Re: [LM_NET] TAR: ELEM: use of Wordle.net

[Donna McAndrews <dm155565@ALBANY.EDU>]

> I used Wordle with second graders as the culminating activity in a
character ed. unit on "Bucket Filling" (based on Carol McCloud’s book,
Have You Filled A Bucket Today? [Ferne Press, 2006]).  After reading
stories about characters who are "bucket fillers" because they help
others rather than hurting them, the second graders created lists of
ways they could be bucket fillers (making special note of how our words
as well as our actions affect how other people feel).  They made these
lists into Word documents and repeated the ideas that they liked the
best two or three times (repeated words come out bigger using Wordle). 
After creating the documents, they pasted them into the Wordle program
and fiddled around with the fonts, backgrounds, etc.  I cut each Word
cloud out and pasted it onto construction paper and made a bulletin
board outside the library.

Donna McAndrews
Library Media Specialist Intern
Schenectady City Schools
Schenectady, NY
dm155565@albany.edu



I am interested in hearing from anyone who has used www.wordle.net (word
> cloud generator) with students in an elementary school.  What kind of
> projects have you used it with and for which grade levels?  How did you
> incorporate the word cloud generated by Wordle as the end product of a
> lesson or research project?  I think my students would have fun using
> Wordle but haven't figured out how to make it a part of a project/lesson
> yet.  Thanks for sharing your experiences and ideas.
>  
> Melissa Toner
> Library Media Specialist, NBCT
> Elon Park Elementary
> Charlotte, NC
> mtoner8@yahoo.com
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