BP4_Wordle

I choose to use Wordle which was discussed in the wimba session from last week. I found it is a great tool to introduce words in a chapter or lesson before hand. You can start the lesson by having these words up on the screen for the students to look at when it starts. You also can give every student a Chapter as an assignment and have them create a Wordle with the words from each Chapter. It is a captivating way of reaching  people. It is an attention grabber. Think about putting your likes and life that you have written down in a wordle and have on the screen on your opening day.  I love to use it for Introducing new ideas. I can copy and paste the words and definitions up there so it makes a fun opening to your video. I love to use it also with my sons words from My Baby Can Read so when its up on the TV he goes up and points at the words then points at his body part and its a fun way of having him try to locate the word on tv. In the classroom setting I would put this up with all the words and give a definition at the end of the week to see who can locate the word first and touch it on a Smart board.  It is a great too that in many different circles would be considered works of arts. Also your students can use it with famous poems or works of art in English class. For example they can take a famous speech by Malcolm X and paste it in wordle to create an interesting layout for the speech since it is black history month instead of the same old boring Research and summary of a famous person that most students due.