I have to say, I stole Sarah's idea. I checked out Wordle.net after she included it in her blog, and fell instantly in love. It is the coolest website! I actually used it in class today. I had students search through some of Reagan's speeches, and plug in the full text. They could then choose to design their cloud however they wanted, and emailed it to me. Tomorrow, we'll use their clouds to look for themes in the speeches.
I was just impressed (and really proud) that my students then went to other teachers in our program to show off what they did in my class. I guess I'm just so tickled that they actually showed off what they did in my class to another teacher--wahoo!
Yeah, so wordle.net is terrific. Great suggestion!
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Wow, you turned what seems to be merely a tech toy into a teaching tool -- way to go! I think that is such a clever idea because it is a similar concept to taking notes and summarizing, but with the technology 'hook' students sound engaged. Clever! I'm going to do it!
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