Cool Idea for Wordle Word Clouds
"Guess the Word Cloud"
http://projectsbyjen.com/GTW/
How I plan to implement this idea in my classroom:
I plan to create word clouds for each unit in my World Studies class. I'll make copies of the word clouds for my students. They will need to name either the country, person, event, or issue dealt with in each word cloud.
I also plan to create word clouds from the "I Have a Dream Speech" and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" for my United States History students. I'll ask the kids to examine the words used in both pieces. We'll discuss the common and unique themes of each.
Examples for Civil Rights History:
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3224290/Guess_the_Word_Cloud_Activity
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3224211/Guess_the_Word_Cloud_Activity
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3224252/Guess_the_Word_Cloud_Activity
Research on the use/value of word clouds:
http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/papers/wordle_final2.pdf
http://projectsbyjen.com/GTW/
How I plan to implement this idea in my classroom:
I plan to create word clouds for each unit in my World Studies class. I'll make copies of the word clouds for my students. They will need to name either the country, person, event, or issue dealt with in each word cloud.
I also plan to create word clouds from the "I Have a Dream Speech" and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" for my United States History students. I'll ask the kids to examine the words used in both pieces. We'll discuss the common and unique themes of each.
Examples for Civil Rights History:
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3224290/Guess_the_Word_Cloud_Activity
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3224211/Guess_the_Word_Cloud_Activity
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3224252/Guess_the_Word_Cloud_Activity
Research on the use/value of word clouds:
http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/papers/wordle_final2.pdf
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