"I just created my first Wordle image.
This would have to be one of the quickest and easiest tools that I have used. I didn't have to log in, sign up, download programs or fill anything in. This would make this tool very convenient in the classroom as a teacher would not have to worry about students gaining access to the site or remembering another password. The process of creating the Wordle was simple: I just copy and pasted text from the first two weeks of lectures to create an E-Learning Wordle.
Wordle would be an interesting tool that students could use to express their key ideas on a concept or to add to a presentation or display. Very young students and students with low digital literacy levels would be capable of using this tool with only minimal assistance. This tool would also be useful for assisting students to learn and practice computer skills such as: selecting text, cutting text, pasting text, opening documents, entering blog posts or laying out a presentation.
This is not as versatile a tool as some of the previous tools I have reflected on, but it would definitely be useful for presenting and synthesising information in the classroom.
The journey continues,
Lynn
References
Wordle created at:
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2312100/s0140677
Hi Lynn
ReplyDeleteYes I’ve just created my first wordle too! Even the name is almost fun to say – It was really refreshing not to have to sign up, log in, read wonky letters and confirm passwords for a change while navigating through this e-learning journey. Students could easily relate to the concept of words being presented in different combinations of simile, antonmym, adjectives and groupings of words: the list is endless but so effective.
As you mentioned wordle would be a good tool for students to learn basic computer skills and this was achieved in my prac school. Students were using and presenting literacy skills with enthusiasm making their wordle as meaningful and effective as possible. This was then inserted into the students first Power Point presentation. I think the simple use that this tool has is an advantage for lower year levels as it gives a feeling of instant sucess when it's been achieved - without the boredom or delays which are so common when beginning to use ICT's.