3) == Write down your text on the text box ==
 * 4) == Click "GO" ==
 * 5) == D. Examples in “real life”/general uses ==


 * === You can use it in your classroom to instruct a grammar lesson. ===
 * === You can use it to teach vocabulary, new words or words unfamiliar to your students. ===
 * === This can help build great communication tools between students and teachers. By the teacher seeing the wordle clouds being used, the teacher is able to assist by looking for a pattern in a specific task the student was assigned to. The teacher may say to the student “Okay, boys and girls--we are going to create a word cloud by using wordle. I want to read this story, then when you come across words that are unfamiliar, type in the text box provided by wordle. Once you are finished please put your heads down to indicate to me that you are finshed.’’ By giving these specific instructions, the teacher can tell what words they are struggling with and make an assignment around using those words. ===
 * === The teacher and student are able to understand and discover patterns in student writing. ===

1. __**Teacher Uses**__

 *  The teacher can educate the students in a fun and constructive manner. The students will be more engaged in the lessons, because they are doing hands on activities as an alternative of listening to a lecture. They also work on collaborative learning.
 *  The teacher uses the words in the cloud for spelling test.
 *  A vocabulary preparation, such as filling in the blanks, matching and try figure the meaning of the vocabulary word by reading the sentences.
 *  The teacher can also give as to help the student find main idea in a text.
 *  Teacher can use this technology and present to other teachers when conducting meetings or presenting new ideas, such as a new way of presenting in a topic.

2. **Student Uses**
3__**. Possible differentiation for Special Needs/ELL students (if you can think of any)** Extra Credit__
 * === Students learn elements of the keyboard while enhancing their vocabulary. ===
 * === The teacher can also give instructions to help the student find the main idea in a text. ===
 * === The student is able to see the word that is used most frequently. **.** ===


 * == The word cloud helps visual learners see their word usage. It helps them because font size, color and types of fonts are adjustable. ==
 * == This could help dyslexic or ELL students see the letters on the keyboard and then type them on the screen. When a student does this, it can help bring the words or the letters to them in a meaningful way that they understand or help them remember. ==
 * == The student who has dyslexia could do this by typing in a story and then seeing if there is word they used numerous times or one that might have been misspelled frequently. ==
 * == The ELL student is able to type the word they are struggling with; for example, the student can retype the word maybe five times or until they feel they have learned the word. The wordle program gives you an option to keep adjusting the setting. This allows the student to alter it the best way they see fit to remember that word or see where they may need to make a correction. ==

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This a vidoe and slide show. This vidoe gives you many examples of how to use wordle in the classroom for the visual learners. The slide that really caught our eye was the French vocbulary section. This section gives an excellent example of how this can be be used effectively and efficiently for ELL students.

__4.__ **Parent uses (if applicable)**
F. **__Resource links to examples of classroom uses or articles/online sources with suggestions for use in the classroom, lesson plans__**** An article from ISTE on how to use Wordle:
 * Parents are able to help their children with homework.
 * Parents can also help their kids enhance their spelling and grammar skills.

[] Mora, Samantha (August 2009). Words in a Cloud. //Learning and Leading with Technology//. 28-29.  @kaymcmeekin. (2008, unkown unkown). //slidesshare//. Retrieved october Thursday, 2010, from 38 intersting ways to use Wordle in the classroom: http://www.slideshare.net/mberner/38-intersting-ways-to-use-wordle-in-the-classroom# Blizzard, T. (2009, February 27). //Blizzard Internet Marketing//. Retrieved October Thursday, 2010, from How to Create Word Clouds: http://newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/how-to-create-word-clouds/2009/02/27/ Corney, D. (2010, unkwon unkown). //David Corney (same title wiht just the author name)//. Retrieved October Thursday, 2010, from David Corney: http://www.dcorney.com/index.html Dubois, C. (unkown, unkown unkown). //Digtial Wish//. Retrieved Ocober Thursday, 2010, from Digtial Wish: http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/view_lesson_plans?id=4367 Feinberg, J. (2009, unkwon unkwon). //Wordle//. Retrieved September Thursady, 2010, from Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/ unkwon. (Copyright © 2010, unkwon unkown). //Rocket moms//. Retrieved October Thursday, 2010, from Squidoo, LLC: http://www.squidoo.com/wordpuzzlesandgames

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