For this wordle I used words from a website created by Duen His Yen. He and his students created a list of words and sayings to use when encouraging each other. I used some of the words found on his list to create my own wordle. A larger version of my wordle can be found on http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3362073/Encouraging_Words. My encouraging words wordle can be a great addition to the classroom as an inspirational poster. Also, the students will learn to recognize these words and from the use in class they will know how to properly use them.
Many teachers have put out numerous ideas on how to use wordle in the classroom. One particular example that I found interesting was having students create a wordle by using famous speeches. Wordle recognizes the words in the text that are used more often and makes them larger, because of this students can easily recognize what words were meant to stand out to the audience. Another example that I found creative was to make a father’s or mother’s day gift. Students can type in words that describe their parents and can print it out and give it as a personalized gift. One last example of using wordle in a class is to have students use it for a report. In the case of a state, students can type in particular dates, people, animals, etc that are important to the state and it is a wonderful way for the students to highlight the important information. As you can see wordle is an amazing software that should be taken advantage of.
