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Featuring: WordleMarch 22, 2010

Agenda1. News from the Front Lines 2. Wordle Overview3. Demo/Instructional Application 4. 20 Ideas for Wordle in the Classroom5. Smoke/Vanessa's Ideas

1. Grades 5-12 Self-assessment tool in writing2. Primary student examples 3. Grades 3-8 - Photo Gift - how to move over to PPT 4. Grades K-12 Six Word Memoir - Create a 6 Word Memoir

• Work time - Upload 6 Word Memoirs to Community• Sharing Time in the Community - 6 Word Memoir and other

Wordle Ideas • Sandbox with Additional Resources• Q and A - Final Thoughts/What Questions do you have?

News from the Front Lines

Tell us what is happening in your school district and classroom

Wordle Overview and Demo

http://wordle.net/create 

Group Spring Wordle 

We need to collaborate for this one.  We'll push out this url to you and we can all work at the same time.

http://etherpad.com/nZWYh7ee11

What reminds you of Spring?

20 Uses for Wordle in a K-6 Classroom

 http://jlwagner.pbworks.com/MoreThanWordles

Self-Assessment Writing ToolWhen pasting in an essay, it's easy to see which words are overused and to identify "dead words".Grades 3-12+

Customize the Wordle For Better Accuracy

• Right click to remove any word from the Wordle that you don't want included. (Example: if your essay is about "Education", you might want to remove: teacher, student, educator)

• Alphabetize the words to scan them easier• I have students print three different Wordles when writing

essayso Rough Draft o 2nd Drafto Final

• They use a highlighter and go through the Wordle to identify any overused or "dead words"

• For the final essay, the words should be about equal in size.

Elementary ExamplesBefore beginning a unit of study or project, create a Wordle for OBJECTIVES...

VOCABULARY...

Elementary ExamplesDescribing SUBJECTS...

Elementary Examples PURPOSE/MISSION STATEMENT...

Photo Gifts• Student lists words that describe a parent, grandparent, etc.• Create the Wordle in Black and White, Screenshot, Save as

a JPEG, Print in 4x6• Take a Photo of student, Make Black and White, Print 4x6• Put in a clear frame or print both images on 8x10 cardstock

How to Save Wordle as an Image

1. Create the Wordle2. Do a screen shot (PC - Snip it or Print Scrn, Mac - Grab it

or Cmd+Shift+4)3. Paste the captured image into PowerPoint4. Crop the image to remove excess5. Save image as a JPEG (PC - right click and Save as a

Picture)

Caveat - If you want to print the Wordle at a professional photo lab, you'll have to spend some time getting the dimensions to fit within the 4x6 image.  To prevent this, make sure you've created a Wordle layout with words fitted closely together and significant blank space around the edges 

6 Word MemoirsSix Word Memoir Examples

Your Turn

Create your own 6-Word Memoir Wordle image and upload to the Community Discussion

Either embed or capture your Wordle image and upload it to the Community Discussion .as a an example http://engage.intel.com/thread/2095?tstart=0 Make sure you are logged into Community

Virtual Wordle Showcase

Spend 5 minutes reviewing other Worlde examples in the Discussion Threadhttp://engage.intel.com/thread/2118?tstart=0  

Sandbox Time: Exploring Additional Resources

Q & A    

What questions do you have? 

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